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June 6, 1908. 
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The Temple Show. 
The principal show of the year is once 
more a thing of the past. It is custom¬ 
ary for people to think that each succeed¬ 
ing Temple Show is better than another. 
This is a matter which requires a con¬ 
siderable amount of thinking. We have 
seen all of the twenty-one shows held by 
the R.H.S. in the Inner Temple Gardens, 
and we have noted a remarkable improve¬ 
ment indeed from the first to the last, but 
this has been a gradual process during 
each year. The quality of the exhibits 
has been improved, but more particu¬ 
larly in the arrangement of the groups 
has this improvement been made visible. 
The same number of tents, all of the 
same size, had practically to serve the 
same purpose last week as they did twenty 
years ago. . The number of exhibitors 
has increased, each requiring space and 
some of them more space. As often as 
not they have their space curtailed. For 
these reasons there is no room for second- 
class material, and every exhibitor shows 
his best. It, therefore, follows that every¬ 
thing is of a very high class order of 
merit, and the only other great improve¬ 
ment we could desire would be for a 
greater amount of space, so as to allow 
the show to grow and leave more room 
for the people to promenade, especially 
while inspecting the exhibits. In certain 
classes of flowers an immense improve¬ 
ment has been effected during the last 
twenty years, especially amongst Roses, 
tuberous Begonias, Caladiums, Carna¬ 
tions, Tulips, and some other florists’ 
flowers. 
Notwithstanding the counter attraction 
at Shepherd’s Bush, the show tents were 
verv crowded on the opening day, and 
the informal visit of the Queen, accom¬ 
panied by Princess Victoria, caused a 
little flutter amongst the officials, and 
there was some hunting until they found 
the ladies amongst the Orchids quietly 
enjoying themselves. 
R Small Garden 
Picturesquely Backed 
with Tall Trees. 
JUNE was so named in honour of Juno, 
the goddess who, in Roman mythology, 
presided over marriages. 
Chestnut Avenue, Bushey Park. 
On “Chestnut Sunday” (May 24th) 
there was a large number of visitors at 
Bushey Park, where the blooms on the 
trees were in good condition. In some 
years they have so maintained their glory 
that there have been three “Chestnut Sun¬ 
days ” in succession. The famous avenue 
was planned at the instance of King Wil¬ 
liam III. His Majesty’s gardeners, 
George London and Henry Wise, con¬ 
structed across the broad plain—as 
Bushey Park was in those days — a drive 
upwards of a mile long and 60 ft. wide. 
They planted 300 Chestnut trees on either 
side, and behind them, in double rows, 
nearly 1,000 Limes. Towards the Hamp¬ 
ton Court end of the avenue they made 
a basin fountain, 400 ft. in diameter, and 
5 ft. in depth, surmounted by a statue of 
Diana. The avenue, it is declared, was 
planned with the object of forming a 
grand approach, not only to the Lion 
Gates, but ‘also to a proposed imposing 
entrance court for the old Palace beyond. 
Where ground is valuable gardens an 
usually of small size, and trees which art 
always desirable may prove a nuisance tc 
those who have but a limited area o 
ground. On the other hand, where spaa 
will permit, we cannot imagine any mon 
pleasing adjunct to a garden during tht 
heat of summer than a variety of tree: 
which will give more or less shelter dur 
mg windy weather, but more particularly 
shade from the burning sunshine durini 
summer. The accompanying illustratioi 
shows a small garden of this characte 
where the background is completely filler 
in with a great variety of trees Thes> 
should preferably be on the north 0 
north-east aspects of the garden, so as t< 
give shelter from the cold winds that oftei 
prevail during March. 
In other gardens the south-west wind 
often prove the most destructive on ac 
count of their violence and duration ii 
some districts. Those who have the mak 
ing of gardens, or rather' the planting 0 
them, should take these facts into con 
sideration when about to plant trees. _ I 
the north or east winds are most objec 
tionable, then the trees should be plante< 
A small garden picturesquely backed with tall trees. 
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