188 THE ORCHID REVIEW. 
THE TEMPLE SHOW. 
Orcuips invariably form one of the features of the great Anntal 
Exhibition of the Royal Horticultural Society in the Temple Gardens, and 
at the ninth of the series, held on May tgth and two following days, the 
display was about up to the average in point of numbers, though there was 
little in the way of novelty, and the absence of the sterling group contributed 
by Baron Schroder on former occasions was very noticeable. In the 
following report we have endeavoured to give the more important features 
of the different groups, omitting for the most part ordinary forms of the 
showier species, which are invariably represented in quantity at this season. 
The group staged by the President, Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., was the 
finest yet contributed by him, both in extent and variety, and the material 
was most effectively arranged by Mr. White, so that even the smallest 
plants were seen to advantage. It occupied a space of about 3oft. frontage, 
and was full of interest from one end to the other, as the common showy 
species were only represented in limited numbers and in well-grown 
examples of their respective kinds. Among the more noteworthy plants 
were a splendid specimen of Epid M im, 
E. X elegantulum, the miniature E. organense (Rolfe), a fine specimen of 
E. X O’Brienanum, E. vitellinum, E. atropurpureum Randii, a fine pan of 
Macodes Petola, Cochlioda Neetzliana, Masdevallia x Mundyana, a well- 
flowered clump of the dwarf M. Wendlandi M. x glaphyrantha, M- 
coriacea, M. rosea with twenty flowers, and various others; Cattleya 
Walkeriana with eight flowers, C. x Parthenia, and other showy species 
the brilliant Lzlio-cattleya x Phcebe, Oncidium luteum, O. olivaceum 
I » O. K i , some superb O. Marshallianum, Eria 
ornata, Microstylis Scottii and M. macrochila, Maxillaria Sanderiana and 
M. Houtteana, Megaclinum triste and M. Imschootianum, Stenoglottis 
longifolia, Octomeria diaphana, the kable Bulbophyllum barbigerum 
Pleurothallis ornata; the charming little Saccolabium miniatum, @ bee Z 
flowered Phalaenopsis Luedd iana, P. Aphrodite, Dendrobium 
Bensonz and D. revolutum, Miltonia x Bleuana nobilior, Orchis latifolia, 
Ceelogyne odoratissima, fine examples of Anguloa Ruckeri and Dendrobium 
Bensone, D. revolutum, D. x polyphlebium, Cypripedium X barbato- 
bellinum, a densely spotted Odont el x And i fine forms 
of O. X excellens, and good representatives of most of the showy things 
seen in other groups. Altogether, it was a magnificent group, and richly 
deserved the Gold Medal awarded to it. 
H. S. Leon, Esq., M.P., Bletchley Park (gr. Mr. Hislop), staged a very 
fine group, to which a Silver Cup was given. It contained some excellent 
examples of Cattleya Lawrenceana, C. Skinneri, C. Aclandiz, C. Schiller 
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