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THE ORCHID WORLD. 
[September, 1913. 
particularly dark ; a specimen plant of 
Masdevallia bella ; Cypripedium Rothschild- 
lanum ; and Laelio-Cattleya Black Prince, a 
wonderful variety with the large lip solid 
crimson in colour, were amongst the choice 
specimens. Count Hemptmne also obtained 
the second prize, a Silver Medal, for the 
finest Cattleya, by showing C. Van Houtte, 
a new hybrid between C. Warscewiczii and C. 
Lord Rothschild. 
Mons. Firmin Lambeau obtained an Objet 
d Art, value 200 francs, for a very fine 
exhibit of Cattleyas, which included C. 
Warscewiczii var. Frau Melanie Beyrodt, 
C Hardyana " Tnomphe," C. Dowiana, and 
several excellent varieties of other species 
and hybrids. Well-flowered plants of 
Dendrobium Dearei and Cypripedium Rolfei 
were also shown. A Silver-gilt Medal was 
awarded to Brasso-Cattleya Dietrichiana 
albescens, a large creamy-white flower, with 
the bright yellow labellum having a delicate 
rose tint on the border. Mons. Lambeau also 
received a Silver-gilt Medal for Cattleya 
Comet rutilant, being the finest Cattleya in 
the show. The flower has very stiff, erect 
petals, the colour deep glowing purple, the 
lip with a darker band of colour round the 
margin, the throat orange-brown. 
Mons. Ch. Dietrich, Auderghem, received 
a Gold Medal for the most beautiful display 
of Miltonia vexillaria, the specimens being 
a mass of flower, and making a very attractive 
point in the Exhibition. Mons. Dietrich also 
obtained a Silver-gilt Medal for Miltonia 
vexillaria var. G. D. Owen, being the finest 
variety shown. 
Dr. Ballion, Ghent, was awarded an Objet 
d Art, value 100 francs, for the best collection 
of fifty Orchids. These included Cattleya 
President Henri de Wilde, with a dark 
labellum, C. Whitei, C. Thurgoodiana, C. 
Warscewiczii var. M. Gottigny, Cypripedium 
Alma Gevaert, a fine albino, Brasso-Cattleya 
Edmondii, a beautiful form, Cypripedium 
selligerum, and many Odontiodas. Dr. 
Ballion also obtained a similar award for the 
best twenty Cattleyas, and a Silver-gilt Medal 
for the best Cypripedium. 
Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart., Gatton Park, 
England, was awarded a Gold Medal for a 
group of choice Orchids, including Bulbo- 
phyllum grandiflorum, B. virescens, Peristeria 
elata, the curious Catasetum Reichenbach- 
lanum, Cypripedium superbiens with eleven 
flowers, C. Maudise magnificum, Cycnoches 
chlorochilon, and many excellent Odontiodas. 
Messrs. Th. Pauwels and Co., Meirelbeke, 
secured an Objet d'Art, value 200 francs, 
for a very extensive and elegant exhibit. In 
it were Bulbophyllum Lobbii with nineteen 
flowers, Cattleya Warscewiczii with over 
thirty blooms, C. Lord Rothschild alba, a 
fine form with creamy-white flowers, Dendro- 
bium Phalaenopsis with twenty-one flowers on 
a single spike, Grammangis Ellisii, one plant 
of which carried two strong spikes of flower. 
Cypripedium Rothschildianum with eight 
blooms, Vanda Parishii, several good Phalae- 
nopses, and numerous Miltonias. Messrs. 
Pauwels also received an Objet dArt, value 
100 francs, for the best collection of twenty 
Cattleyas, and a Gold Medal for a lot of 
Dendrobiums, which included acuminatum, 
Bronchartii, Sandera?, and Phala;nopsis. 
Mons. Vuylsteke received an Objet d'Art, 
value 200 francs, for an excellent exhibit 
of Odontiodas, many of which carried 
branching spikes of numerous flowers. The 
Odontoglossums were also first-class, and 
included Roi Albert, a grand flower of the 
amabile section, and Exornatum nivale, a 
very large flower, creamy-white, the hp 
pandurate. Miltonia vexillaria was also well 
shown. This exhibit was quite equal to 
others staged by Mons. Vuylsteke on Spring- 
show occasions, when Odontoglossums and 
Odontiodas are usually in their finest form. 
Mons. Jules Hye de Crom was awarded an 
Objet d'Art, value 200 francs, for an exten- 
sive exhibit, comprising two hundred excellent 
plants of Miltonia vexillaria and Hyeana, the 
variety Empress Augusta being noteworthy. 
A darkly-blotched hybrid between Leopoldii 
and G. D. Owen was included. Other plants 
were Cattleya Dowiana var. Madame J. Hye 
de Crom, similar to the well-known Rosita ; 
Cattleya Dupreana Hyeana ; C. Suzanne 
Hye de Crom ; the interesting hybrid 
between C. intermedia Aquinii and Aclandiae ; 
