May 25, 1901. 
THE GARDENING WORLD, 
623 
TEMPLE SHOW. 
MAY 22nd, 23rd and 2 4th. 
The fourteenth show held in the Inner Temple 
Gardens by the Royal Horticultural Society, opened 
in glorious weather; and soon after the gates were 
opened to the public the tents were- simply crowded 
and overpacked from end to end. The embankment 
was lined with cabs, carriages and other vehicles 
which had brought their loads of passengers. 
Although a few of the exhibitors of Orchids had 
dropped out there were others and the space was as 
well filled as ever. This applies to the show as a 
whole. The general expression was that it was a 
a grand show. 
ORCHIDS. 
Leopold de Rothschild, Esq. (gardener, Mr. Geo. 
Reynolds), Gunnersbury Park, Acton, set up the 
finest lot of Vanda teres ever seen at the Temple 
Show, the exhibitor and gardener beating all their 
previous efforts. The group was arranged almost in 
a great variety of colours. Handsome varieties were 
M. v. chelsoniensis, M.v. Empress Victoria Augusta, 
M. Roezli and M. R. alba. Other highly conspicu¬ 
ous Orchids were groups or plants of Laelia purpur- 
ata, OncidiUm cryptocopis, O. c. superbum, Cattleya 
Skinneri, C. S. alba, Laeliocattleya G. S. Ball, Lc. 
Hyppolyta langleyensis, Cattleya Mossiae Dulce, 
Laeliocattleya Edgar Wigan (Lc. Aphrodite x L. 
digbyana), a magnificent flower which was accorded 
a First-class Certificate ; also Cymbidium tigrinum, 
Phalaenopsis grandiflora, Odontoglossum Rolfeae, a 
a magnificent natural hybrid, and fine pieces of 
Cypripedium rothschildlanum. A basket of small 
and choice things include^ Cypripedium bellatulum, 
C. b. album, C. niveum, C. concolor, C. Godefroyae 
leucochilum, and the pigmy Eria extinctoria which 
always wants to see the Temple Show and generally 
comes. The display was admitted to be far ahead of 
any other amateur exhibit in the show. 
Next to this was a group of Orchids, chiefly 
Odontoglossum^, from M. Florent Claes, Etterbeek. 
Brussels. Very fine were Odontoglossum crispum 
of wind. Interesting and showy were Odontoglossum 
vuylstekeanum, Cypripedium Maudiae superbum, 
Cattleya reineckeana Miss Kate Brazier, C. r. fasci¬ 
nator, Odontoglossum Adrianae nobllior, O. Alex- 
andrae Regina, O. A. majestica and O. harryano- 
crispum Duchess of York, a beautiful natural hybrid. 
Very choice also were O. crispum R. H Measures, 
a yellow ground variety ; and O. Rolfeae Mrs. R. H. 
Measures, a very handsome natural hybrid. A very 
richly and dark blotched variety was named O. 
crispum Memoria Victoria Regina. Noteworthy 
also were Cymbidium lowianum concolor, Cattleya 
intermedia alba, Odontoglossum facetum nobilior, 
O. crispum Windsor, O. Adrianae Canary Bird, 
Miltonia vexillaria Empress Augusta, and the light 
coloured M. bleuaua Queen Margherita, Odonto¬ 
glossum triumphans pallens, O. crispum King Em¬ 
peror, Oncidium concolor and various others, making 
a grand display. 
Messrs. B. S. Williams & Son, Upper Holloway, 
London, exhibited a group of Cattleyas and Odonto- 
glossums, backed up with Palms and some large 
A^small, section it ken-from Messrs. Sutton's Gloxinias-( See p. 626) 
W 
wENEm* 
the form of a large garden'chair the Vandas backed 
up with Bamboos and Palms forming the back and 
ends of the chair. The flowers were in greater pro¬ 
fusion than we have ever seen them, covering the 
whole mass with a rich draping of colour. Ferns 
(Adiantum) and small plants of Cocos weddeliana 
occupied the place of the seat of the chair and some 
dwarf plants of Vanda were dotted through them, 
including a new variety named V. t. Rothschild var., 
which had larger and more richly coloured flowers 
than the ordinary form. The group was the most 
unique in the show in the way of Orchids. 
Sir Frederick Wigan, Bart, (grower, Mr. W. H. 
Young), Clare LawD, East Sheen, exhibited a more 
extensive group of Orchids than we remember him 
ever doing before, so that practically he headed the 
list of amateurs for extent and effectiveness. Be¬ 
neath some tall Palms on the top were some massive 
and well-flowered plants of Cymbidium lowianum 
with long spikes reaching more than half way down 
the slope of the exhibit. Prominent aDd very con¬ 
spicuous were the mounds of Miltonia vexillaria in 
Captain Hocken, richly blotched; O. andersoni- 
anum etterbeekense, O. Adrianae Luminous, hand¬ 
somely spotted ; O. triumphans album claesianum 
(with white ground), O. Coradinei madouxianum, O. 
triumphans Lighthouse, O. ruckerianum aureo- 
marginatum and various other choice and beautiful 
things. 
Ludwig Mond, Esq. (gardener, Mr. J. O. Clarke), 
Avenue Road, Regent's Park, exhibited a group of 
Odontoglossums aDd other Orchids set up with 
Palms, Asparagus and Adiantums. He had well 
flowered pieces of Cattleya Mossiae, Laelia purpu- 
rata, Cymbidium lowianum, Odontoglossum citros- 
mum, Angraecum sesquipedale, Miltonia vexillaria, 
Oncidium Papilio, Cypripedium masterianum and 
various others. 
Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, had a very 
extensive bank of Orchids in the big tent, backed up 
with a few tall Palms, and edged and interspersed 
with Adiantums. In a prominent position were two 
plants of Bulbophyllum barbigerum, the lips of 
which were in constant vibration with every breath 
plants of Cymbidium lowianum, Vanda tricolor, 
V. insignis, and V. suavis. Amongst the Cattleyas 
were C. Mendelii, C. Mossiae, Laelia purpurata, 
Oncidium concolor, Cypripedium gowerianum mag- 
nificum, Odontoglossum wilckeanum and O. crispum 
in considerable variety. The plants Were inter¬ 
spersed with Maidenhair Ferns. 
On entering the large tent and turning to the left 
we find the first group of Orchids on the centre stage 
put up by Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Bush Hill 
Park, Enfield, which comprise a fine lot of plants 
and varieties. Cymbidium lowianum canariense. 
C. 1 . Little’s variety, and several fine dark 
forms. Cattleyas were well represented in some fine 
forms of C. Mendelii, C. Mossiae, C. Skinneri, C. 
Schroderae, C. S. alba, C. Mossiae, " Sir Alfred 
Milner.” Laelia purpurata in several fine forms. 
Odontoglossums were also very well shown, among 
them some fine forms of O. crispum, O. Adrianae, 
O. triumphans, O. andersonianum. Cypripedium 
were also in good numbers and variety. C. cau- 
datum, C. lawrenceanum, C. insigne Sanderae, C. 
