THE ORCHID REVIEW. 235 
ORCHID CULTURE IN BELGIUM. 
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A pay at Brussels afforded an opportunity of inspecting several interesting 
collections at the Capital, though we were unable to make a second visit to 
Laeken, and thus missed seeing the Orchids there. 
At the Brussels Botanic Garden we found a very representative 
collection, including many rare botanical species in addition to the 
commoner showy ones, but our notes are limited to a few of the specially 
interesting forms. Ansellia congoensis we only remember to have seen 
once before in a living state, but here were two plants bearing four spikes 
of flowers, and also four capsules. It is rather smaller than its allies, 
but very similar in general character. There was also a fine plant of 
Moorea irrorata, one of the very few known, but not in flower. A fine 
specimen of Ccelogyne Huettneriana (sometimes known as C. elegans), three 
feet through, was flowering very freely. The handsome Nanodes Meduse, 
and Scuticaria Hadwenii, with six flowers, are among our notes, together 
with the rare Maxillaria Houtteana, and the yellow form of M. variabilis 
flowering very freely. Many other species were in flower, and the 
collection generally was in thriving condition. Of those not in flower 
several interesting ones were observed, and we regretted that more time 
was not at our disposal to enable us to go through them more carefully. 
Passing on to Messrs. Linden’s establishment, L’Horticulture 
Internationale, at the Parc Leopold, we found many features of interest, 
aud a wealth of Orchids in flower and bud. The houses are admirably 
arranged on either side of a large central corridor, so that one may visit 
the whole series without passing into the open air, an arrangement which 
possesses many advantages. The arrangements for heating, ventilating, 
and shading the houses are also excellent, and the cleanliness and order 
were noticeable everywhere. The stock of Cattleyas was large and very 
healthy, some good forms being in flower, and among recent arrivals we 
noticed fine batches of C. labiata and Lelia tenebrosa. The Odonto- 
glossums filled several houses, and were a particularly well-grown lot 
containing most of the typical kinds, a large proportion being in bud 
and many in flower. . cirrhosum presented quite a forest of spikes. 
One fine clump of O. crispum we observed to be throwing up eleven 
spikes. One plant of O. Hallii bore a spike of twenty-two fine flowers. 
A small-flowered species, said to have been imported with O. luteopurpur- 
eum and triumphans, we do not remember to have seen before. Some 
plants of O. crispum and of Oncidium crispum, had been potted in pure 
leaf mould as an experiment, and appeared perfectly healthy, though it 
was too early to pronounce an opinion on the result. Some plants of 
