182 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
ORCHIDS AT GHENT. 
ORcHIDS were well represented at the Great Horticultural Exhibition 
promoted by the Ligue Horticole ‘‘ L’Union ” for East Flanders, which was 
held from April 30th to May gth, being opened on the former date by 
H.R.H. Prince Albert of Belgium. 
M. Ch. Vuylsteke, Loochristy, exhibited a very striking lot of artificially- 
raised hybrid Odontoglossums, consisting of O. X loochristiense, O. X 
spectabile and O. X Rolfez, with beautiful varieties of each, which, 
however, were all specifically named. He was unanimously awarded the 
first prize of 500 francs, together with a work of art. 
The same exhibitor gained the first prize, and a table-service for twenty- 
four persons, for a group of seventy-five Orchids. It included Odonto- 
glossum ioplocon and other fine species, Masdevallia Veitchiana grandiflora, 
Houtteana, coccinea Lindeni, and others, the handsome Miltonia X 
Bleuana, M. vexillaria virginalis, a very fine Cymbidium Lowianum, &c. 
M. Vuylsteke also obtained the first prize and a Gold Medal for thirty 
Odontoglossums, the most noteworthy being O. luteopurpureum hystrix, 
particularly fine; O. X cuspidatum xanthoglossum, O. triumphans, O. t. 
maximum, particularly fine; a very good O. x excellens, O. gloriosum, and 
O. crispum guttatum. 
For ten Masdevallias, M. Vuylsteke was also first, his group including 
M. Veitchiana grandiflora, M. Harryana splendens, M. ignea aurea, M. i. 
majestica, &c. 
M. A. A. Peeters, of Brussels, obtained the first prize and a work of art 
for the best fifty Orchids, specially noteworthy being Cattleya Schilleriana, 
a superb C. Mendelii, C. Warneri, C. X Parthenia gratissima, Cochlioda 
vulcanica grandiflora, Odontoglossum crispum guttato-violaceum, beau- 
tifully tinted and spotted, O. Hallii leucoglossum, O. Ruckerianum, various 
Miltonias, &c. 
For a collection of twenty-five Orchids, Messrs. E. Praet & Co., Mont 
St. Amand, obtained the first prize and a work of art, the group includin 
Ccelogyne cristata, Cattleya Schroeder, Odontoglossum X Ruckerianum, 
Vanda tricolor, Cypripedium villosum, C. X Dauthieri, Miltontas, &c. 
Messrs. E. Praet & Co. also obtained the prize for the best Epidendrum, 
the best Cymbidium Lowianum, Oncidium sarcodes, also the finest Cattleya 
Mossiz. . 
For the best Cypripedium, M. Jules Hye-Leysen took the first prize 
and a Silver Medal, with C. x Flamingo, a fine variety of C. x Calypso. 
A similar award went to the same exhibitor for the best Lezelio-cattleya, 
a beautiful hybrid between Lelia purpurata and Cattleya Lawrenceana. 
M. Jules Hye also secured first prizes for the charming Dendrobium 
