140 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
For the best Oncidium, M. L. De Langhe-Vervaene, of St. Gilles, 
staged a grand Oncidium sarcodes, with a spike about 5 feet high, which 
gained the first prize. The plant had been grown entirely in leaf mould. 
For three new hybrids of different genera, M. A. Van Imschoot staged 
good specimens of Masdevalliz: x Pourbaixii, Epidendrum x Endresio- 
Wallisii, and Cattleya x Alberta (Loddigesii X superba), which gained the 
first prize. 
For the best new generic bybrid, M. Ch. Maron, of Brunoy, staged 
Leelio-cattleya X Henry Greenwood (L.-c X Schilleriana x Cattleya X 
Hardyana), a very handsome form, with rose-tinted sepals and petals and a 
rich crimson-purple lip, with large, deep yellow throat, and secured the first 
prize ‘‘ by acclamation.” 
For 25 Cypripediums and Selemipediums (Amateurs), M. J. Moens, of 
Lede, secured the prize, his group containing the handsome C. X Leeanum 
Albertianum, C. « Hebe, the dark C. x Chas. Madoux, C xX Harrisianum 
violaceum, nine good C. X Niobe, a fine specimen of C. X Sallieri, and 
other good things. 
In a similar class for Nurserymen, M. Pynaert Van Geert staged a 
particularly fine group, which was awarded a gold medal. It contained a 
splendid specimen of C. Mastersianum with 17 flowers, the beautiful C. 
bellatulum album, C. X Godseffianum, C. Exul with 10 flowers, a fine C. 
X nitens superbum, C. X Calypso, a fine C. Lawrenceanum, C. X ver- 
nixium, C. Dayanum, and others more or less familiar, in excellent con- 
dition. 
For the best 6 Vandas, M. Vincke-Dujardin, of Bruges, secured the Gold 
Medal with fine varieties of V. tricolor and suavis in excellent condition. 
The class for 10 Ancectochilus and allied genera brought out two com- 
petitors, M. Pynaert Van Geert securing the first prize with A. xan- 
thophyllus, A. setaceus, some remarkably fine Macodes Petola, Goodyera 
Rollissoni, &c., and M. A. Dalliere, of Ledeberg, the second, also with well- 
grown plants, among which some examples of Macodes Sanderianus were 
particularly good. 
The Gold Medal for the best 30 Odontoglossums was awarded to W. 
Thompson, Esq., of Stone, “ by acclamation, ”’ for a superb group, the plants 
being healthy and vigorous, with large plump bulbs, and very strong 
inflorescences of the finest possible flowers. In fact, these Odontoglossums 
were unrivalled in the show. They included O. crispum Annie, O. c. 
leucoglossum, O. c. Thompsoniz, O. sceptrum waltonense, with two 
racemes, the best bearing 19 flowers, some very fine O. luteopurpureum, 
including O. 1. hystrix with three spikes, the best having 17 flowers, O. X 
EP sara expansum, some excellent forms of O. X Wilckeanum, including 
= x Sied: nobilior bearing a site of 23 flowers and buds, a magnificent 
