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THE ORCHID WORLD 
THE BRUSSELS 
HORTICULTURAL EXHIBITION. 
Continued from page 26. 
Messrs. A. A. Peeters and Son, Laeken, 
Brussels, staged a very extensive group, com- 
posed chiefly of Laslio-Cattleyas and Cattleya 
hybrids. At one end there were three dozen 
magnificently-grown Vanda ccerulea, carrying 
gigantic spikes of flowers of the best type. 
Cattleya labiata alba Ashworthios was noted, 
also a very p^-etty variety of Cattleya Em- 
press Frederick, named Prince Leopold, 
which had creamy white sepals and petals. 
This group received a Gold Medal, value 300 
francs. 
Messrs. Duchesne and Lanthoine, Water- 
mael, put up a light and graceful exhibit ; in 
it were Vanda coerulea, Phalasnopsis Rime- 
tstadiana, Dendrobium Schroderianum and 
Cattleya labiata. Among the choice plants 
in this group was Cattleya labiata Souvenir 
d'Armand de Menlensre, a very distinct 
variety, with a bluish hue in the sepals and 
petals, the lip being dull purple. Some two 
dozen plants of Cattleya aurea were included, 
two of which were very fine. A First Prize 
Gold Medal, value 200 francs, was given for 
this collection of 100 exotic orchids. 
Mons. Theodore Pauwels and Co., Meirel- 
beke, Ghent, had a mixed collection of season- 
able species and hybrids, the best being a 
very fine variety of Cattleya Mrs. Pitt named 
" sine a?qua." The plant was not strong, but 
carried one flower of remarkable size, 
resembling the C. aurea parent in size and 
shape, the colour approaching a good variety 
of Cattleya Fabia, the lip large and beauti- 
fully frilled, and the golden lines of C. aurea 
extending well into the throat. Awarded 
First Prize for the best hybrid Cattleya. 
Mons. Maron and Son, Brunoy, France, 
brought a selection of about three dozen 
Cattleya and Ltelio-Cattleva hyb/ids of their 
distinct strain, which would have shown to 
better advantage if more ferns or foliage 
plants had been utilised to hide the pots. 
One of his mcst noticeable plants was a very 
pretty Cattleya hybrid between C. Eldorado 
alba and C. labiata Cooksoniae ; the sepals 
and petals were white, the lip coloured after 
the style of the latter parent. Several good 
varieties of Cattleya Fabia and some Brasso- 
Cattleya Minerva (B.-C. Mrs. J. Leeman x 
C. aurea), which showed conside.'able varia- 
tion. 
Mons. Maurice Verdonck, Ghent, staged a 
group containing a selection of Laelio-Cattleya 
hybrids, Oncidiums and Dendrobium Phalas- 
nopsis Schroderianum, etc. 
Mons. F. Claes, Etterbeck, Brussels, put up 
a group of Cattleya labiata. 
The only English exhibitors were Messrs. 
Charlesworth and Co., Haywards Heath, and 
Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Enfield. The 
former staged a small but interesting group, 
including Cattleya labiata alba, sepals and 
petals white, lip richly coloured, Cattleya 
Luegas, C. Fabia alba, Odontoglossum Ceres, 
O. illustrissimum, Sophro-Laelia heatonensis, 
Cymbidium erythrostylum, a nice batch of 
Epidendrum vitellinum, and a few Cypripe- 
diums, and the interesting Polystachia pani- 
culata. Gold Medal, value 100 francs, was 
awarded. 
Messrs. Stuart Low and Co., Bush Hill 
Park, Enfield, staged a lightly-arranged 
group, with Oncidium varicosum and O. divari- 
catum at the back ; in the centre was a very 
fine variety of Cattleya Peetersii, having an 
exceptionally dark lip, Cattleya Enid, C. Mrs. 
Pitt, Sophro-Cattleya eximia, and a white 
variety of Cattleya labiata. Awarded Silver 
Medal for the group. 
IS & Vii 
The Florence International Horti- 
cultural Exhibition. — This exhibition 
will be held in Florence during the first fort- 
night of May, igi I, the opening day of which 
has not yet been fixed, in celebration of the 
fiftieth anniversary of the proclamation of the 
kingdom of Italy. The exhibition, which is 
to be held under the patronage of the town 
of Florence and of the Horticultural Society 
of Tuscany, will receive the financial support 
of the Italian Government. Their Majesties 
the King and Queen of Italy are offering valu- 
able " prizes of honour," and twenty classes, 
with fifty-three prizes, are scheduled for 
orchids. 
