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THE GARDENING WORLD 
June 6, 1908. 
sure about the structure of your house. If 
there is a dark wall at the bottom of the 
house that would be greatly against the 
Tomatos, causing them to grow lanky and 
weak. As soon as Tomatos have germinated 
they should be fully exposed to light 
throughout the day. If you have no front 
staging on which to stand the Tomatos it 
would be well to elevate them on some sort 
of staging, growing them either in pots or 
boxes, so as to get them close against the 
glass of the side windows. After this time 
of year the atmosphere of a house in which 
Tomatos are being grown should not be kept 
too moist. Leaves and stems of Tomato 
plants are so soft that they suffer in a very 
short time when the conditions are against 
them. If the leaves are clean or free from 
disease we should not much trouble about 
them curling up, as they often do this, es¬ 
pecially in the open air, but are, neverthe¬ 
less, healthy. Tomatos are liable to quite a 
number of diseases owing to the unfavour¬ 
able conditions of houses upon their soft tis¬ 
sues. If you elevate healthy plants that 
they can get close to the glass, and keep the 
house cool during the day by means of ven- 
The 21 st Temple Show, under the aegis 
of the Royal Horticultural Society, was 
again held in the Inner Temple Gardens, 
Thames Embankment, London, on the 
26th, 27th and 28th May, by kind per¬ 
mission of the Benchers. Just before 
mid-day on Tuesday the Queen passed 
through the show. 
The morning was cloudy, but otherwise 
fine, making the inspection of the flowers 
a pleasant and agreeable task for the visi¬ 
tors. The Orchids were unusually fine, 
while Roses, herbaceous plants, Carna¬ 
tions, Clematis, fine foliage plants, etc., 
gave no evidence of a cold ungenial 
spring. On the contrary, everything was 
unusually well grown and bloomed. 
Orchids. 
The Orchids in the big tent made a 
glorious display, and, if anything, seemed 
more floriferous than usual. White, pink, 
rose and yellow were the prevailing 
shades, which the Palms, Ferns, and 
other greenery did much to set off. 
Major G. L. Holford, C.V.O., C.I.E., 
had a magnificent group. Amongst 
them we noted splendidly flowered plants 
of Cattleya Dusseldorfei Undine, Mil- 
tonia vexillaria Memoria G. D. Owen, 
M.v. Mrs. H. Ballantine, M.v. Empress 
Augusta Victoria, Laeliocattleya Elva 
Westonbirt var., Lc. Fascinator nobilior, 
Lc. Lustre magnifica, and a wealth of 
varieties of Odontoglossum crispum. 
Masdevallia Veitchi grandiflora was also 
grand. The Dendrobiums and Oncidiums 
served to lend variety of colour in front 
of the tall Palms. 
Messrs. F. Sander and Co., St. Albans, 
also staged a massive group in undulating 
banks. Odontoglossums and Cattleyas 
were in grand form, including such choice 
things as O. crispum Mauretania, 0 . ama- 
bile, O. crispum Lusitania, O. eximium, 
etc. A bank of the pure white Phalaenop- 
sis rimestadtiana stood out very promin¬ 
ently, and the fiery scarlet of Renanthera 
imschootiana made a bright flash of 
colour. 
tilation, you should have no difficulty. To- 
maitos need no artificial heat whatever after 
this time of year, that is, plants sufficiently 
large to plant out. 
NAMES OF PLANTS. 
(John Elliot) The Variegated Water Fig- 
wort (Scrophularia aquaitica variegata). 
(W. H. Baines) The double Meadow Saxi¬ 
frage (Saxifraga granulata flore pleno); the 
large leaved one is Gibson’s Castor Oil 
Plant (Ricinus Gihsoni). 
(T. B. W.) 1, Meconopsis cambrica flore 
pleno (the double Welsh Poppy); 2, Armenia 
vulgaris ; 3, Iris florentina; 4, Saxifraga 
trifurcata; 5, Erinus alpinus. 
(F. C. Marsh) 1, Lonicera involucrata; 2, 
Cotoneaster Nuonmularia; 3, Diervilla rosea; 
4, Kerria japonica flore pleno; 5, Viburnum 
Opulus sterilis. 
(T. Ledbury) 1, Veronica gemtianoides 
variegata; 2, Saxifraga Geum ; 3, Vaocinium 
Myxtillus; 4, Cydonia japonica; 5, Poly- 
stichum angulare ; 6, Lamium maculatum ; 7, 
Veronica pectinata. 
Messrs. Jas. Cypher and Sons, Chelten¬ 
ham, had a splendid display of Miltonia 
vexillaria in many varieties all along the 
front of his general group of Orchids. 
Choice things we noted were Cattleya Dus¬ 
seldorfei, Miltonia vexillaria Augusta Vic¬ 
toria, M.v. splendens, M.v. leucoglossum, 
Odontoglossum wilckeanum albens, 
Laeliocattleya highburyensis, Odonto¬ 
glossum Rolfeae, and many other fine 
things too numerous to mention. They 
had a splendidly flowered piece of Epi- 
phronitis Veitchii. They were arranged 
in undulating banks and receding bays, 
backed by tall Palms. 
