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-Lelio-cattleya X purpurato-Schilleriana, the rare Galeandra Devoniana, 
the remarkable Liparis tricallosa, Trichopilia suavis with two racemes, 
‘Oncidium Forbesii, Cypripedium hirsutissimum, &c. 
A similar class for Nurserymen brought two competitors, the first prize 
going to M. L. De Smet-Duvivier, of Mont-St.-Amand, and the second to 
M. Maurice Verdonck, of Gendbrugge. The premier group was excellent 
in every respect, and included some good Odontoglossums, among which 
O. xX _ crispo-Harryanum, O. xX Rolfee, O. Edwardi, O. Hallii, 
‘O. cirrhosum, and others, were conspicuous, also Maxillaria Sanderiana 
‘with five flowers, Masdevallia x Pourbaixii with 16, Mesospinidium 
-vulcanicum grandiflorum with four spikes, Platyclinis glumacea with 25, 
Dendrobium thyrsiflorum with eight, Phaius x Norman, Lelia Jongheana, 
_ Miltonia Warscewiczii, Lycaste Skinneri alba, Cattleyas, Cypripediums, 
‘Oncidium sarcodes, Cavendishianum, and Gardneri, Leelio-cattleya xX 
-cinnabarino-Schroedere, and various others too numerous to mention, 
both species and hybrids. In the second prize group we noted fine 
examples of Oncidium varicosum Rogersii, O. superbiens, Masdevallia 
ignea, Ansellia africana, Cattleya x calummata nobilior, C. citrina with 
four flowers, a fine Dendrobium nobile, D. Jamesianum, the finely fringed 
.D. Brymerianum, D. chrysotoxum, D.- atroviolaceum, Epidendrum 
Allemanii, Arpophyllum giganteum, Chysis bractescens, Lycaste Skinneri 
alba, Odontoglossum x - Adriane, O. mirandum, a very good O. x 
Andersonianum, Vanda tricolor, Cypripediums, &c. 
-: 1 Fora collection of 50 Orchids (Nurserymen) the prize went to M. E. 
»Praet, of Mont-St.-Amand, with an excellent group, comprising good 
examples of Dendrobium Wardianum, Odontoglossum Pescatorei with five 
spikes, O. triumphans, Cattleya x Parthenia bearing a raceme of five fine 
flowers, a good C. Mendelii and others, Oncidium concolor, O. Gardneri, 
‘O. Marshallianum, O. Forbesii,,O. varicosum Rogersii, Angrecum 
-sesquipedale, Zygopetalum crinitum, Brassolelia x Gratrixiz, Miltonia 
_ Warscewiczii, Masdevallia coccinea Harryana with over sixty flowers, &c., 
_all the plants being well grown and flowered. 
In the Amateurs’ class for 30 Orchids the first prize went to 
M..O. Fanyau, of Hellemmes- Lille, and the second to Madame 
-L. de Hemptinne, of Gand. The premier group contained, among others, 
a well flowered example of Zygopetalum. X Perrenoudi, Cattleya x 
calummata with eleven flowers, a fine Cymbidium Lowianum, Lzalio- 
cattleya x Choletiana with two fine spikes, a good example of 
Masdevallia ignea, Odontoglossums, &c., while the more remarkable plants 
in the latter group were a fine example of Vanilla planifolia, bearing a 
cluster of nine pods, a good Cymbidium Lowianum, Phaius x Marthe, a 
fine Dendrobium nobile, some gooa Odontoglossum X Adriane, and others. 
