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and beautiful, the series containing about sixty plants with 100 flowers. 
B.-c. Sirius (C. Skinneri X B. Digbyana), is a very deep purple flower of 
intermediate size, with the lip fringed, and having a pale whitish throat. 
Lelio-cattleyas were still more numerous, including such brilliant kinds 
L.-c. Phryne, Hippolyata, Golden Glory with twenty-six rich yellow flowers, 
Pizarro, callistoglossa excelsa, with five fine blooms, having the lip of the 
most intense purple-crimson, Elinor, and among the newer ones L.-c. Lustre 
(L.-c. callistoglossa x C. Lueddemanniana), a very large and most richly- 
coloured hybrid, L.-c. Olivia (L. Jongheana x C. Schroeder), a pretty pink 
flower with large orange-coloured throat, L.-c. Ganymede (L. x Latona x 
C. Schroederze), a very variable and pretty hybrid, &c. There were also 
many good Cypripediums, fine plants of Sophronitis grandiflora, one 
bearing about eighty flowers, Sophrocattleya Chamberlainiana, four good 
Sophrolelia Phroso superba, Dendrobium Brymerianum, some fine Ada 
aurantiaca, Miltonia X Bleuana, and M. Roezlii, Bifrenaria Harrisoniz, 
the fine Masdevallia x Bocking Hybrid, &c. 
' M. Ch. Vuylsteke, Loochristi, staged a magnificent group Of hybrid 
Odontoglossums, in a large glass case with mirrors behind, and containing 
about 115 plants, such a group as has never before been shown, an CEuvre 
d’Art, value 500 francs, being awarded, with the congratulations of the Jury. 
The blotched forms of O. crispum, X ardentissimum, X amabile, xX Rolfez, 
X eximium, X percultum, X gandavense, X Wilckeanum, X Lawrence, 
anum, X excellens, and others were remarkable, alike for culture and for 
brilliancy of colour and markings, and those who have seen the smaller 
groups at the Temple and elsewhere will be able to form some idea of the 
present one. We can only select a few specially striking forms for 
individual mention. O. X maculatissimum (maculatum X ardentissimum) 
had a spike of nine flowers, most like the former in shape, the sepals of a 
peculiar bronzy brown, the petals more blotched and light yellow towards 
the apex, and the lip white, with a bronzy red blotch and a yellow crest. O. 
x Vuylstekez Diana hada spike of fourteen flowers of exceptionally clear 
rich colour. O. X Wiganianum Lucretia was a brilliant yellow, densely 
spotted variety. O. x Laurenceanum triumphale, a very fine and richly 
coloured form. O. X formosum var. Diana bore a fine panicle with five 
side branches and thirty-four beautiful white, very regularly blotched flowers. 
O. X gandavense cceruleum presents a remarkable combination of blue 
and white, with a broad lip in which the Harryanum crest comes out well. 
O. x eximium Aglaon is somewhat similar in shade of colour, but has the 
quite different type of lip of O. X ardentissimum. O. X_ excellens 
Golden Gem is a very rich yellow form. O. X egregium Madame Jules 
Hye de Crom has broad segments of a peculiar bronzy claret hue, with 
nartow pale margin. O. X Beaute-cceleste (figured at page 40 of our last 
