150 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [MAY, 1903- 
For the best Cattleya, Madame L. de Hemptinne, of Gand, secured 
the first prize. 
The class for the best Cymbidium brought two competitors, who staged 
C. Lowianum, the first prize going to M. J. H. Tromp-Meesters, of 
Steenwyk, Holland, and the second to M. J. de Hemptinne, of St.-Denis- 
Westrem, the former staging a noble specimen with 13 spikes. 
In the class for the best Lycaste a fine specimen of L. Skinneri, bearing 
20 flowers, was staged by M. A. Boelens, of Ledeberg, to which the first 
prize was given. 
In the class for the best Oncidium a fine plant of Oncidium Marshallianum, 
bearing three panicles of flowers, was staged by M. E. Praet, of Mont-St. 
Amand, and in that for the best Dendrobium a good D. Wardianum, but we_ 
do not find the records in the official list of awards. There was also a 
well grown and flowered specimen of D. nobile from someone, which seems 
to have been completely overlooked. 
A special prize, consisting of a Silver-gilt Medal, was given to 
L’Horticole Coloniale, Brussels, for a group of well grown and flowered 
Vanda tricolor. | 
Other interesting additional exhibits which we noted were Lzlio-cattleya. 
x Bievreana (L. crispa X C.Rex), and Cymbidium x eburneo-Lowianum 
Bievreanum, from M. de Biévre, gardener to His Majesty the King of the 
Belgians, Laeken ; and a pretty Lycaste from M. E. Pourbaix, supposed to- 
be a natural hybrid from L. Skinneri and L. Deppei. 
Orchids were also used with great effect in the classes set apart for floral 
decorations, one exhibit being particularly noteworthy, namely the one 
with which M. de Brie, of Paris, secured the first prize for a basket of 
Orchid flowers. It was avery light and graceful device of Odontoglossums, 
. Oncidiums, Cattleyas, Phalenopsis, Vandas, &c., so arranged as to nearly 
hide the light bamboo framework. 
Two Gold Medals, value respectively roo and 50 francs, were offered for 
the best Orchid house, complete with heating apparatus, the first prize being 
won by M. Ch. Buss, of Ghent, with a thoroughly modern structure, having 
a very neat arrangement by which the side ventilators can all be opened 
together, either very slightly or to their full extent. 
The number of classes in which there was no exhibit was remarkable, 
being as many as 50 out of a total of 76 (52 are vacant in the official 
list). And the character of these classes was curious. It may not seem 
remarkable that prizes for six novelties of recent introduction, also for three 
and one, should fail to secure an entry, but what shall be said when it 
applies also to such subjects as the best new Cypripedium not yet in 
commerce, the best Cattleya or Lelia, or the best new hybrid of any other 
genus? Coming to groups, we find the Amateurs’ classes for 100 and 50 
