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THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY’S 
Great Temple Flower show 
A Magnificent and Costly Display. 
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This should be kept in a dry shed or other 
place not exposed to wet, and if wet at the 
time of collecting, it should be spread out 
thinly until it dries. Then, in spring, chop 
it up finely with the spade, so that you can 
apply a thin top-dressing to the soil when 
preparing the ground for sowing those crops 
out of doors. For pot plants, it should, of 
course, be broken up very finely and mixed 
with the soil at potting time. 
1908. Waste Water from the Bath. 
Will you please inform me if the waste 
water from the bath is suitable for garden 
purposes? (J. Clarke, Kent.) 
Waste water from the bath is quite suit¬ 
able for watering plants, and the dirtier the 
water the more valuable it would be. Soap¬ 
suds can also be employed for watering 
plants in the open ground. It should be 
diluted if too strong. There cannot be any 
great amount of plant food in waste from 
the bath, so that it may be used just like 
clean water. 
TRADE CATALOGUES RECEIVED. 
Wm. Watson and Sons, Ltd., Ciontarf 
Nurseries, Dublin. — Summer Bedding 
Plants. 
Wm. Cutbush and Son, Highgate Nur¬ 
series, London, N.— Cutbush’s Cutbushes ; 
List of Bedding Plants; Special List of 
Aquatics and Hardy Water Lilies; New 
Spiraeas for Early Forcing. 
NAMES OF PLANTS. 
(H. G. Purvis) Saxifraga crassifolia (some¬ 
times named Megasea crassifolia).—W. D., 
Lancs.) 1, London Pride, None-so-Pretty, St. 
Patrick’s Cabbage (Saxifraga umbrosa); 2, 
A shrubby Veronica (send when in bloom); 
3, Solomon’s Seal (Polygonatum multi- 
tiorum) ; 4, Globe Flower (Trollius euro- 
paeus) ; 5, Southernwood, Old Man (Arte¬ 
misia Abrotanum); 6, Pontic Azalea (Rho¬ 
dodendron flavum); 7, Greater Stitchwort 
(Steilaria Holostea); 8, The Red Spanish 
Squill (Scilla hispanica rubra).—(A. R. T.) 
Iris aphylla var.—(E. W.) 1, Saxifraga cor- 
difolia ; 2, Iris germanica var.; 3, Cydonia 
Maulei; 4, Kerria japonica flore pleno; 5, 
Wistaria chinensis.— (C. Wentworth) 1, 
Polystichum angulare; 2, Cyrtomium falca- 
tum; 3, Pteris Childsii; 4, Adiantum for- 
mosum.— (E. Morton) 1, Saxifraga Aizoon ; 
2, Saxifraga macnabiana; 3, Saxifraga 
Hostii ; 4, Myosotis sylvestris; 5, Trollius 
asiaticus ; 6, Corydalis nobilis; 7, Lupinus 
polyphyllus.— (R. Watts) 1, Cytisus praecox; 
2, Cydonia japonica; 3, Cotoneaster 
Simonsii; 4, Choisya ternata; 5, Ceanothus 
rigidus; 6, Cytisus purpureus. — (A. F., 
Bridgnorth) 1, Centaurea montana; 2, 
Aquilegia vulgaris var. ; 3, Lychnis dioica 
flore pleno; 4, Saxifraga rotundifolia ; 5, 
Scilla italica. 
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£100,000 Worth of Orchids. 
At the recent show at the Temple Gar¬ 
dens, of the R.H.S., the magnificent dis¬ 
play of Orchids was computed to be worth 
over ^100,000. On one stand alone Or- 
chids^were shown varying in price from 
half-a-guinea to £1,000 apiece. 
French Horticultural Visitors. 
Two hundred French horticulturists, 
whom its fame attracted, left Paris on the 
28th Mav for London in order to inspect 
the exhibits at the Temple Gardens Show. 
£6,000 for a Carnation. 
The Carnation bearing the name 
“ Aristocrat” shown at the recent Temple 
Show was sold some little time since in 
America for ^6,000. 
The twentieth annual great flower show 
of the Royal Horticultural Society was 
held in the Inner Temple Gardens on the 
above dates by permission of the Benchers. 
The same number and size of tents were 
put up as in former years, and every part 
was filled to overflowing, while many fine 
exhibits of trees, shrubs, flotVers, rockeries, 
dwarf Japanese trees, and good samples of 
topiary work were displayed on the grass 
outside. Almost every exhibit was of a 
high order of merit, and many of them 
far surpassed those of last year in point of 
quality. The first day was dull, making 
it difficult to see the exhibits properly, 
but the cut flowers kept well. There was 
an immense crowd of people almost from 
the opening till they were turned out, 
making it difficult to see the plants. All 
the same, “finer than ever” was the ver¬ 
dict of many. 
The Veitchian Cup for the best group 
of Orchids in the show exhibited by an 
amateur, was secured by Major Holford, 
C.I.E., C.V.O. (grower, Mr. Alexander), 
Westonbirt, Tetbury, Gloucester, and ex¬ 
pert evidence declared the group was 
worth it. Cattleyas and Laelias, with 
their hvbrids, Odontoglossums and fine 
varieties of Miltonia vexillaria, were the 
dominant features of the group, but there 
were others in great variety. Very choice 
varieties were Laeliocattleya Golden Glory, 
Miltonia vexillaria Westonbirt var., M.v. 
