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THE GARDENERS’ MAGAZINE. 
ym BrasSO-cattleya 
■ j Mi^ white hybrid between B. 
i ,• triana alba was greatly 
ai 'much commented upon. The 
\ B^mptiniie's Cymbidium Lowia- 
ire tnd twenty epikes, wao an 
^ vt Verdonck, Ckaussee de Brus- 
.ni£g« filled one salon with a bril- 
^hUro’of interesting orchids, and 
--ringed his plants roughly in gw- 
,«!ctions. Many medals tell to his 
l_ ‘he larger group his batch of 
“I Jamesianum w'as an attraction, 
* - •> this white-flowered species seen 
" pod condition; Oncidium Marshal- 
.nd 0. splendidum, odontogloseums 
- ‘ nriety, cypripediums we have al- 
, " tten all about in these days of 
’ hybrids; Demdrobium densiflorum 
-- j’dnzen’spikes, Coelogyne Massan- 
‘ h i i<»ng. drooping spikes; Phalaenop- 
_--^Udiana and Cattleya Schroderae 
.. - great style, and a batch of varie- 
:MABtogl<»»um crispum were among 
* chief successes. 
* Ballion, a Ghent amateur, was 
I 1 gold medal for a delightfully-ar- 
Russie with six flowers, B.-c. Vilmoriana 
with Moesi»-like throat, B.-c. Maronae, B.-c. 
Thorhtoni. B.-c. Lehmanae, and grand varie¬ 
ties of Cattleya Mendeli and C. Schroderae 
were greatly in evidence, and produced a 
noble effect, to which the odontiodas and 
odontoglossums lent added grace. A work 
of art fell to M. Dietrich’s share of the 
spoils. Laelio-cattleya Lucia inversa, one 
of the Charlesworthi breed, a strong grower 
carrying about half a dozen blooms on each 
30in. spike, was well shown by Messrs. 
Vacherot and Lecoufle, Boissy, St. Leger; a 
score of plants were ^own and there were 
three and twenty spikes. In some cases the 
^pals and petals were quite yellow, while 
in others they were salmon-buff, but the lip 
was ruby-purple all through. 
A forest of spikes of Odontoglossum cris¬ 
pum, arranged over maidenhair ferns, 
was shown by Messrs. Duchesne and 
Lanthorne, Watermael, Brussels, and 
as the varieties were almost all white 
ones, this was a very chaste dis¬ 
play, and one that commanded the atten¬ 
tion of all the lady visitors. A gold medal 
fell to Messrs. A. and G. Jannsens, Merxem, 
Antwerp, for a collection of orchids wherein 
ranged with great taste and grace. A bank 
of Phalffinopsis Sanderae, P. Rimestadiana and 
P. Schilleriana, had an edging of Oncidium 
conoolor. The noble Lulophieila Hamelini, 
carrying heads of big rose-purple flowers 
on stout spikes 511. high, was the 
central feature of one mound; each spike 
carried over two dozen fleshy blooms. Be¬ 
hind this rose Cymbidium AlexandeJiand the 
pink forms of C. Pauwelsi, while a fine Chysis- 
bractescens hung high over all. The finest 
grouping, however, was of miltonias, catt- 
leyas, Oncidium concolor, and odontiodas, but 
it was the background of somewhere about 
fifty grand spikes of Cymbidium Pauwelsi 
(C. Lowianum and C. insigne), set over Catt¬ 
leya Schroderae and Dendrobium Schro- 
derianum, that was the grand and strik¬ 
ing feature of a glorious exhibit. No¬ 
thing like such a display of splendid cymbi¬ 
dium spikes has ever been seen at once 
before. Messrs. Pauwels received hosts of 
medals for such gems as Lycaste Skinneri 
Hellemensis, deep rose; a fine branching 
spiked Phalaenopsis Schilleriana, and a well- 
grown and especially fine form of Coelogyne 
pandurata with eight very lar^e green and 
black flowers; a huge Masaevallia Harryana; 
AN EFFECTIVE DISPLAY OF PALMS AMD FERNS, GHENT. 
Odontogl 
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^ Alma Gevaert, 
•ere a few of the most’ 
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Miltonia vexillaria was very fine, with Catt¬ 
leya Schroderae, the bright C. Lawrenciana, 
C. Mendeli, Cymbidium Pauwelsi, and the 
deep crimson-purple Odontoglossum crispum 
roseum. A corner group of Phalaenopsis 
Rimest^iana was very effective, chiefly be¬ 
cause the exquisite white flowers, borne on 
graceful spikes, were placed in a dark corner 
of a rather dark salon, and against a dark 
background. The beauty of these blooms, 
and the number of plants growing on a 
central branching tree stump, arrested at¬ 
tention from those passing through to see the 
floral designs. 
M. C. Maillard, St. Andre Icz Lillewon 
a gold medal for a collection of varieties or 
hyorids from odontogmssums, and in a very 
attractive group he had O. concinnum, O. 
eximium. the yellowish O. Loochristien^, O. 
Aireworth with bluish tinting; O. Doris, O. 
Charlesworthi, carrying a patent of nobility 
in its Harryanum lip; and the very charm¬ 
ing Odontioda Ajax, with yellow lip and 
rosy-crimson sepals and petals. 
Lastly we come to the Salon Pauwels, a 
smaller room than the one occupied by M. 
Lambeau, but one that was grandly filled 
by Messrs. Theodore Pauwels and Co., Meire- 
lebeke, Ghent, with splendid orchids ar- 
Cypcripedium Alcibiades Roi Albert, with 
wonderfully broad, white, green-based dorsal 
sepal; a grand white form of Lycaste Skin¬ 
neri named La Perle, a real beauty; and for 
Odontioda Viiylstekece Reine des Beiges, a 
richly-hued beauty in the way of O. Corona¬ 
tion, but with rosier ground colouring. Be¬ 
sides gold, silver-gilt, and silver mecLils, the 
Messrs. Pauwels secured the fine work of 
art offered by M. Firmin Lambeau. 
BRITISH-GROWN ORCHIDS. 
The larger part of one salon was occupied 
by Messrs. Charles worth and Co., Hayward’s 
Heath, this firm bringing over a truly noble 
contribution to the great show. Palms 
formed an excellent background, and ferns 
and moss were used as a base for the grow¬ 
ing orchids. Right up amid the palms were 
the golden spikes of Oncidium Marshalli- 
anum and the softer hued Cymbidium ebur- 
ueo-Lowianum, and the purple Odontoglos¬ 
sum Tbompsoni. A comparatively small 
plant of Cymbidium Humbolti figured near 
the centre, and all over the group rose 
charming spikes of Odontonia Edna, Odon- 
ti^a Bradshawiae, O. Charlesworthi, O. 
Diana, O. Lutetia, O. Latona, Odontoglossum 
illustrissimum Black Prince, O. Wilckeanum 
