July 4 1901 
THE GARDENING WORLD. 
581 
SOCIETIES. 
SUMMER FLOWER SHOW AT HOLLAND HOUSE, 
June 25th and 26th. 
The second great summer flower show under the auspices of 
t h e Royal Horticultural Society, held by the kind permission 
of the Earl and Countess of Ilchester at Holland House, Ken¬ 
sington took place oni the above dates under very favourable 
weather conditions. On the opening day the weather was rather 
cloudy in the morning, but turned out fine, while the second 
day was brilliant, and the show was visited by a large number 
of people, lire show ground at Holland House is much more 
roomy than at the Temple, and both exhibitors and visitors were 
pleased with these conditions, and expressed the wish that the 
shows could all be held under such favourable conditions, so 
that the people could inspect the show without crushing or 
beiiw crushed. The leading features of the show were Orchids, 
tine °foliage plants, flowering greenhouse subjects, Roses, and 
hardy herbaceous plants. The Orchids were not so; numerous 
as last year, but the groups of stove and greenhouse plants were 
very much finer, more extensive, and better. Hei’baceous plants, 
alpines, and bulbous plants were also splendidly represented. 
Roses were not very numerous, being somewhat similar to what 
they were last year, but that was all that could be expected 
under weather conditions of the past three weeks. On both 
days the show was visited by a large number of people of the 
upper classes. 
ORCHID COMMITTEE. 
Jeremiah Column, Esq. (gardener, Mr. W. P. Bound), 
Gatton Park, Reigate, exhibited a fine group of Cattleyas and 
Odontoglossums, set up with Maidenhair Fern and Asparagus. 
On the top i of his exhibit were some baskets of Asparagus 
Sprengeri, and in front of these were some well-grown Pitcher 
plants, well shown off by the greenery behind. A little lower 
down were some very long trailing sprays of Oncidium macran- 
thum in full bloom. Other well-flowered pieces were Cattleya 
Mossiae reineckiana, Laelia purpurata, a line piece; of Epiden- 
drum prismatocarpum, and a piece of Odontoglossum citrosnuim 
pygmaeum with small white flowers. Very interesting was Ins 
plant of Odontoglossum crispum roseum superbum, with flowers 
beautifully overlaid with rosy purple splashes. Laelia cinna- 
barina and a group of Masdavallias were also very tine. (Silver 
Cup.) 
Hie finest group of Orchids; was undoubtedly that of Messrs. 
F. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, who occupied nearly the whole 
of one side of the central stage in the big tent. Their group was 
pleasantly undulated, and all the pots imbedded in Moss. They 
had a plant of a Cattleya. taken out of the pot to show the condi¬ 
tion of the roots after three years’ growth in leaf soil, which 
was simply held together by the numerous large fleshy roots. 
Some of the finer samples in this group were Laeliocattleya 
canhamiana Fire King, with very dark lip ; Laeliocattleya can- 
liamiana Rex, with blush sepals and petals ; and Laeliacattleya 
Marguerite, with white sepals and petals ; Odontoglossum 
ardentissimum Fascinator, Cattleya Mossiae Warneri >a.urea, 
C. M. Alexandra, Cattleya roehrsiana ; Lc. Martineti Flaan- 
eau. They also had well-flowered pieces of Oncidium lon- 
f} pes ! °- pumilum, Zygocolax Veitchi, varieties of Cattleya 
-O'ssiae, Laelia. grandis, Laeliocattleya canhamiana King 
r"!® '. ,L - Lc - Lady Wigan, Miltonia vexillaria hindeana, 
na lula. (purpurata x cinnabarina), Laelia el eg an s schil- 
S) flowers, nearly white.sepals and petals, and a 
IfM J Vanda caerulea, very highly coloured ; a large plant 
F 1 lc e n prismatocarpum, ami a piece of the interesting 
wne on • 1 a f0llni ? f E - atropurpureo. Maxillaria sanderiana 
with tlOc S lowu 111 blo ° m - The visitors were very much taken 
to h ^ and ? d " natted that ihe Orchid King, as lie used 
Rh™ n ? galn iu S ood form- (Gold Medal.) 
OakwnnJ 11 w i° 00ks01 i; Esq - (SaMloner, Mr. H. J. Chapman), 
Sybil a L hpn u a ™' 011_T T ne , exhibited Odontoglossum crispum 
- yDU > a heavily-blotched variety. 
and S ° ns ’ Rin S’ s Road > Chelsea, had a small 
rS / ClUds formin g part of their large group of fine foliage 
rich crolden fl™° ngst these we noted Laeliocattleya Panope, with 
conteast Tto Wer i S al , ld J a brl 1 11 ’ ant red lip, making a charming 
eximia To 4 ^ if so bad such fine forms as Lc. exoniensis, Lc. 
latter him Aphr< ? dlte ; Lc - Askania, Lc. Acilia superba, the 
Cattleva. Pimt . da '- lk ' colou 1 11ed h T b rid with much expanded lip. 
M I Eupblasia was also very distinct. 
• A- A. Teeters, Chaussee de Forest, 62, Brussels, exhibited a 
magnificent plant of Cattleya Warneri alba with live blooms on 
a spike, and which was quite unique. We learn that this was 
sold during the morning of the first day for £1,000. 
Messrs. Charles worth and Co., Heaton, Bradford, had a hue 
group of Orchids in the big tent. Very noticeable were the 
numerous forms of Laeliocattleya, including, Lc. eximia, Lc. 
Fascinator, Lc. canhamiana in numerous specimens, Lc. Mar¬ 
tineti (C. Mossiae xL. tenebrosa), Lc. Lady Wigan, etc. They 
also exhibited Laelia Latona, Brassoeattleya striata (C. Mossiae 
x B. fragrans), Cattleya Mossiae imperialis, Dendrobium I’ha- 
laenopsis schroderianum, and several fine pieces of Oncidium 
macranthum, C. curtum, and (fibers. (Silver Cup.) 
Messrs. B. S. Williams, Victoria and Paradise Nursei-ie-s, 
Upper Holloway, exhibited a small group of Orchids set up 
with Maidenhair Ferns, Palms, etc. Amongst the more interest¬ 
ing Orchids were Laeliocattleya canhamiana, Lc. Hippolyta. 
Laelia cinnabrosa, Cattleya Mossiae, Odontoglossum cordatuni 
Alocasia sandeejana. (See pige 572.) 
aureum, Cypripedium superbiens, C. harrisianum superbum, 
and various others. (Silver Banksian Medal.) 
Messrs. Hugh Low and Co., Bush Hill Park, Enfield, set up a 
fine group of Orchids facing the entrance in the large tent. It. 
consisting chiefly of Cattleyas, Cvpripediums, and Odonto- 
g loss urns, set up with Maidenhair Fern, and the finer specimens 
were protected with bell-glasses. Those enjoying this protec¬ 
tion included Cattleya; Mossiae Wagneri, Cypripedium law- 
renceanum hakbridgensis, a very dark form ; C. 1. hyeanum, a 
form in which the purple had entirely disappeared, leaving- 
green veins ; and Cattleya Motssiae reineckiana. Cattleya 
Mossiae was shown in great variety, while C. intermedia alba 
and C. gaskelliana were very choice. The last named was 
