THE ORCHID EXHIBITION AT 
Mr. LLI A M BULL'S Establishment 
FOR 
NEW AND RARE PLANTS, 
536, KING’S ROAD, CHELSEA, LONDON, S.W., 
WI L L OPEN 
TO 
I PATRONS OF THE E ST A B 1,13 H ME NT 
AND 
THOSE RECEIVING CARDS OF INVITATION, 
rL’liSn.lY, MAY 4U1, 1SS6, 
And continue on view every TUESDAY, THURSDAY and SATURDAY, 
throughout MAY, JUNE and JULY. 
i T/ie following are a few short extracts from the Press respecting Last Season's Exhibition '. — 
“ Tiik Ti.mfs.” 
“ The researches of Collectors ami Travellers in the East, in the West, and in the Southern latitudes, 
! supplemented by the skill of the English liorlictdturist, have contributed to make the annual Exhibition 
; of Orchids in Mr. William Hull’s Conservatory one ol the sights of London.” 
“ Tkk Morni.ng Post.” , 
“The Annual Exhibition of Orchids at Mr. William Bull’s Establishment is not only a flower show 1 
of unsurpassed variety and interest, but presents a glimi>se of Tropical vegetation, the aggregate beauty of 
which it would be dilhcult to imagine possible outside the realms of fairyland. Varieties may be counted 
by the hundred, and individual e.xamples by the thousand, and at every turn some special feature of colour, 
form, or marking arrests attention.” 
i “This G.\ui)enkks’ Chronicle.” 
i “The display of Orchids at Mr. Wdliani Bull’s listabli.shment during the early summer months is, if 
possible, finer than that witnessed last year, whetlier estimated by the number of plants of choice species 
and varieties, or by the excellence of the plants themselves. The arrangements, which must have caused 
I' no small amount of trouble, indicate excellent taste, and show the teachings of experience, with results 
that strike the observer as being very iileasing.” 
“The Sta.nd.-vrd.” 
“ Mr. Bull has excelled himself. Such a glow of colour strikes the eye on entering, that even the 
expert is perplexed for a moment. One’s notes about this astonishing display would make a volume. 
Space fails us to deal with such a collection, so rich, so new, so dazzling in endless diversities of beauty. 
The list alone of Orchids, new, rare, and supreme in eccentric loveliness, which we should like to furnish, 
would occupy much space.” 
“The Garden.” 
i “Mr. Bull’s show of flowering Orchitis is .as f.ascinating as any of its predecessors, and there is a 
freshne.ss about it which is quite deligluful. The crowds of everyday Orchids, which it contains, are so 
j leavened with all that is new and rare, that connoisseurs must derive much interest from it. ^ From now, 
1 onwards to the close of the London season, this charming Exhibition will be a great attraction.” 
I “The Gardener’s M.voazine.” 
I “The Exhibition of Orchitis held in the Nurseries ot Mr. William Bull, last year, was so vast in 
extent and immensely attractive that it was generally supnosed to be impossible to effect improvement upon 
it. But that of this .season is of so maginlioent a description that there is a general concurrence of opinion 
amongst experts that Mr. Bull ha> far surpassed all his previous efforts, and has i>roduced an exhibition 
whicln for extent, richness of colouring, ami tasteful arrangement, is without a parallel in the history of j 
Orchid culture.” 
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