Empress Augusta Victoriae, M.v. virgin- 
ale, Brasso-laelia Helen, Brasso-Cattleya 
digbyana-Schroderae, Cattleya Mossiae 
Westonbirt var., and many others equally 
noteworthy. Laeliocattleya Golden Glory 
and Brasso-cattleya digbyana-Schroderae 
were amongst the most striking things in 
the show. 
Messrs. F. Sander and Sons, St. Albans, 
staged a very extensive group of Orchids, 
set up with Palms and Maidenhair Ferns. 
Miltonias, Odontoglossums, Cattleyas, 
Laelias, and their hybrids were the domin¬ 
ant features. Bold and striking forms 
were Laeliocattleya Mrs. Leeman Rajah, 
with huge tawny salmon and orange lip 1 , 
Odontoglossum harryano-crispum brug- 
gense, O.c. solum (with crimson red lip 
only), O. ardentissimum Lord Cromer, 
O.a. The Earl, O. crispum Prince of the 
Asturias, O. Cooksoniae, and many 
others. 
Messrs. Wm. Bull and Sons, Chelsea, 
came next with a group of Orchids in 
variety, including fine forms of Odonto¬ 
glossum crispum such as O.c. Sunset, 
O.c. percultum, O.c. Florence, O. ama- 
bile, etc. 
Messrs. Hugh Low and Co., Bush Hill 
Park. Middlesex, staged a bold group of 
Orchids, including grand varieties of 
Cattleya Mossiae, C. Mendelii, C. Mossiae 
Mrs. C. H. Feiling, C. Parthenia Prince 
of Wales (the finest of this type), Laeli:o- 
cattleya dominiana superba, Cattleya 
Skinneri alba, C. Mossiae Wagneri, 
Odontoglossum Rolfeae, Cvmbidium lowi- 
May 28th, 29th, and 30th. 
anum, Oncidium marshallianum, anc 
many other choice and well flowered sub 
jects. 
Messrs. J. Cypher and Sons, Cheiten 
ham, set up an extensive group of Orchid 
in the big tent, consisting largely of Mil 
tonias, Odontoglossums, Oncidiums, Lae 
lias, Cymbidium lowianum, etc. Ver 
choice were Phalaenopsis rimestadiana 
Dendrobium dalhousieanum luteum, Cym 
bidium lowianum magnificum, Odonto 
glossum percuitum, Epiphronitis Veitchi 
Cypripedium caudatum, Oncidium mar 
shallianum, and a host of others. 
H. S. Goodson, Esq. (gardener, Mr. G 
E. Day), Putney, staged a group c 
Orchids, amongst which was a nearly pur 
white Laelia purpurata, being more near! 
wholly white than L.p. alba itself. H 
also had the white Cattleya Schrodera 
alba. 
Messrs. Charlesworth and Co., Heaton 
Bradford, staged a large and bold grou 
of Orchids, consisting of Odontoglossums 
Cattleyas and their hybrids. Very fin 
were Cypripedium rothschildianum, C 
callosum Sanderae, Cattleya Mossia 
Wageneri, Cypripedium bellatulum Prir 
cess Clementina, etc. 
Jeremiah Colman, Esq. (gardener, Mi 
W. P. Bound), Gatton Park, Reigate 
staged a fine group of Orchids, arrange 
in undulating banks. Very fine wer 
Spathoglottis Colmanii, Cymbidium lowi 
ano-eburneum giganteum, Odontoglos 
sum wilckeanum The Don, Cattley 
Mossiae Wageneri Colmanae, Renanther 
imschootiana, Odontoglossum crispur 
Mary Colman, Laeliocattleya Phoebe, an 
others. All these were set up on bank 
of moss. He had quite a group of Epi 
dendrum Boundii. 
Messrs. Linden, Brussels, exhibited 
group of Odontoglossums, including th 
handsome O. crispum Reine d’Angleterre 
and fine varieties of Cochlioda noetzlianr 
Mr. Tohn Robson. Altrincham, had 
small group of Orchids, including tb 
splendid Odontoglossum ardentissimur 
Robsonae. 
M. Ch. Vuvlsteke, Loochristi, Be 
gium, had some splendid varieties* c 
Odontoglossum, such as O. eximium Kin 
of England, O. caeruleum (purple blue 
and O.- gandavense, of magnificer 
colours. ' A 
R. Ashworth, Esq., Newchurch, Mali 
Chester,, staged very fine varieties 0 
Odontoglossum crispum and Lae’iocat' 
leyas. 
Messrs. Armstrong and Brown, Tur 
bridge Wells, had a fine group of Odontc 
glossum^ Cattlevas. Cvmbidiums, Coe 
ogvne davana, and others. They r< 
ceived a cultural commendation for Odor 
to°dossum niveum majus. 
Mrs. Stonvforth (gardener. Mr. 
Mi’lfngton). Kirk Hammerton Hall, Yorl 
received a cultural commendation for 
huge and well flowered piece of Dendrt 
bium thvrsiflorum in a basket. 
