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THE GARDENING WORLD. 
May 29, 1897. 
EXHIBITORS AT THE TEMPLE SHOW. 
On the occasion of the tenth great annual show of 
the Royal Horticultural Society in the Inner Temple 
Gardens we avail ourselves of the opportunity of 
placing before our readers portraits of a number of 
the leading exhibitors. Many of the faces repre¬ 
sented on the accompanying supplement are well- 
known over a wide area of the world, and others are 
equally known by repute; indeed, many of the 
names are household words amongst horticulturists. 
Their exhibits on this occasion are recorded under 
" The Temple Show.” 
Mr. Edward John Eeale, F.L.S., F.R.H.S , is the 
principal of the firm of Messrs. James Carter & Co., 
High Holborn, London. He is well known to an 
ever widening circle of friends and horticulturists, 
and abroad has earned the decoration of Chevalier de 
VOrdre du Merite Agricole. At exhibitions the firm 
have at various times come before the public with 
collections of Chinese Primulas, Cinerarias, 
Petunias, Calceolarias, hardy herbaceous plants and 
vegetables, particularly Runner Beans, Dwarf 
.Beans, Cucumbers, Potatos, and other useful sub- 
ects. Both during the past and the previous winter 
their Cinerarias have been notable for the variety 
and brilliancy of their colours. They have made a 
fine display for many weeks past in the Forest Hill 
Nursery of the firm. Gloxinias and Begonias are 
also more or less extensively grown there, together 
with Chrysanthemums and other popular flowers. 
The Peas and Potatos, particularly some varieties, 
are well known in almost every garden. Their Cal¬ 
ceolarias on this occasion are particularly fine. 
Seed farms in various parts of the country supply 
agricultural and horticultural seeds in great quanti¬ 
ties. 
Mr. James Cypher, F.R.H.S , Cheltenham, is a 
well-known exhibitor at various leading shows in 
different parts of the country. He grows a general 
collection of nursery stock, but if we were to instance 
anything more than another, we should say that 
Orchids and stove and greenhouse flowering plants 
are specialities. We have frequently noticed his 
fine groups of Orchids at leading London shows and 
elsewhere. While good cultivation is always in 
evidence, we have noted rare and valuable specimens 
in his collections. As far as the southern countries 
are concerned, we should think that the finest of the 
big specimens of stove and greenhouse plants have 
retreated to Mr. Cypher’s nursery. Where they 
used to be in evidence at the big summer shows in 
London, the shows have ceased to exist or give little 
encouragement to those grand specimens which for 
many years were the glory of the May and June 
shows. That they exist somewhere in the country 
is satisfactory. 
Mr. George Bunyard, F.R.H.S., is the principal of 
the firm of Messrs. Geo. Bunyard & Co., The Royal 
Nurseries, Maidstone, from whence come the collect¬ 
ions of famous, Kentish grown Apples, which make 
their appearance at the leading shows all over the 
country. These Apples are grown at the Allington 
Nurseries of the firm, and though they take the most 
prominent position amongst the fruits which emanate 
from Maidstone, yet Pears, Plums, Cherries, Peaches, 
Raspberries, &c., are more or less extensively culti¬ 
vated and exhibited. Roses also take a prominent 
position in the Allington Nurseries, on account of 
the area devoted to them. The firm is certainly 
best known by the famous collections of Apples 
which are placed before the public from time to 
time ; but the older nurseries, which have been 
established over a hundred years in Maidstone itself, 
are occupied with a great variety of useful flowers 
and decorative stuff for the needs of a large local 
trade. Vines are also cultivated here; and there are 
something like fourteen different nurseries within a 
few minutes' walk of one another. 
Mr. Frederick Sander, F.L.S., F.R.H.S., of the 
firm of Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, has for 
many years been so closely identified with Orchids, 
that his name will immediately suggest that popular 
class of plants. Amongst Orchid importers and 
growers generally, he is known as the “ Orchid 
King,” a proud title due to the large number of new 
kinds he has introduced to cultivation as well as the 
quantities he imports. It is beyond the scope of this 
note to recount the many fine things for which culti¬ 
vators in various parts of the world are indebted to 
him or the firm he represents. New plants, both 
flowering and foliage, also constitute a speciality of 
of his firm, as the awards secured both at the leading 
exhibitions in this country and abroad testify. More 
recently the firm has greatly entended its sphere of 
operations by the building of quite a little village of 
glass at Bruges in Belgium. Palms, Azaleas, &c., 
are amongst the leading features of that branch of 
the establishment. The magnificent group of 
Orchids exhibited annually by the firm at the 
Temple Show is well known. 
