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JOURNAL  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
June  ?,  1904. 
Societies. 
The  Temple  Sower  Show. 
Legions  of  Maples,  as  it  seems,  are  again  waving  their 
graceful  branches  and  their  coloured  foliage  bj'  the  sides  of  all 
the  boarded  paths  in  the  Temple  Gardens  on  the  Thames 
Embankment.  Clouds  of  el)nllient  canvas  overtopped  by  rip¬ 
pling  bannei's  once  more  rise  from  a  verdant  floor;  and  the 
fragrance  of  myriad  blosisoms  intermingles  with  the  wafted 
strains  of  mmsic— and  life  holds  nothing  sweeter  than  these. 
This  magnificent  vernal  tourney  of  high  horticultural  excel¬ 
lence  repeats  the  successes  of  foregone  exhiljitions  in  the  wealth 
and  the  beauty  of  its  parts.  Novelties  and  rarities  and  plants 
of  manifold  charms  are  outspread  on  every  hand  to  accentuate 
in  one  bold  impression,  the  embarrassment  of  riches  by  which 
we  are  endowed.  Still,  the  chambers  of  our  memory  stir  the 
captious,  critical  faculty,  and  we  will  bravely  be  ungrateful 
enough  to  plead  for  curtailments  and  eliminations  here,  there, 
and  yonder — surely  not  to  the  ultimate  prejudice  of  the  Royal 
Horticultural  Society?  and  undoubtedly  not  to  the  disadvan¬ 
tage  of  this  renoAvnedly  resplendent  show.  Our  garden  nur¬ 
series  of  England  are  charged  with  a  regal  wealth  of  arborescent 
and  of  tropical  exotic  plants  that  suffer  some  neglect  for  lack 
of  being  directly  presented  to  the  cultivated  judgment  of  the 
nobilfty,  aristocracy,  and  gentry. 
No  otherwhere  in  Nature  can  the  steps  of  variation  and 
evolution  be  .so  strictly,  quickly,  and  easily  traced  than  by  the 
study,  even  desultory  study,  of  the  floricultural  subjects  under 
cultivation.  The  rapid  changes  are  remarkable,  so  that  the 
“.stars”  and  the  “belles”  of  this  decade  are  .submerged  by 
the  greater  brilliance  and  the  increased  merit  of  those  in  the 
next.  Horticulture  is  now  expansive,  as  it  is  intensive;  and 
when  Bulwer  Lytton  Avas  desired  to  choose  what  memorial  of 
exi.sting  British  opulence  he  would  leave  to  remote  posterity, 
he  might  have  done  well  to  have  preferred  a  detailed  report  of 
the  Temple  Show ! 
The  Floral  Committee  had  one  hundred  and  thirty-four 
different  plants  before  them  seeking  awards,  and  of  this  number 
thirty-seAmn  Avere  Begonias,  six  Pelargoniums,  seven  Heucheras, 
three  were  varieties  of  Iris  siberica,  tAA’elve  Avere  Tulips,  six 
Roses,  four  Gazanias,  and  four  ferns.  The  Orchid  Committee 
had  also  a  large  number  of  ubav  subjects,  so  that  both  these 
bodies  sat  for  a  considerable  time.  As  usual,  the  Fruit  and 
Vegetable  Committee  had  only  a  feAV  exhibits  to  adjudicate. 
ilnfortunately,  as  aa'o  Avrite  (Tuesday  morning)  the  weather 
has  broken,  and  torrents  of  rain  are  falling.  Monday  Avas  a 
delightful  day,  and  a  very  considerable  portion  of  the  display 
was  arranged  by  five  o’clock,  including  nearly  all  the  orchids 
in  No.  5  marquee,  together  Avith  the  Rose  groups,  the  Cala- 
diums.  Carnations,  Noav  Holland  plants,  Sarracenias,  ferns. 
Begonias^  TulijAS,  Gloxinias,  Calceolarias,  and  hardy  plants. 
Messrs.  Veitcli  had  Eremuri  and  the  Umbrella  Pine  forming  one 
of  the  open-air  groups,  Avith  bearded  Irises  in  front.  Messrs. 
