ALE: ORGELLD.. REV LEW: 
VoL. XVI.] JUNE, 1908. [No. 186. 
ORCHIDS AT GHENT. 
VisIToRS to Ghent during the week of its famous Quinquennial Show 
naturally take the opportunity of seeing some of its numerous horticultural 
establishments, and there are at least two in the neighbourhood of the old 
city in which Orchids receive special attention, which we had the pleasure 
of seeing. We shall mention them in the order of our visit. 
The establishment of M. Th. Pauwels, at Meirelbeke, is famous for the 
recent importation of Cattleya Lawrenceana, which has again made that 
fine old species common in our collections. 
The Orchid houses, ten in number, form a compact block, and are about 
100 long, and well adapted to their requirements in every respect. The 
first house entered was a Cattleya house, which contained a sturdy lot of 
healthy plants of all kinds, a number of very good C. Schroeder being in 
flower. There were also some Oncidium oblongatum in spike, and a batch 
of Scuticaria Steelii, from British Guiana, one plant of which has a fine self- 
fertilised capsule, from which it is hoped some vigorous seedling plants may 
be obtained. : 
The next two houses were largely devoted to seedling Cattleyas and 
Lzlio-cattleyas, of which there are some thirty thousand in all stages in 
the establishment. Here also we saw a lot of good plants of C. Law- 
renceana, one bearing a capsule, some Phalznopsis Schilleriana, Lycaste 
Skinneri, Cypripedium niveum, a fine Epidendrum radicans, Vanda 
Bensoni, and a lot of other interesting things. Three seedling plants of 
Cattleya labiata were pointed out, germinating at the base of the old sheath 
at the apex of the pseudobulbs of imported plants. The latter when received 
were cleaned up, dipped in XL All insecticide to destroy insects, and then 
potted up, and these seedlings are said to be from native seeds which had 
lodged there before the plants were imported. A lot of C. Schilleriana 
seedlings were pointed out, and a batch from Lelia rubescens crossed with 
a large form of C. Triane. 
Next came two houses of Odontoglossums, in which were a lot of O. 
crispum in flower, both from the Pacho and Velez districts, and Mr. 
Pauwels pointed out the more erect spikes of the former, and the greater 
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