Excerpt from The Journal of the Royal Horticultural Society, Vol. 7: The Report on the Orchid Conference, Held at South Kensington, on May 12th and 13th, 1885 The orchid conference, organised by the Royal Horticultural Society, may be considered as one of the greatest successes ever known in Floral Exhibitions, and one, moreover, with a special object in view, every point in which was brought to the desired conclusion. There was an extensive and splendid show, lasting two days, and also a Conference, at which the attendance of Orchid growers was numerous and influential, and tended much to advance the objects of the Society, viz to exhibit a representative collection of Orchids in flower, together with any other objects desirable for their culture, and to Spread a knowledge of their habits and requirements. In furtherance of these objects, interesting Papers were read and discussed, and much useful and valuable information elicited. The Exhibition was marked by a beautiful display of rare and showy Orchids, many of these being very large specimens; in fact, the greatest number of new and fine Orchids ever assembled at one show in this country were here displayed. It was also marked by the extraordinary facilities offered by the collection at one Exhibition of a great number of allied plants for comparing and estimating their distinguishing features; as an example of which may be mentioned the extraordinary representation of five specimens of nearly all the large white flowered Cattleyas known - an occurrence hitherto unprecedented. Many other instances might be Cited, but a perusal of the Report will give sufficient information on all points. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.