﻿October, 1904.] 



THE ORCHID REVIEW. 



The Marquis de Wavrin, Ghent, sent a fine specimen of Lalio-cattleya 

 X elegans, and a grand plant and good variety of Vanda ccerulea. 



Mr. H. C. Hacke, Baarn, Holland, had a small collection, comprising 

 Vanda ccerulea, Calantheveratrifolia, good Cypripediums, Laelio-cattleyas, &c. 



In the trade groups, for competition, Mr. A. A. Peeters, Brussels, 

 staged a grand collection of hybrids, to which an extra prize was given. 

 Included in the group were Cattleya x Hardyana, C. X Ella, C. X 

 Pittiana var. Kronprinz, Laelio-cattleya X eximia, L.-c. X Alcides, L.-c. X 

 Admiral Dewey, L.-c. X elegans. At one end of the group was a batch of 

 Cypripedium hybrids of the Rothschildianum type, and at the other end 

 twelve very fine plants of Vanda ccerulea. 



M. Chas. Maron, Brunoy, France, obtained the second prize for a good 

 group of showy hybrids, including plants of the Laelio-cattleya X 

 callistoglossa, X eximia, X Adonis, and X Henry Greenwood types. 



M. Maurice Verdonck, Ghent, was third with a group including 

 Houlletia Brocklehurstiana, Vanda ccerulea, Odontoglossum grande, O. X 

 Harryano-crispum, Cattleya Harrisoniana, &c. Messrs. Draps Dom, 

 Brussels, and Messrs. Wolf, Dusseldorf, each sent good collections of 

 Cypripediums. 



The non-competitive groups were very good. Mr. Otto Beyrodt, 

 Marienfelde, Berlin, covered a large space with a magnificent display of 

 popular varieties, such as Vanda ccerulea, Odontoglossum grande, Oncidium 

 varicosum, Cypripedium X cenanthum, Cattleya Harrisoniana alba, C. 

 gigas, &c. It also contained a magnificent variety, called C. gigas 

 Imperator, the flower of which measured 10 inches across the petals, 

 to which a special prize was awarded. 



Messrs- Charlesworth & Co., Bradford, England, staged a very choice 

 group, which was awarded a Silver Vase, to be specially made and 

 decorated. The group contained three plants of the handsome Cattleya X 

 Iris, C. X Chamberlainiana, C. X Vulcan, La;lio-cattleya X bletchleyensis, 

 L.-c. X luminosa, L.-c. X Professor Fritz Rober, Brassocattleya X 

 Madame Chas. Maron, Cypripedium X Milo, C. X Gravesiae, C. X Frau 

 Ida Brandt, C. x Mons. F. Lambeau, Bullophyllum Lobbii, Cycnoches 

 chlorochilon, &c. 



Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Enfield, London, exhibited a group of well- 

 flowered plants of Cattleya Dowiana aurea, C. Gaskelliana, C. Harrisoniana, 

 Dendrobium Phalaenopsis, Odontoglossum grande, &c. 



A later issue supplies some further particulars by M. Maurice Verdonck, 

 of Ghent. It appears that M. Peeters, of Brussels, was the only exhibitor 

 in the class for one hundred varieties. In Class 10, for a collection of sixty 

 Cattleyas, Laalias, and Laelio-cattleyas, the first prize was won by M. Ch. 



