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white variety, with heads of bloom about 
two feet across, and arranged alternately. 
In tbe centre of the great hall was a huge 
geometrical arrangement of azaleas, which 
produced a rich display of colour, but its 
formality detracted somewhat from th^ 
general effect. Tlie whole of this display 
was produced by; Messrs. J. B. Haerens and 
H. Wille, Glient, and the several collections 
formed their contributions to a con¬ 
siderable number of classes in which 
the plants had to be of a quite small 
size. Some w’ere arranged in wedge-shaped 
blocks of di.stinct colours, w'hile in the case 
of others the colours were mixed. With re¬ 
gard to varieties, it will suffice to say that 
the firm exhibited a beautiful deep pink 
semi-double flower, under the name of Mme. 
Haerens that appears to be w'ell deserving 
the attention of cultivators. The variety was 
shown in both bush and standard form, and 
in each it was highly satisfactory. They had 
also Vervaeneana rosea, a deeper-coloured 
form of Vervaeneana of much merit, and 
Haerensville alba, a semi-double with pure 
red colour; Konigen Elisabeth, a beautiful 
semi-double pure white flower of large size 
and with frilled segments; Professor Emile 
de Nobeli, a semi-double flower of the largest 
size, flushed wdth carmine in the centre, and 
quite free from blotches; Louis Vervaene, a 
superb £emi-double> the flowers of large size, 
and the colour a delicate salmon-piuk; 
Lucien de Cock, a superb semi-double, the 
flowers of medium size, and with elegantly 
frilled margins, the colour glowing crimson. 
M. Auguste Haerens, Somerghen, who was 
awarded the second prize in the class, had 
a number of good novelties, the best being 
President Alexis Caillier, a semi-double, the 
flow^ers large and of a brilliant carmine tint; 
Lady Roosevelt, a very large semi-double 
flower of the softest salmon-pink, shading 
to white; Winifred Haerens, a large semi¬ 
double, the colour glowing rose-carmine, suf¬ 
fused orange in the centre; Etoile de Bel¬ 
gique, a remarkably distinct semi-double 
flower with long, pointed, and regularly ar¬ 
ranged segments, the colour rich crimson, a 
quite new type. 
but the colour ol this old and popnUr t*. 
IS hardly equal to that of soii^ otlJr •- 
r^-pmk varieties when under the in*.' 
of a strong light. 
A large-flowered semi-double vari. 
shown by M. A. Haerens under the n ’ 
Bnlhanta Belgica, has the promise . - f 
of much value for decorative purposes ' 
strong colouring is desired; the co’ - 
brilliant rose-crimson, and appears to tri* 
advantage under the influence of a 
light. 
The class for a group of azaleas arra- •. 
on a space of about 80 square yards ’ 
plants being on twenty-inch stems, was * ' 
cient to test the resources of the largwt t 
hibitors, but evidently it imposed no stV 
on the Belgian growers, for the speck 
were some of the best of those of medi 
size in the exhibition. Messrs. E. Vert 
de Vos and Co.. Gwynaerde, Ghent, t 
won the work of art offered as the fir 
prize, had a magnificent collection, the «p^ 
mens about thirty inches in ’ diamet 
superbly flowered, and highly finished. T1 
THE FINE DISPLAY OF aALADItJMS AND AROIDS, GHENT. 
white flowers that was made note of as a 
fine addition to the white azaleas. 
x\. work of art was presented by the mem¬ 
bers of the Ghent Press as the premier aveard 
for a group of twenty specimen azaleas. Here 
M. Charles Verbawen was successful in ob¬ 
taining premier honours, his group consisting 
of medium-sized, finely-flowered specimens. 
Messrs. Maenhout freres, Mont St. xVmand, 
Ghent, were the winners of the gold medal 
offered as the second prize with medium¬ 
sized, well-bloomed bush plants. Very fine 
in th^e first-prize group were the rich scarlet 
Le Flambeau, the brilliant pink Professor 
Welters, and Vervaeneana. 
New azaleas were of much interest, and 
the collection with which Messrs. Haerens 
and Willes succeeded in winning the work of 
art offered as the premier award con¬ 
tained several surprising varieties that were 
a great advance on those in cultivation. 
Very fine are Haerwill’s Pink Pearl, a beau¬ 
tiful semi-double variety, with large pink 
flowers, with a deeper tint on the upper seg¬ 
ment; Juge de Hiiyck, a semi-double flower 
of tho largest size, but free from coarseness, 
with a frilled margin, and of a glowing rose- 
Very brilliant was the display produced by 
the azaleas arranged by M. Auguste Haerens 
on about 250 square yards. The large num¬ 
ber of plants required for filling this im¬ 
mense space were splendidly flowered, and 
the heads of bloom ranged from eighteen to 
tliirty inches in diameter, and the flowers 
were throughout in a high state of develop¬ 
ment. The work of art offered as the first 
prize was awarded to the exhibitor with feli¬ 
citations, and deservedly so; he had certainly 
not overlooked the fact that tasteful arrange¬ 
ment was not less necessary than plants 
evincing cultural skill of a high order. Very 
pleasing was a large bed of Blushing Bride, 
a beautiful semi-double variety, with large 
flowers tinted salmon-pink, d^per in the 
centre, but quite free from blotches or other 
markings. 
A very striking colour effect was produced 
by the fifty densely flowered bush specimens 
of Mme. Van der Cruyssen, for which M, A. 
d’Haene was awarded the first prize in the 
class for fifty plants of any one double 
variety The specimens were splendidly 
flowered, and the colouring under the soft 
light of the exhibition hall was very pleasing. 
uniformity in size, form, and ® ♦ 
head of bloom suggested a huge 
which much taste had been e';in 
arrangement of the flowers. ...j- 
were much the same as those ^ ;; 
merated, and therefore included * 
the best in cultivation. Frau pj,-. 
glorious pink variety, has not ^ 
tioned, and must therefore 't;,. - 
irawn to it. Not less deserving ® ^ 
Gberst von Kutchinksy, 
described as a semi-double 
and therefore of immense 
The group of twenty-five pyra r 
mens for which Messrs. attract*' 
awarded a work of art was highly a 
and of great educational valno ■ 
give their attention to the c 
Indian azaleas in this f * 
Dne of the specimens was as ** 
and flower development, and 
excellent model for {he 
N'ot less noteworthy in its varieti^- 
lid group of plants, in th\x^ this 
the usual saleable size, ^xhibit^ ^mpetitn- 
who, in the face of a very f 
were awarded the work of ar 
