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Jameson also collected plants at 7000 feet altitude in the province of Loxa, 
and remarks that it ‘‘ produces a flower which, from some fancied’ 
resemblance to a bull’s head, has received the name of el Torito” (Hook.. 
Lond. Journ. Bot., ii. p. 658). The species is widely diffused, from 
Venezuela to Ecuador and North Peru, and is easily distinguished from 
A. uniflora, Ruiz & Pavon (A. eburnea, Williams), by its smaller less 
globose flowers. The colour varies from ivory white and unspotted to- 
blush heavily spotted with pink.—R. A. R. 
ROYAL INTERNATIONAL HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION. 
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THE ORCHIDS. 
As the time for holding this great exhibition draws near, it becomes. possible - 
to get some idea of the exhibits that will be displayed in the different 
sections. The scope of the schedule is so wide that provision is made for 
no fewer than 428 classes; many of them of a character to test the capacity 
of the most redoubtable exhibitor, The Orchid classes number thirty-two, . 
and the entries show that there will be competition in most of them. 
There are two entries in the amateurs’ class for the best and most varied 
group of Orchids, arranged in a space not exceeding 500 square feet. 
These exhibits will occupy 1,000 square feet, and there are two valuable 
cups to be awarded to the competitors. In the nurserymen’s class for 
similar groups there are are four entries for Sir George Holford’s Cup;-. 
there will therefore be nearly 2,000 square feet of Orchids in this class. 
Those who profess to despise hybrid Orchids in favour of the natural 
species and their varieties will be interested in Class 68, in which nurserymen 
will compete for the best and most varied group of species, and varieties of 
species, arranged in spaces not exceeding 200 square feet. Liberal 
provision, however, is made for the showy hybrids, which are due to- 
patient and skilful cross-breeding, carried out in British and foreign hot- 
houses, Baron Bruno Schréder’s presentation cup being offered for the best 
group of hybrids occupying a space of 200 square feet. 
There is one entry in an open class for a group of the resplendent 
Lelias, Cattleyas, and Brassavolas—varieties and hybrids—in a space of 
100 square feet; this exhibit will be amongst the most showy. More 
numerous entries are forthcoming in a class for the same type of plants 
where the specimens are limited to twenty-five, and again where the number 
must not exceed twelve. The effect of the scarlet Cochlioda Neetzliana is. 
manifest in the more brightly-coloured hybrids of Odontoglossum, and it 
is hoped that the exhibit will show what genera and species have been 
crossed with this gay little gem. Such information would be valuable, not 
merely to specialists, but to all interested gardeners. 
