May 26, 1900. 
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Edited by J. FRASER, F.L.S. 
SATURDAY , MAY 26 th, 1900. 
NEXT WEEK’S ENGAGEMENTS 
Wednesday, May 30TH.— Somerset County Agricultural 
Association Show, Bath; and West and Southern Coun¬ 
ties Show, at Bath (5 days). 
Glimpse of the Temple Show.— The 
thirteenth great flower show in the 
Inner Temple Gardens, and held under the 
aegis of the Royal Horticultural Society, has 
again been the most absorbent and impor¬ 
tant of the spring shows whether held in the 
Metropolis or elsewhere. In many respects 
it resembled its predecessors in being held 
in the same grounds, and patronised by 
most of the same exhibitors with, of course, 
some fresh faces and different plants. The 
weather preceding the show is really a 
large determining factor in the class of 
many of the plants intended to be shown. 
The absence of sunshine for many weeks, 
in fact months, has made it a very difficult 
thing for gardeners and nurserymen to get 
their plants sufficiently forward to be in 
time for the show. All the same if some 
plants are a little backward, particularly 
stove plants from tropical countries, yet the 
show was admitted as a fine one. The 
Temple Show is unique in its way, in that 
it cannot increase in size unless it were to 
threw off its outer shell or covering,like alob- 
ster, or in other words to give up its present 
camping ground and betake itself elsewhere. 
The five tents and the available space for 
exhibits in the open include something like 
12,000 square feet ; but we understand that 
30,000 square feet of staging or space for 
exhibits have been asked for by exhibitors. 
Surely this is sufficient reason for a horti¬ 
cultural hall to be a primary consideration 
on the part of the society and its well- 
wishers. 
Orchids were again shown in grand array 
by Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Sir 
Frederick Wigan, Bait., Henry Little, Esq., 
Ludwig Mond, Esq., W. A. Gillett, Esq., 
E. Ashworth, Esq., Messrs. H. Low & 
Co , F. Sander & Co., Stanley, Ashton & 
Co., Charlesworth & Co.,and James Cypher, 
all of whom contributed their share in 
making this class of plants a great success 
—a gathering together of the popular 
flower which would be difficult to excel or 
even rival. There is an absence of the big 
specimens of former days, yet all the same 
the Orchids appeared the more natural for 
that. The Duke of Northumberland con¬ 
centrated his energies on this occasion upon 
a splendid exhibit of Nepenthes. R. I. 
Measures, Esq., repeated his group of in¬ 
sectivorous plants of last year, but in finer 
form. Calceolarias were again shown in 
grand array by Messrs. Sutton & Sons, J. 
J ames & Son, J. Carter & Co., E. Webb & 
Sons, W. H. Allen, and others in smaller 
numbers. The Water Lilies from Leopold 
de Rothschild, Esq., Gunnersbury House, 
were also a notable feature at this early 
period. Caladiums were not so numerous 
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as on former occasions, though some of the 
groups quite sustained their former reputa¬ 
tion. The absence of sunshine has made 
them dwarfer if anything ; but we do not 
consider they have lost anything by that. 
Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Ltd.,, and 
Messrs. J. Peed & Son, were most con¬ 
spicuous in this class of plants. Tuberous 
Begonias did not take up the space they 
formerly did at the Temple Show, but were 
well represented by Messrs. T. S. Ware, 
Ltd., and by Mr. H. J. Jones. Messrs. J. 
Laing & Sons had a smaller lot mixed up 
with their fine group in the big tent. 
Cacti would seem to becoming more 
popular, judging by the extra number of 
exhibitors who made their debut in this 
class of plants. Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, 
Ltd., were conspicuous in this section by 
their extensive and gorgeous array of 
Phyllocacti. Others showing Cacti generally 
were Messrs. J. Cheal and Sons; A. W. 
Young & Co., and Mrs. Bodkin. As usual 
hardy herbaceous and rock plants in the 
wider sense, that is, including bulbous sub¬ 
jects, were in great abundance and inter¬ 
ested a large section of the British public. 
Groups or collections were staged by Miss 
Hopkins, Messrs. Barr & Sons, Messrs. T„ 
S. Ware, Ltd., Amos Perry, R. Wallace, 
& Co., G. Jackman & Son, Guildford Hardy 
Plant Co., Maurice Prichard, and others. 
Azaleas of various classes were also repre¬ 
sented by the exhibits of Messrs. R. & G. 
Cut’nbert, F. Sander & Co., C. Turner, 
W. H. Rogers & Son, John Russell, and 
others in smaller numbers. Roses have 
always been a feature of this show and on 
this occasion their reputation was kept up 
by Messrs. Frank Cant & Co., Benjamin 
Cant, R. Smith & Co., C. Turner, Wv 
Rumsey, Aubrey Watts, Paul & Son, and 
W. Paul & Son. Specialities that might 
be mentioned were the Nemesias and fibrous 
rooted Begonias shown by Messrs. Sul ton 
