THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
2 Vote MIX] JULY 5 1Gtt. [No. 223. 
OUR NOTE BOOK. 
UnpDER the heading, ‘‘ Orchids at the Temple,” a very pertinent question is 
taised by the Journal of Horticulture. ‘The display,” it remarks, ‘‘ was 
quite up to the average, but we are bound to admit that there is a great 
deal of repetition in some of the groups, and where space is so limited we 
think that quality and not quantity should be the rule.” A note from the 
Gardeners’ Magazine may be taken in this connection. ‘One heard the 
usual grumbles of exhibitors who asked for 1ooft. space, got 25ft., and had 
to leave half the good things they intended to exhibit at home, &c., &c. 
And why do exhibitors clamour for space at the Temple Show, seeing that 
it is not competitive, and prize money is unknown? Well, ask the men 
who stood, note-books in hand, in front of their exhibits, suffering the heat 
of those tents for three whole days without a murmur, while the Society 
folk kept coming along with their orders. The whole thing, then, is 
‘explained in a nut-shell—the magic words advertisement and business are 
‘written large in every corner of the Temple Show. 
Perhaps the second paragraph explains the first, and while there is 
nothing objectionable in such meetings being used for business purposes, 
within reasonable limits, the educational object should be kept more to the 
front. And surely something better might be attempted in the way of 
classification. A group of Odontoglossums, or Cattleyas, with the necessary 
foliage, would be a possitive relief, and if a division into Warm, Cool, and 
Intermediate Orchids, or something of the sort, is impracticable, prizes 
‘might be offered for good culture. Anything to break the monotony of 
-existing arrangements, where each yroup is like every other, right round the 
tent, and where anything like comparison is impossible. Whether the 
great International Show of next May will realise all that is expected of it 
remains to be seen, but it will, at all events, be different, and there is likely 
-to be some room, which are things to be thankful for. 
There appears to be something unsatisfactory about the R.H.S. enédals 
-and awards, as witness the letter from the Council to the Chairmen of 
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