May  24,  1900. 
JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
431 
DAHLIAS. 
IVO'W ! 
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A'few  of  many  expressions  of  satisfaction 
received  during'  IVXay.  The  best  Is  always 
the  cheapest  In  the  longr  run 
OXFORD  -Y  our  Dalilias  turned  out  splendidly  with  me 
last  season.  My  Poinpones  cleared  the  boards 
wherever  exhibited.— E.  G.  C.  C. 
LINTZ  GREEN. — hahlias  to  hand  ;  I  am  very  much 
pleased  with  tJiem.  Th’ey  .are  strong  healthy  plants, 
and  were  splendidly  packed.— .S.  S. 
PENANG.  S.S.  — I  received  the  Dahlias  in  fine  condition, 
and  .am  e.xceedingjy  well  pleased  with  them  and 
with  the  care  you  took  in  packing  and  sending 
them.— A.  O.  •  &  f' 
ARDGAY.-l  received  box  of  Dahlias  safely.  They  are 
very  fine  sturdy  plants.— W.  M. 
again  delighted  with  the  Dahlias  received 
from  you.— A.  B, 
Burling, “Hahlia  plants  came  to  hand  in  very  fine 
condition.  Many  thanks  for  the  kind  and  careful 
manner  in  which  the  order  was  executed. — J.  D 
WEXHAM.-I  received  the  Dahlias  all  right  and  am  very 
much  pleased  with  them.  They  are  a  grand  lot 
of  plants.— T.  W.  J.  v  & 
PONTYPRIDD  , — Many  thanks  for  Dahlias,  which  arrived 
m  splendid  condition.  The  packing  was  a  treat.— 
H.  C. 
LEICESTER  . — You  will  be  glad  to  know  that  I  was  first 
at  Abbey  Park  Show  last  year  with  Dahlias  in  the 
open  class.— W.  H. 
HAVERFORDWEST.-i  was  very  much  pleased  with 
the  Dahlias  I  had  from  you  last  year.  I  took  first 
prize  with  six  blooms  from  the  six  plants  I  got  from 
you.— W.  G.  ^ 
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THE  LEEDS  ORCHID  COMPANY,  RODNDHAY,  LEEDS 
Joiuiiml  Ilf  Horticultuiie, 
THURSDAY,  MAY  24,  1900. 
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communications  must  be  addressed  to  12,  Mitre 
Court  Chambers,  Fleet  Street,  London. 
Tl[e  Temple  Sl[ow. 
HAPPY  thought  it  undoubtedly 
was,  no  matter  in  whose  mind 
it  originated,  to  secure  the  only 
large  open  lawn  within  the  pre¬ 
cincts  of  the  City  of  London,  and 
convert  for  a  brief  space  of  time  the 
historic  Temple  Gardens  into  a  veritable 
Temple  of  Flora.  There,  now  for  a  period 
of  a  dozen  years  and  more,  has  been  grouped 
in  the  space  adjoining  the  grand  promenade  on  the 
Thames  Embankment  the  richest  and  most  diver¬ 
sified  display  of  pl.mts  and  floAvers  to  be  seen 
anywhere  towards  the  close  of  May. 
On  the  occasion  of  the  summer  shows  of  the 
Royal  Horticultural  Society  the  floral  treasures  of 
many  lands  may  be  said  to  he  concentrated  for  a 
short  but  brilliant  period  in  the  heart  of  the  greatest 
city  of  the  world,  and  those  of  its  teeming  popu¬ 
lation  who  can  do  so  enjoy  the  feast  provided. 
Numbers  of  visitors,  too,  from  distant  parts  of  the 
country,  not  to  say  beyond  its  shores,  assemble  on 
the  great  occasions.  The  Temple  shows  bring 
together  all  that  is  most  beautiful,  rare,  and 
meritorious  in  Nature  assisted  by  Art — the  art  of 
scientific  producti  n  and  splendid  cultivation. 
When  this  is  so  it  follows  that  not  only  the  best 
society  in  London  fleck  to  admire  the  display  and 
choose  what  they  desire’  to  possess,  hut  the  great 
multitude  interested  in  flowers  and  other  products 
of  gardening  skill  join  to  crowd  the  tents  and 
luxuriate  in  the  feast  of  beauty  therein  provided. 
In  bringing  together  such  gatherings  as  the 
Temple  ShoAV,  and  the  great  show  of  British  grown 
fruit  held  at  the  Crystal  Palace,  the  Royal  Horti¬ 
cultural  Society  is  doing  much  towards  acting  up 
to  the  substance  of  its  charter.  We  find  this  to 
have  been  granted  for  the  promotion  of  horticulture, 
and  it  would  he  difficult  to  conceive  of  one  better 
f  rm  of  education,  or  promotion,  call  it  Avhich  you 
will,  than  these  exhibitions.  The  visitor  whose 
interest  is  centred  in  orchidaceous  plants  finds  in 
the  Temple  ixamples  superior  to  his  own,  and  he 
has  learned  a  lesson  from  this  simple  fact.  He  has 
now  an  object  before  him  which  he  strives  to  reach 
No.  2696.— A’ol.  CII.,  Old  Series. 
No.  1039.— VoL.  XL.,  Tiiibd  Series. 
