186 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [JUNE, 1913. 
SOCIETIES. 
GHENT QUINQUENNIAL. 
(Concluded from page 165). 
For the finest Selenipedium the Silver-gilt Medal was won by M. Th. 
‘Pauwels, Meirelbeke, with S. caudatum Sandere. 
For the finest Sobralia the Silver-gilt Medal was won by MM. Jean Van 
de Putte & Cie, with a fine S. macrantha. 
For the finest Trichopilia the Silver-gilt Medal was won by M. Th. 
Pauwels, with T. Hennisii. 
For the most remarkable exotic Orchid, species or variety, of a genus 
‘not in the preceding classes, the Silver-gilt Medal was won by M. Firmin 
Lambeau, with Eulophiella Elisabethe. 
For the best basket decorated with Orchid flowers, and for the best 
Bouquet of Orchids, M. L. Van ili oii Ghent, gained two Silver- 
gilt Medals. 
Lastly, for the best hanging basket decorated with plants in flower, M. 
A. Vanden Heede, Ghent, received the Silver-gilt Medal, the plants used 
being several good Odontoglossum crispum, 
Some handsome groups were staged in the non-competitive classes, 
prizes being awarded as follows :— 
The ‘‘ Val Duchesse” prize, offered by M. Ch. Dietrich, Vice-President 
of the Cercle des Orchidophiles, Brussels, was awarded to M. Jules Hye de 
Crom, Ghent, for a very fine group of Miltonias and other Orchids. 
An CEuvre d’Art, value 500 francs, was awarded to M. Ch. Vuylsteke, 
Loochristi, for a magnificent group of hybrid Odontoglossums and 
‘Odontiodas. 
An CEuvre d'Art, value 250 francs, was given to Messrs. Stuart Low & 
Co., Enfield, for a very fine collection of Orchids. 
A Gold Medal, value 1oo francs, was awarded to Messrs. Duchesne & 
Lanthoine, Watermael, Brussels, for a collection of 50 well-grown Odonto- 
-glossum crispum. 
Gold Medals of similar value were also awarded to M. Maurice 
Verdonck, Gentbrugge, for a collection of 75 Orchids; to Dr. Baillion, 
Ghent, for 75 Orchids, and to M. Arthur Muesser, Woluwe St.-Lambert, 
for a collection of Odontoglossum crispum. 
Silver-gilt- Medals were awarded to M. Th. Pauwels, Meirelbeke, for 
Eulophiella Hamelinii, and to M. Joseph de Hemptinne, St.-Denis- 
‘Westrem, for Brassocattleya amabilis var. M.. Th. Pauwels. 
From the preceding report it will be seen that the prize list was an 
extensive one, though there were a good many blanks, including classes for 
the most numerous species, for three new Orchids of different genera, for a 
