130 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
will be offered for the best group of Cypripediums exhibited on this 
occasion, 
A Grand Flower Show will also be held at Antwerp on May 13th, 14th, 
and 15th, in connection with the Universal Exhibition. We have received 
the Schedule of Prizes, which shows that Classes 8g to 108 are set apart 
for Orchids, for which numerous Medals are offered. For the best general 
collection, a Gold Medal is offered by His Majesty the King, and a second 
prize of a Gold Medal or 200 francs. There are also prizes for smaller 
collections and special groups, as Dendrobium, Odontoglossum, Cypri- 
pedium, Cattleya, Lzelia, and Masdevallia; for the best collection of hardy 
Orchids, the best seedling Orchid, and others. 
Last month we alluded to the flowering of Eulophiella Elisabethe at 
St. Albans. It has how flowered with Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., at 
Burford, and was exhibited at a meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, 
on April roth, when it received a First-class Certificate, and attracted more 
attention than any other Orchid exhibited. It is a striking and beautiful 
plant. 
The meeting held on April 24th, like its predecessors, was a very suc- 
cessful one, Orchids being represented in quantity. Perhaps the most 
remarkable was the two-flowered spike of Lzlio-cattleya x Digbyano- 
Mossiz sent by Baron Schriéder. The flowers are considerably larger than 
when first exhibited, and their delicate pink colour and beautifully fringed 
lip are quite unique features. 
OBITUARY. 
We regret to have to record the death of Mr. George Hardy, which occurred 
at his residence, Pickering Lodge, Timperley, Cheshire, on March 26th, at 
the age of 62 years. For twenty years the deceased was an enthusiastic 
cultivator of Orchids, and in that time brought together one of the finest 
collections in the north of England. It contains many beautiful specimens, 
as Mr. Hardy spared no expense in securing the best novelties and choicest 
varieties as opportunities occurred. He was one of the principal supporters 
of the Manchester shows, exhibiting Orchids very largely. His name is 
commemorated in the magnificent natural hybrid Cattleya x Hardyana, 
also in C. Mossi Hardyana and C. Triane Hardyana. As in so many 
similar cases, the collection is to be dispersed, and the first portion will be 
offered for sale on the premises on May gth and roth next. 
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