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F. Hardy, Esq., sent a Dendrobium Wardianum, not for competition, 
with a single giant flower, and E. Ashworth, Esq., four plants of Cattleya 
Mossiz Reineckiana. 
Lastly, we may note a very fine specimen of Dendrobium fimbriatum 
oculatum, in the second prize collection of Stove and Greenhouse Plants 
won by Miss Lord, Ashton-on-Mersey. It was nearly a yard across and 
full of flower. 
ORCHIDS AT THE ANTWERP INTERNATIONAL 
EXHIBITION. 
By CH. DE BOSSCHERE. 
THE International Horticultural Exhibition which was held at Antwerp 
from May 13th to 15th, was a great success in every respect. His Majesty 
the King of the Belgians honoured the Exhibition with his presence, and 
expressed his entire satisfaction with the marvellous display. 
The section devoted to Orchids, with which we are alone concerned, was 
remarkable in every respect—for their number, their value, and for their 
variety, rarity, and novelty. Never in Belgium were these beautiful exotics 
better represented. It would fill a number of the ORCHID REVIEW to give 
a complete account of them. 
The prize given by Her Majesty the Queen of the Belgians was awarded 
to the splendid general collection staged by M. Charles Vuylsteke, of 
Loochristy. We may note Odontoglossum expansum, excessively rare and 
worthy of admiration; O. x mulus Holfordianum, also very rare and 
beautiful; O. eximia, a superb and unique plant; O. nobilior, one of the 
rarest of Odontoglossums, with the colour wonderfully developed; the rare 
Miltonia x Bleuana, obtained by M. A. Bleu, the celebrated Parisian 
hybridist ; and Miltonia Empress Augusta Victoria, with large and 
splendidly coloured flowers. This admirable collection included 150 
distinct species and varieties. 
M. Gustave Vincke-Dujardin, of Bruges, carried off the prize given by 
the City of Antwerp. How can we choose among a collection which 
exceeded three hundred in number? We renounce the task as too heavy. 
However, we must cite the admirable dark-coloured variety, Lelia purpu- 
rata Souvenir de l’Exposition d’Anvers ; the numerous Odontoglossums of 
inestimable price of this incomparable collection ; the O. crispum Souvenir 
de Scheepsdaele, a spotted variety of enchanting beauty ; another O. crispum 
defying description. Never have we seen such superb Leelias, ranging in 
colour from the purest whites to the darkest tints. And the Cattleyas and 
other splendid Orchids in admirable health and freshness, how meritorious 
they were! 
