May 30, 1903. 
THE GARDE NINO WORLD 
463 
THE TEMPLE SHOW. 
May 26th, 27th and 28th. 
SPECIAL IRZEdPOiRT. 
For some time previous to the opening day of the sixteenth 
areat annual flower show in the Inner Temple Gardens, London, 
we had something more than a presentiment that the exhibition 
was to be a good one, and in this our anticipations were more 
than realised. The weather was fine throughout the day, and 
though never oppressively warm, was sufiiciently so to be 
pleasant, and a large crowd of people attended. Not only was 
the show a good one, but a large percentage of connoisseurs 
were of opinion that the show was much finer 
than usual. In the way of Orchids there was 
nothing sensational, but the average quality was 
of a high order of merit, Caladiums, tuberous 
Begonias, Gloxinias, Streptoearpi, decorative 
warden Roses, Carnations, and hardy herbaceous 
and alpine plants were finer than usual, and m 
many cases much more numerous than last year. 
We had prepared a large number of illustra¬ 
tions of various subjects exhibited at the Temple 
Show, but exigencies of space prevented us from 
usin^' more than a portion of them on this occa- 
sionT These will, however, appear in subsequent 
issues of The Gardening World. In all cases 
the photographs from which they were prepared 
were taken in the nurseries of the respective ex¬ 
hibitors. 
ORCHIDS. 
Sir Frederick Wigan, Bart, (grower, Mr. W. 
H. Young), Clare Lawn, East Sheen, exhibited a 
large and beautifully arranged group of Orchids 
of a very varied character. In the centre and 
behind, was a massive piece of Cymbidium lowia- 
nuni, bearing eleven’long racemes of bloom, with 
twenty to twenty-five flowers on each. Other very 
choice Orchids were Sobralia macrantha alba, as 
well as tlie type, Laelia digbyana, Zygonesia 
rolfeana, Cypripedium bellatulum album, C. 
niveum, C. Godefroyae leucochilum, Cattleya 
white eye magnifica, and Odontoglossum arden- 
tissimum, Wigan’s var. He also had well-giown 
pieces of Cattleya Mossiae, Cattleya Mendelii, 
C. M. delicata,' C. Schroderae alba, Aerides 
Fieldingii, Miltonia vexillaria, Dendrobium 
Bensoniae, and Odontoglossum crispum m 
variety. Several Palms were arranged along the 
back of the group, while Maidenhair Ferns served 
as a groundwork on which to stand the Orchids, 
but the plants themselves were well furnished 
with foliage, and required little greenery. In 
the matter of variety he was quite equal to his 
exhibits on former occasions, but lacked the bold¬ 
ness which we have sometimes seen him set >p. 
He had only one Cymbidium, whereas on former 
occasions the Cymbidiums were a feature of the 
group. 
Leopold de Rothschild, Esq. (gardener, Mr. 
Geo. Reynolds), Gunnersbury Park, Acton, ex¬ 
hibited his Vanda teres in the form of three sides 
of a square, with the central area covered with 
Maidenhair Ferns, some plants of Cocos wed- 
deliana, and dotted with dwarf specimens of the 
Vanda. The whole group was backed up with 
Bamboos, which served to set off the beauty and 
brightness of the flowers. All the plants bore flowers of a 
uniform colour, being evidently of one variety, and that a good 
one. We have seen the plants taller, but on this occasion some 
of them were dwarf, but equally well flowered as the tall ones. 
Jeremiah Coleman, Esq. (gardener, Mr. W. P. Bound), 
Gatton Park, Reigate, had a similar group to Sir F. Wigan in 
point of extent, but it was quite different in effect, owing to the 
large numbers of Miltonia vexillaria employed in the same, par¬ 
ticularly hi the centre of the group, which consisted of several 
lure varieties of that species, both pale and dark in colour. 
Other pieces were Cattleyas and Odontoglossums. Amongst the 
Cattleyas very chaste and pretty were C. lowryana and C. 
Skinneri alba, C. intermedia Gatton Park var., C. i. alba, and C. 
Mossiae reineckiana. Larger flowers, and perhaps more effective, 
were those of C. Mossiae, C. Schroderae, C. Mendeli, and others 
of that class. Very choice Odontoglossums were O. anderso- 
nianum Gatton Park var., 0. crispum colmanianum, O. c. casta- 
nea, O. c. Margery Turrell Giles, and 0. ramosissimum. He had 
a splendid piece of Cymbidium eburneo-lowianum and several 
Rose Blush Rambler (See Roses ) 
tall Odontoglossums and Oncidiums ■ along the back. In the 
matter of greenery he used Asparagus Sprengeri very freely, 
having some baskets of it on the top, so that their long sprays 
hung down in trails. The Maidenhair Ferns were also freely 
used, along the front of the group especially. 
The main feature of the group of Orchids set up by J. Ruther¬ 
ford, Esq., M.P. (gardener, Mr. Lupton), Beardwood, Black¬ 
burn, were large and well flowered plants of Cattleyas. 
Amongst them we noted varieties of C. mossiae, C. Mendeli, C. 
Mossiae Sir Alfred Milner, and others of that class. He had 
also some fine pieces of Odontoglossum crispum, with large and 
white, or variously blotched flowers, 0. Queen Alexandra 
