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pleased with the Flower Show to-day, and thought the Exhibi- 

 tion beautiful. 



" H.R.H. said that everything went off very well. 



" Yours very truly, 



" Francis Knollys." 



It is a matter of great satisfaction to be able to state that 

 the " Great Show " of 1890 was in every respect a vast improve- 

 ment on its two predecessors held in the Inner Temple Gardens 

 in 1888 and 1889. There were more exhibits than on former occa- 

 sions, and it required four enormous tents to shelter the Orchids, 

 Roses, Pelargoniums, Clematises, Caladiums, Calceolarias, 

 Aroids, and innumerable other plants. The weather was excep- 

 tionally favourable during the two days of the Exhibition, and 

 the number of visitors was even greater than in previous years. 

 The band of the Royal Horse Guards Blue, under the able 

 direction of Mr. Charles Godfrey, were engaged during each 

 afternoon, the music being evidently highly appreciated by the 

 crowds who sat and listened to it. 



To give anything like a detailed account of the beautiful 

 collections of plants brought together would be impossible, and 

 the following summary must therefore be considered as only an 

 outline of the most worthy exhibits. 



Orchids. — These marvellously beautiful plants occupied the 

 entire centre of the largest tent, and were tastefully arranged 

 to the best advantage, having Palms, Ferns, &c, intermixed with 

 them, so as to remind one of a portion of the tropics transported 

 from its natural position. Facing the visitor as he entered was 

 a huge specimen of Cymbidium Lowianum, forming the nucleus 

 of Baron Schroder's collection. It had twenty-nine strong 

 spikes, the number of large flowers on each spike varying from 

 twenty to thirty, and presenting a grand sight. In the same 

 collection was a specimen of Cattleya Skinneri, bearing over 

 forty spikes of rose-purple flowers ; and close by were some 

 splendid C. Mendelii and its variety, Rothschildiana, as well as 

 the pale rose C. Lawrenceana delicata. Odontoglossums were 

 in great variety, being represented by some remarkable forms of 

 0. crispum, 0. Andersonianum, 0. excellens, 0. Hallii leuco- 

 glossum, 0. Schillerianum, some fine varieties of 0. vexillarium, 