The Veitchian Cup for 1908 was secured 
by F. Menteith Ogilvie, Esq. (gardener 
Mr. W. Balmforth), The Shrubbery, Ox¬ 
ford, for a magnificent bank of Orchids, 
including attractive little groups of Cypri- 
pedium callosum Sanderae, C. niveum, 
Miltonia vexillaria in variety, Odonto¬ 
glossum crispum likewise, and a massive 
piece of Cattleya Skinneri. Oncidium 
marshallianum and Cymbidium lowianum 
were also showy. 
Messrs. Wm. Bull and Sons, King’s 
Road, Chelsea, had a group of Cattleyas, 
Odontoglossums, Dendrobiums and Epi- 
dendrums. 
Messrs. Hugh Low and Co., Bush Hill 
Park, Middlesex, set up an extensive slop¬ 
ing bank of Orchids. They had a rare 
plant in Dendrobium Dronckhardti. 
Other notable things were D. Bensonae, 
Renanthera imschootiana, Epidendrum 
bicomutum, Cattleya Mendelii His 
Majesty, Odontoglossum Pescatorei Vir- 
ginale and many handsomely blotched 
varieties of O. crispum. Notable and fa¬ 
vourite Cypripediums were C. lawrencea- 
num hyeanum, C. callosum Sanderae, and 
C. 1 . hackbridgensis. Ferns and Palms 
were used as greenery with fine effect. A 
fine thing was C. Mossiae Le President. 
Messrs. Armstrong and Brown, Tun¬ 
bridge Wells, had a group of Orchids 
built up in an uncommon design. A ridge 
in the centre was brought up prominently 
with Coelogyne dayana and finely 
blotched Odontoglossums with tall spiked 
of bloom. On either side of this bank 
was a deep recess with the bank behind 
almost perpendicular, the pots being hid¬ 
den by moss and Adiantums. 
Messrs. Moore, Limited, Rawdon, 
Leeds, had a bank in which the spikes of 
Odontoglossum stood up very promi¬ 
nently. Fine varieties were 0 . crispum 
Phoebe magnificum, 0 . amabile, 0 . 
wilckeanum, O. lambeauianum and vari¬ 
ous others. A rare plant was Catasetum 
trifidum with perfectly green flowers; C. 
pandurata was green and black. 
Messrs. J. and A. McBean, Cookbridge, 
Sussex, had a splendid group of Odonto- 
glossums, with an admixture of various 
other subjects now in bloom. Very choice 
Odontoglossums were 0 . crispum Pride of 
Sussex and a remarkably handsome 
variety not yet named. Cattleya Men¬ 
delii var., Cochlioda noetzliana, Anguloa 
Clowesii, Odontoglossum crispum xan- 
thotes Snowflake, 0 . c. Gildenh and 
Coelogyne pandurata were notably tine 
or interesting things. 
Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Heaton 
Bradford, had an extensive and fine dis 
play of Orchids in great variety, includ 
ing Miltonia vexillaria in variety, Odon 
toglossum Gladys, O. hibernicum, 0 
Gladys May Blossom, O. Rolfeae, 0 
crispum xanthotes, and the new hybrii 
Odontioda Charlesworthii (Cochlicd 
noetzliana x O. harryanum). Vanda 
and Oncidiums were very conspicuous 1: 
the background. 
Sir Jeremiah Colman, Bart, (gardene 
Mr. W. P. Bound), Gatton Park, Surre) 
set up an extensive group of Orchids 1 
undulating mounds at the back, an 
sloping gradually at the front. Conspici 
ous features were subgroups of Phan: 
Norman, Miltonia vexillaria in variet) 
Cymbidium lowianum and C. eburneui 
lowianum Purity. Notable varieties wei 
Miltonia vexillaria Gatton Park var 
Spathoglottis Colmanii, Laeliocattle) 
canhamiana alba Lady Edridge, an 
Odontoglossum Lindenii. 
Mr. Chas. Vuylsteke, Loochristi, Be 
gium, had a small group of very chon 
Odontoglossums, such as 0 . eximiu 
Queen Alexandra, O. c. Blushing Brid 
O. laudatum, O. luxuriosum, 0 . c. Rai 
bow, etc. Everyone of these was remar 
able for the amount and richness of tl 
colouring. 
H. S. Goodson, Esq., Putney (garden 
Mr. G. E. Day), staged^ Odontoglossu 
crispum President Fallieres, and 0 . 
Goodsonae. 
Baron Schroder, V.M.H. (gardener M 
H. Ballantine), The Dell, Egham, h; 
Miltonia vexillaria G. D. Owen, Odont 
glossum crispum veitchianum, 0. Ernr 
and other exceedingly choice varieties. 
Mr. John Robson, Altrincham, set ' 
a small group of Phalaenopsis rimestai 
ana perfecta, Odontoglossum crispn 
Starlight, Odontoglossum brevifoliu:, 
O. lambeauanum and various oth 
species. 
Mrs. Collingwood (gardener Mr. V all 
Lovett), Lilburn Tower, Alnwick, hadi 
small group of grandly flowered \an> 
teres. 
R. Ashworth, Esq., Ashlands, Ne- 
church, Manchester, also had a sm 
group of choice Odontoglossums. 
(To be continued.) 
- The Temple plower Show. - 
The Spring Exhibition of the Royal Horticultural Society. 