Mr.Wm. Lander Lewis, F.R.H.S , is the principal 
of the firm of Messrs. W. L. Lewis & Co., South- 
gate, N. They are Orchid growers and importers, 
as well as exhibitors, and we frequently meet with 
one or other of the members of the firm, including 
Mr. Wm. Lander Lewis and Mr. F. Ashton. A 
general collection of the more useful Orchids are 
grown at Southgate, including Cattleyas, Laelias, 
Ondonloglossums, Oncidiums, Cypripediums, &c. 
The collection is extending and new houses are being 
built from time to time for their reception. The 
fascinating work of raising hybrid Orchids also 
receives some attention. Numerous importations 
are almost sure to yield something fine, and already 
some grand varieties have turned up amongst the 
Cattleyas and Laelias, as we have noted in previous 
valuable and effective exhibits at the Temple Show, 
where they regularly make their appearance. 
Mr. James Herbert Veitch, F.L.S., F.R.H.S., is a 
well-known member of the firm of Messrs. James 
Veitch & Sons, Ltd., Royal Exotic Nurseries, King's 
Road, Chelsea. Here the area covered with glass 
is very extensive, and we need only mention such 
things as Orchids, Amaryllis, Javan, and other 
hybrid greenhouse Rhododendrons, Streptocarpus, 
Gloxinias, Caladiums, Nepenthes, Cacti, Carnations, 
and Chrysanthemums, to recall the many-sided 
features of this famous nursery. The Langley Nur¬ 
series, Langley, Slough, give a good account of 
themselves in the Orchids and fruit that make their 
appearance in public. The seedlings of Orchids, that 
is, hybrids, would alone give credit to this place. 
Those that have reached the flowering stage are 
sufficiently numerous to enable the firm at times to 
put up a large group consisting entirely of hybrids. 
They are of perennial interest. A grand collection 
of fruit trees is also grown at the Fulham Nursery. 
Flowering trees and shrubs, Conifers, &c., are the 
leading features of the Coombe Wood Nursery, 
Kingston Hill, Surrey. Exceedingly interesting ex¬ 
hibits are brought to the Temple Show, and the 
fortnightly meetings of the Royal Horticultural 
Society. 
Mr. James Kelway represents the firm of Messrs. 
Kelway & Son, Langport, Somerset. For many 
years they have exhibited large collections of cut 
flowers of hardy herbaceous plants and other subjects 
in season, commencing in spring and early summer 
with tree Paeonies, followed later by herbaceous 
Paeonies, Pyrethrums, Irises, including ttie large 
flowering varieties of Iris laevigata (Kaempferi), and 
Lupins, all of which, especially the Paeonies and 
Irises are extensively grown. At various shows and 
meetings of the Royal Horticultural Socitty, and 
elsewhere, the fine collections of single and semi¬ 
double Delphiniums of the finest varieties continue 
to offer fresh surprises for the public. Then towards 
autumn, Messrs. Kelway & Son have fresh surprises 
in the extensive and superb collections of Gladioli 
which are staged to the best advantage and in prime 
condition. The above are leading features of the 
Langport nurseries, but various other interesting 
subjects are brought before the public from time 
to time. 
Mr. Henry Williams, F.L.S., F.R.H.S., is the 
well-known head of the firm of Messrs. B. S. 
Williams & Son, Victoria and Paradise Nurseries, 
Upper Holloway. Orchids have for many a year 
and day been a leading feature of these nurseries, 
and they make their appearance in greater or less 
quantity at most of the meetings of the Royal Horti¬ 
cultural Society, as well as at the Temple and other 
London shows. Palms, Ferns, Dracaenas, Aralias, 
Nepenthes, Marantas, Dieffenbachias, and other fine- 
foliaged subjects are grown in considerable quantity 
to supply the needs of the establishment for decora¬ 
tive and other work. Flowering plants are not neg¬ 
lected, but include such specialities as Clivias, 
Amaryllis, Tree Carnations, Camellias, and various 
other useful and more or less popular subjects. The 
group of Orchids exhibited by the firm at the 
Temple Show is usually very extensive. 
