THE ORCHID REVIEW. 187 
Messrs. B. S. Williams and Son, Upper Holloway, exhibited Odonto- 
glossum citrosmum Owenianum, a very dark rose-coloured form, and O. 
triumphans atratum, with flowers curiously banded with dark chestnut- 
brown. 
THE TEMPLE SHOW. 
In spite of the sudden spell of unseasonably cold weather which immediately 
preceded it, and the wet of the opening day, the Seventh Annual Show of 
Royal Horticultural Society at the Inner Temple Gardens was certainly a 
highly successful one. Fortunately, the two remaining days were finer, and 
on each day there was a large concourse of visitors. The extension of the 
Show overa third day was an experiment which we hope has been successful, 
so far as the coffers of the Society are concerned, though there was some 
apprehension as to the effect of a third day’s exposure in the tents in such 
unseasonably cold weather. The Orchids were at least equal to those 
exhibited on the last two occasions, which is saying a great deal, and 
owing to the provision of a little more space were rather less crowded than 
usual. 
In its broad features the Show much resembled that of last year, 
several of the old exhibitors occupying the same spaces, though naturally 
there were many differences in detail. Cypripediums we fancied were 
rather less prominent than usual, but many good, and a few choice, forms 
were to be seen, notably the beautiful albino of C. callosum exhibited by 
Messrs. Sander. We were also a little surprised to find no single entry for 
the Williams’ Memorial Medal offered for the best group of these plants. 
Many of the common showy Orchids were well represented in nearly every 
group, such as Cattleyas Mossiz and Mendelii, Lelia purpurata, Odonto- 
glossum crispum in variety, and Miltonia vexillaria; also Cymbidium 
Lowianum, Cattleya Skinneri, Epidendrum vitellinum, Oncidiums Marshal- 
lianum, concolor, and ampliatum, Odontoglossums triumphans, Pescatorei, 
and the various forms of O. x Andersonianum, together with a few other 
things, were pretty generally represented. 
Baron Sir Henry Schréder, The Dell, Egham (gr. Mr. H. Ballantine), 
staged an exceedingly rich and valuable group (not for competition), with 
a frontage of thirty feet, and very tastefully arranged, the centre being 
occupied by a fine group of Vanda teres. One remarkable feature was a 
fine series of choice varieties of the charming Odontoglossum crispum, of 
which four received the award of First-class Certificates, namely—O. c. 
excelsior, Rex, xanthotes, and Wolstenholmiz. The beautiful O. x Ander- 
sonianum superbum and O. triumphans, Dell variety, also received similar 
awards. O.crispum Bonnyanum, which bore a twelve-fiowered spike, and 
QO. c. Chestertoni were also extremely beautiful. Several plants of OQ. x 
excellens were included, one of them bearing a spike of nineteen flowers, 
