June 11, 1904. 
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Views and Reviews. 
A Glimpse of the Temple Show. 
For the benefit of our l eaders at a distance 
who have never seen London's' 'great show, 
we may give a brief resume of wha.t it was 
like generally, without touching much on the 
individuality of the flowers. The exhibition 
was housed in the usual five tents, though 
the first three on the terrace had no division's 
on this occasion, making one long vista of 
flowers, with a widened area, or ve.tibule at 
the entrance. These, however, were unable 
to accommodate all the exhibits, SO' that a 
wealth of trees and shrubs, as well as a few 
herbaoous plants that would stand out, of 
doors, were - ' arranged in massive groups upon 
the grass. These outdoor exhibits were 
larger than ever, and possibly more 
numerous. Nor must we forget that, Messrs, 
Sutton and Sons ‘provided a large pavilion 
for the accommodation of their own exhibit. 
On entering from the main entrance the 
visitor had to pass between banks of Rosesi, 
Calceolarias, Gloxinias, rockeries for alpine 
plants and Tulips, from the Emerald Isle. 
The plants near the entrance were staged 
low down, and in some cases on the ground. 
On proceeding further, the central bank of 
hardy herbaceous; and other plants reached 
nearly to the roof of the tent. Then came 
splendid exhibits of Roses, Streptocarpi, 
Schizanthus', Oriental Poppies like summer 
hats in various flaunting colours, Phylloeaeti, 
with huge gorgeous flowers like great, cornu¬ 
copias, yet possessing pleasing delicate and 
soft, colours that seemed to melt into one 
another. 
Here and there occurred an exhibit of 
fruit or vegetables breaking the display of 
flowers and arresting the; attention for a* 
while, but the Temple Show is essentially a 
flower show, and people come' to see; the 
flowers and make selections of what they 
want for the; embellishment of their own 
gardens. The wealth of hardy flowers which 
can now be pressed into service for a flower 
show at the end of May is marvellous. 
Few, we believe, failed to observe the 
towering and giant racemes of Eremurus, 
which many of the visitors pronounced 
“ Erymewrus.” Here and there were groups 
of kingly Lilies breaking the continuousness 
of any one; thing, and those who were in¬ 
terested in hardy plants could not imagine 
the; continuous banks t,o, be monotonous, be¬ 
cause so; many different things had to he got 
into the space available. This, is certainly 
much in favour of the extended cultivation of 
hardy herbaceous plants on account of the 
exceedingly great variety and their succes¬ 
sion, of forms and colours through the greater 
pait of the year. It may be said of this 
department that “age cannot wither her nor 
custom stale her infinite variety.” 
Carnations were also abundantly repre¬ 
sented, chiefly the tree varieties and Mal- 
maisoam The latter may be considered 
somewhat formal on account of their 
immense size, but their beautiful coloui s and 
delicious fragrance will always make them, 
popular. Tree Carnations were arranged in 
large bunches on, long stems, quite; devoid of 
the formality that always attends upon the 
exhibition, of the florists’ Carnation pure and 
simple. Most of the cut, Carnations at this, 
and ordinary flower shows a,re now exhibited 
in a. form to show their decorative value. 
Tree Paeonies in a variety of beautiful 
colours were represented as on former occa¬ 
sions, and when the; weather became; faiidy 
fine at, intervals they expanded in all their 
beauty. Irises were staged in immense 
variety, representing common and un¬ 
common species. Lupins, Bellflowers, and 
Saxifrages in great variety served to. swell 
the list too numerous to specify here. Since 
the advent of May the mild weather and 
genial rains have been veay favourable to 
this class of plants. Indeed, a wet season is 
highly advantageous to; these hardy outdoor 
subjects, whether in the north, or south, 
while we have seen the tender exotics so 
much used for bedding, especially a few 
years ago, simply looking miserable all the 
season. 
The character of the flowers was mostly 
changed in No>. 4 tent, though the Roses, 
Calceolarias, Gloxinias, etc., were repeated 
by a few exhibits. The special features of 
this tent, however, were; theL tuberous Be¬ 
gonias, insectivorous plants, Cacti, Ferns, 
Heaths;, Leschenaultias, with intense blue 
flowers, and the overflow of the Orchids from 
the; big tent. The specialities in the way 
of new plants here may be noted in our 
report last week and under plants certifi¬ 
cated as described in this week’s issue. 
In the big tent the four corners seemed 
to be picked off with Roses;, which were cer¬ 
tainly one; of the finest features of the show. 
The ramblers, both single and double, within 
the last few years have; revolutionised the 
aspect of the Rose Garden, and their value 
for garden decoration or for groups in cases 
like this cannot be overrated. 
