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the most meritorious were, C. niveum, bellatulum, Mastersianum, Lowii, 
Boxallii atratum, and Selenipedium x Sedeni candidulum. 
MM. Jonssens et Vincent had some good Orchids. Their group of 
Odontoglossum crispum contained some select varieties. 
M. le Baron de Baetzelaer exhibited a colossal plant of Oncidium spha- 
celatum with forty inflorescences and thousands of flowers. 
M. Jos. Moens, of Lede, sent forty Cypripediums, of the most select 
species and hybrids. 
M. Jules Hye-Leysen sent an immense Lelia purpurata covered with 
pretty flowers. Lelio-cattleya x Hippolyta, Cypripedium x Albertianum 
and Odontoglossum x Cavallianum, three hybrids which received the com- 
mendations of all connoisseurs. 
We may also call attention to the Orchids sent by Dr. Capart, of 
Brussels; the immense lot of Odontoglossums of M. D. Massange de 
Louvrex, and conclude by hoping that the Antwerp Exhibition will tend to 
expand the taste for Orchids, already so pronounced in Belgium. 
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ORCHIDS AT THE XeGyval HORTICULTURAL 
SOCIETY. 
Tue meeting of the Royal Horticultural Society, held at the Drill Hall, 
James Street, Victoria Street, Westminster, on May 8, was overshadowed 
by the near approach of the great Temple Show, and the Orchids showed a . 
considerable falling off in point of numbers, though some very interesting 
exhibits were staged. 
The President, Sir Trevor Lawrence, Burford, Dorking (gr. Mr. W. H. 
White), received an Award of Merit for Dendrobium cretaceum, and a 
Botanical Certificate for the singular Catasetum Rodigasianum var. tene- 
brosum. He also sent Cycnoches ventricosum, good plants of Masdevallia 
caudata Shuttleworthii and M. c. xanthocorys (each with about twenty 
flowers), Cattleya Mossie Wageneri, Lelia purpurata, and the splendid 
L. p. nobilior. 
Baron Sir H. Schréder, The Dell, Egham (gr. Mr. H. Ballantine), 
exhibited two beautiful Dendrobiums, D. nobile Schroederianum and D. x 
dellense (D. nobile Schreederianum 2? x D. x splendidissimum 2), both of 
which received First-class Certificates. 
J. Broome, Esq., Sunny Hill, Llandudno (gr. Mr. Shill), sent a flower of 
Cattleya Mossiz conspicua, a large and richly coloured form. 
T. P. W. Butt, Esq., Arle Court, Cheltenham (gr. Mr. Marsh), sent a 
splendid branched spike of Oncidium Marshallianum. 
_ De Barri Crawshay, Esq., Rosefield, Sevenoaks (gr. Mr. S. Cooke), 
exhibited several plants of Odontoglossum triumphans, showing a consider- 