Mr. John Peed is the senior partner in the firm of 
Messrs. John Peed & Sons, of the Streatham and 
Roupell Park Nurseries. He being of a retiring dis¬ 
position we do not often meet with him in public, 
though he makes us welcome, in common with 
others who call upon him at The Nurseries, Streat¬ 
ham. Amorgst the specialities of the firm at 
Streal'nam are fine collections of fruit trees, Roses. 
Conifers, and hardy flowering trees and shrubs 
which we have bad the pleasure of inspecting, under 
his guidance. Having been established here for 
many years, his experience extends back a long way, 
while he is communicative and ready to impart 
information on various horticultural topics. Florists' 
flowers, fine foliaged plants and vines are grown at 
the Roupell Park Nurseries, Norwcod Road, under 
the charge of his son, Mr. Thomas Peed, F.R.H.S., 
who has shown us the various subjects that happened 
to be in season. Caladiums and Gloxinias are lead¬ 
ing features of this branch of the establishment, and 
fine displays of them are placed before the public. 
Mr. Henry Cannell, F.R.H.S., is the senior part¬ 
ner of the widely-known firm of Messrs. H. Cannell 
& Sons, Swanley, Kent. Zonal Pelargoniums are 
always in order here, equally at mid-winter as at 
mid-summer, and somehow, to us, seem always 
associated with Swanley, and have done since early 
in the seventies. Other sections of Pelargonium are 
not, however, neglected. Cut flowers frequently 
make their appearance at various shows all over the 
country. Tuberous Begonias constitute a regular 
exhibit at the Temple Shows, and very fine they are. 
About Christmas, earlier or later, other fine features 
at Swanley are the Cyclamens and Chinese Primulas. 
Other features are the grand collection of Chry¬ 
santhemums, in autumn, the bedding plants in 
spring, and the quaint and grotesque Cacti in season 
from January to December. The Eynsford branch 
of the establishment, more recently acquired is very 
extensive, and contains collections of Violas, 
Paeonies, herbaceous plants generally, Onions, 
Potatos, Strawberries, and fruit trees. It is, more¬ 
over, a seed farm where all sorts of flower and 
vegetable seeds are grown in quantity. 
Mr. John Laing, F.R.H.S., is the senior partner 
of the widely-known firm of Messrs. John Laing & 
Sons, Forest Hill, S.E. His name has been a house¬ 
hold word in connection with tuberous Begonias 
since the old South Kensington days of the Royal 
Horticultural Society, and his firm still maintains its 
reputation in that respect, being a regular exhibitor 
of a splendid group of this class of plants at the 
Temple and other shows during the year. Caladiums 
have also been a feature of the Stanstead Park 
Nursery, Forest Hill, for a great number of years, 
including the first Temple Show, nine years ago. 
The years that have intervened have seen a vast 
extension of the cultivation of Caladiums. Gloxinias, 
Streptocarpus, shrubby Begonias, Orchids, Clivias, 
hardy herbaceous plants, &c., are also features of this 
nursery, and they are frequently exhibited, together 
with stove and greenhouse decorative subjects. 
Roses and fruit trees are also large items of the 
cultures carried on by this firm, but they are grown 
in other nurseries not far from Stanstead Park. 
Mr. H. J. Jones, F.R.H.S., Ryecroft Nursery, 
Hither Green, Lewisham, is best known in connec¬ 
tion with Chrysanthemums, of which he is a raiser, 
cultivator and exhibitor. Few, indeed, are better or 
more widely known in connection with this most 
popular autumn flower. The magnificent groups of 
Chrysanthemums which he has put up at many 
of the leading shows in different parts of the country, 
have been the admiration of every one who has seen 
them and the envy of his rival competitors. He is 
also skilful and tasteful in the arrangement and 
effective display of groups of tuberous Begonias, of 
which he is also a raiser, grower and exhibitor. 
Their massive stiffness he is able to relieve in a 
wonderful way with light and graceful plants ; and 
he manages to tone down the gorgeous hues with the 
same material. Zonal, show, fancy and regal 
Pelargoniums are also specialities of the Ryecroft 
Nursery; and they together with the Begonias are 
prominent features of spring and summer shows. 
Mr. Peter Rudolph Barr, F.R.H.S., is the senior 
member of the firm of Messrs. Barr & Sons, King 
S.reet, Covent Garden. Everyone knows that 
Daffodils are associated with the name of Barr, for 
the firm have been identified with the cultivation of 
the richest co'lection of Daffodils for many years, 
through good and ill report, until they are amongst 
the most popular of spring flowers throughout the 
country. They, together with early and late Tulips 
