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THE ORCHID WORLD. 



[September, 1912. 



BRUGES INTERNATIONAL EXHIBITION. 



THE historic city of Bruges looked its 

 best during the eight da)'s of its greeit 

 horticultural exhibition. The market- 

 place, said to be the largest of its kind m 

 Europe, was secured for the occasion, the 

 large open courtyard of the belfry buildings 

 being also used, while the numerous halls were 

 completely filled with Orchids and other 

 tender plants. The members of the Jury were 

 received in the Hall of the Provincial Govern- 

 ment, where luncheon was also served ; in 

 the evening a grand banquet was given in the 

 Hotel du Commerce. During the opening- 

 ceremony of the exhibition the great festival 

 bell in the famous belfry was rung, and a 

 concert on the wonderful peal of 48 bells 

 was given. The members of the Orchid Jury 

 were : Mons. Firmin Lambeau, J. Cromble- 

 holme, Ch. Dietrich, M. Verdonck, Gurney 

 Wilson, C. H. Curtis, Jules Hye and C. Vuyl- 

 steke. A complete printed list of exhibitors 

 and the awards made by the Jury was ready 

 before the opening of the exhibition, and the 

 enterprise of the citizens may be judged by 

 the fact that large photographs and picture 

 postcards were on sale at most of the shops 

 during the first day of the show. The 

 schedule contained no less than 416 classes. 



The Orchid exhibits included a grand 

 group shown by Mons. Firmin Lambeau, who 

 received a Large Gold Medal. The speci- 

 mens included Cattleya Baron Delbeke, a 

 richly coloured hybrid between C. Pittiana and 

 C. aurea ; Cattleya mtertexta var. Tulietta, a 

 very beautiful pure white flower obtained by 

 crossing Cattleya Warneri alba with Cattleya 

 Mossias Wagneri, and carrying a seed pod 

 resulting from the use of pollen from the 

 valuable Cattleya gigas alba which obtained 

 a Gold Medal when exhibited at London. 

 The scarlet flowering Miltonioda Harwoodii, 

 with a spike of eight flowers ; Catasetum 

 splendens album, and Catasetum Lindenii ; 

 Odontioda heatonensis, and Vanda coerulea 

 were also shown in good form. 



Mons. Ch. Dietrich, Auderghem, Brussels, 

 received a Gold Medal Diploma for an 

 excellent group containing Cattleya Comet, a 



beautiful hybrid between Warneri and aurea ; 

 Miltonia Bleuana ; Cattleya lucida, a grand 

 flower of intense purple colour, and several 

 excellent examples of the blue flowering 

 Vanda coerulea. 



Messrs. Sander and Sons received the First 

 Prize, a Work of Art and a Large Gold Medal, 

 for the finest trade exhibit. Included in it 

 were numerous specimens of Dendrobium 

 superbiens ; Laslio-Cattleya Phoenix var. 

 Purple Emperor, a rich ruby-crimson flowering 

 hybrid between Cattleya aurea and L.-C. 

 Henry Greenwood ; Cattleya Gaskelliana 

 alba ; Lycaste spectabile, a hybrid between 

 .Skinneri and aromatica, with soft rose flowers 

 having a yellow centred lip ; a wonderful 

 specimen of Phalaenopsis violacea ; ^Erides 

 Sanderianum ampliatum, a very showy plant ; 

 and Anguloa eburnea. 



Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Haywards 

 Heath, were awarded a Gold Medal for a 

 good group of various Orchids ; those of 

 special merit being Odontoglossum crispum 

 Golden Gem, a beautiful yellow spotted 

 variety ; Cypripedium Daisy Barclay ; 

 Cattleya F. W. Wigan ; Cattleya Rhoda, of 

 excellent colour ; and good examples of 

 Cattleya Iris. 



Mons. Jules Hye, Ghent, received a Gold 

 Medal Diploma for a large group of Miltonias, 

 including Hyeana var. Argus, a good shaped 

 white flower with rose flushing on the base 

 of the petals, and an almost black disc with 

 radiating lines on the labellum. Also a hybrid 

 between M. Hyeana and M. Phalaenopsis, with 

 dark rose flushed petals and distinct mask 

 on the hp. A large specimen Cattleya gigas 

 Frau Melanie Beyrodt was also shown, and 

 Miltonia vexillaria al'ba was awarded a Silver- 

 gilt Medal. 



Mons. Ch. Vuylsteke, Loochristy, received 

 a Gold Medal Diploma for an extensive 

 group of Miltonia vexillarias, the plants being 

 very well flowered. 



Mons. Vincke-Dujardin, Bruges, received a 

 Gold Medal Diploma for a large and varied 

 group of hybrids, many derived from Cattleya 

 granulosa Miltonia Moreliana and numerous 



