188 THE ORCHID REVIEW. [JUNE, 1903. 
ORCHIDS AT GHENT. 
A visit to Ghent would be incomplete which took no account of the 
various Nurseries there in which Orchids are grown, and we took the 
opportunity of seeing several of them, and, although many of the best 
~plants were absent at the great Show, we found much to interest us. A 
-search for novelty at this time of course pointed in the direction of 
-seedling Odontoglossums, and the road to Loochristy, where the establish- 
‘ment of M. Ch. Vuylsteke is situated, and there we first directed our steps. 
‘We had previously seen several beautiful spikes, which were exhibited at 
ithe Raout of the Chambre Syndicale des Horticulture Belges, on April rgth, 
‘including two of the fine O. X armainvillierense, heavily spotted with 
‘violet purple, and closely resembling the variety ardentissimum. 
M. CH. VUYLSTEKE’S ESTABLISHMENT. 
On arriving here we found a number of compact and well-built houses 
‘devoted to Orchids, these being span-roofed, and protected by roller 
blinds. The first house entered was chiefly devoted to Odontoglossums, 
‘those in flower including good examples of O. Edwardi, Pescatorel, 
-sceptrum, triumphans, mirandum, and X Adriane, one of the latter being 
-a charming light variety. Here were also good batches of Miltonia 
vexillaria and Cymbidium Lowianum. 
The next house was largely devoted to Cypripedes, and we noted some 
-good examples of hirsutissimum in flower, also X Sedeni, x Schroedere 
and X grande, in fine condition, with Chysis bractescens, and some more 
Miltonia vexillaria, in splendid health. A capsule of M. v. Leopoldi 
x Bleuana was interesting, and may be heard of again. A case of 
‘seedling Cattleyas and Lzlias was also interesting, together with quan- 
stities of larger plants. 
A third house contained chiefly Odontoglossums, finely grown and 
pushing up a forest of spikes, but very little yet actually in flower; after 
‘which we come to a fine house of seedlings, computed to contain about a 
thousand plants, mostly of flowering size, and about r50 either in flower or 
‘bud. Those expanded included several fine forms of O. xX Denisone 
(Wilckeanum), one of them being of enormous size, and the petals deeply 
‘toothed, some good forms of O. x Vuylstekei and x bellatulum, both of 
which were described at page gg of our last volume, O. x Harryano- 
crispum, and several examples of O. x armainvillierense (Pescatorei X 
crispum Franz Masereel). It was curious to see that some of these latter 
‘were absolutely unspotted, being white tinged with purple, but retaining 
‘the intermediate shape, and it may be added that the other hybrids named 
«also showed a considerable amount of variation. 
Another house of QOdontoglossums contained numerous flowering 
