THE ORCHID WORLD. 
[May, 1913. 
appearance to the house. Additional colour is 
given by yellow flowering Oncidiums and the 
red Sophronitis grandiflora. Odontoglossums 
are particularly happy, and as the house is 
some 900 feet above the sea level the 
atmosphere is fresh and buoyant. A very 
handsome variety, known as King of Sparta, 
has two spikes on the same bulb, and carrying 
a total of 20 well developed flowers heavily 
blotched with purple. O. crispum Black 
Prince, O. excellens Richd. Ashworth, and 
O. Halli xanthoglossum carrying a spike of 19 
good flowers are a few of the noteworthy 
plants. O. citrosmum proves of much interest. 
I^ycaste Skinneri is represented by a large 
and distinctly coloured variety, and besides a 
varied selection of Masdevallias there is an 
extensive collection of various cool and warm 
house Orchids. The very healthy condition 
of all the plants speaks well for the 
atmosphere and Mr. Eastwood, who is in 
charge of the practical part. 
GHENT SHOW. 
THE Ghent Exhibition was opened by 
Their Majesties the King and Queen 
of Belgium, accompanied by Prince 
Leopold, on Saturday, April 26th, and great 
enthusiasm prevailed among the numerous 
exhibitors and the vast crowd which 
thronged the Exhibition Buildings. The 
following report includes the principal 
Orchid groups. 
Mons. Firmin Lambeau was awarded the 
Gold Medal presented by the King of 
Belgium for a wonderful display of choice 
Orchids most tastefully arranged. The note- 
worthy plants included Miltonia vexillaria 
G. D. Owen ; Miltonia Hyeana of splendid 
form ; La?lio-Cattleya Golden Glory, with 
golden-yellow segments ; L.-C. Firminii 
" Ville de Gand," a richly coloured variety ; 
Brajsiso-Cattleya Ajax ; a host of elegant 
Cattleya and Odontoglossum hybrids ; 
albino varieties of almost all the Cattleya 
species ; a choice selection of Odontiodas ; 
and many other novelties. 
M. Lambeau also received Silver-gilt 
Medals for Cymbidium Lambeauianum ; 
L3?lio-Cattleya Firminii "Ville de Gand"; 
Odontoglossum crispum " Reine Elisabeth," 
a magnificent white flower of large 
proportions with a bright reddish-purple 
blotch in the centre of each segment ; Od. 
Ville de Gand, a good hybrid of the amabile 
section ; Coelogyne pandurata ; Cymbidium 
Humblotii ; Odontoglossum luteo-pur- 
pureum ; Eulophiella Elisabethse, a wonderful 
plant with six large spikes of flower ; and 
for an albino seedling Cattleya obtained by 
crossing C. intermedia alba with C. 
Schroderas alba, the 14 flowers all being pure 
white. Odontioda Coronation, one of the 
marvels of the show, was also awarded a 
.Silver-gilt Medal. 
Mons. Ch. Dietrich, Auderghem, was 
awarded the " CEuvre d'Art," value 200 
francs, presented by M. L. Tillier, of Paris, 
for a very artistic exhibit of Orchids, 
containing many excellent forms of Cattleya 
Mendelii, good varieties of C. Empress 
Frederick, Cymbidium insigne, a grand 
specimen Brasso-Cattleya Digbyano- 
Schroderae, many Miltonias, some excellent 
blotched Odontoglossums, Phaius Norman, 
and a varied selection of all the well-known 
species and hybrids. 
Count Joseph de Hemptinne, St. Denis, 
received the i st Prize, an CEuvre d'Art, value 
150 francs, for a grand display of Odonto- 
glossum crispum, many of the varieties being 
specially good. There were several grand 
Cattleyas, Odontiodas, Odontoglossum Dora, 
Brasso-Cattleya Orpheus, an excellent pure 
white flower of good substance, and a richly 
coloured Brasso-Cattleya Vilmoriniana. 
Messrs. Th. Pauwels, Meirelbeke, were 
o warded the " CEuvre d'Art," presented by 
Mons. F. Lambeau, for an extensive and very 
beautiful exhibit of Cymbidium Pauwelsii, all 
the specimens being specially well flowered. 
Numerous Odontoglossums, both species and 