Cutbush  had  their  clipped  Ycavs  and  other  trees ;  Barr  and 
Son.s  had  a  tent  Avith  pigmy  trees;  Sutton  and  Sons  filled  a 
pavilion  of  their  oAvn  by  the  secretary’s  tent ;  Avhile  under  the 
various  marquees  there  Avere  choice  groups  from  Mr.  Jones,  of 
LeAvisham  ;  Hugh  Loav  and  Co.,  Hogg  and  Robertson,  Storrie 
and  Storrie  (Dundee),  Carter  and  Co.,  Webb  and  Sons,  and 
many  others.  The  arrangements  Avere  such  that  no  confusion 
I>revailed  in  any  part,  and  for  this  satisfactory  state  of  affairs 
recognitions  are  due  to  the  secretarv.  Rev.  W.  Wilks,  M.A.  ; 
to  the  garden  superintendent,  Mr.  S.  T.  Wright ;  to  Mr.  Reader, 
and  members  of  the  staffs  both  of  the  office  and  the  society’s 
garden.^  A  military  band  Avas  present  on  each  of  the  three 
days.  The  cup,  costing  55  guineas,  presented  to  the  society  by 
ales.«rs.  James  \  eitch  and  Sons,  Ltd.,  to  celebrate  the  jubilee 
of  the  establishment  of  that  firm  in  London,  Avas  awarded  for 
the  be.st  individual  exhibit  in  the  shoAv  to  Messrs.  W.  Paul  and 
Son,  the  famous  Rose  groAvers  at  Waltham  Cross. 
Not  deterred  by  the  rain,  their  Majesties  the  King  and 
Queen  visited  the  shoAv  about  midday,  and  seemed  greatly 
interested.  The  attendance  on  the  first  day  was  less  than 
usual,  though  the  tents  were  still  very  crowded. 
Orchids. 
Baron  Sir  Henry  Schroder,  Bart.,  V.M.H.  (gardener,  Mr. 
H.  Ballantine),  The  Dell,  Staines,  contributed  a  highly  credit¬ 
able  group  of  Avell-floAvered  specimens,  including  Odontoglossum 
crispum  Rex,  O.  c.  grande  maculatum,  O.  coradinei  mirabile, 
O.  excellens,  O.  crispum  Luciani,  Vanda  teres,  Masdevallia 
cqccinea  Harryana,  Dendrobium  Bemsonia?,  Ljelio-cattle.va 
Digbyano-Mossiae,  together  AA'ith  Cymbidiums,  Miltonias,  and 
Phalaenop-sis. 
Mr.  Jeremiah  Colman  (gardener,  Mr.  W.  P.  Bound), 
Park,  Reigate,  Surrey,  had  a  group  next  to  Baron 
Schroder’s,  but  it  lacked  the  quality  of  that  very  excellent  dis- 
individual  plants  Avere  Avell  staged,  and  made  a  beau¬ 
tiful  display,  particularly  the  mass  of  Miltonia  vexillaria  and  of 
Cattleya  Mossim.  It  also  included  such  good  things  as  OdoJito- 
glossum  crispum  iMary  Colman,  O.  Adriame,  Cattleya  Schrbderse 
aiirea,  Masdevallia  Harryanum  Bull’s-blood,  0.  c.  Mrs. 
Causton,  and  Thiinia  marjorense. 
Sir  Frederick  Wigan,  Bart,  (gardener,  Mr.  W.  H.  Young), 
Ciare  I^aAvn,  East  Sheen,  had  a  very  noble  group,  and  admir¬ 
ably  set  up.  The  plants  Avere  in  no  Avay  crowded,  but  stood  up 
over  a  grounding  of  green  ferns.  W’e  Avere  able  to  note  Odonto¬ 
glossum  crispum  marmoratum,  Lmlio-cattleya  fascinator  dulcis, 
a  perfect  gem  ;  also  L.-c.  Canhamiana  IMarguerite,  Avith  seven 
floAvers  ;  Brassia  brachiata,  L.-c.  Hippolyta  Phoebe,  Masdevallia 
Amxillaria  Memoria  G.  D.  OiA^en,  tbe  finest  of  this  section ;  also 
Cattleya  Skinneri  alba,  Oncidium  Gardnerianum,  Lfelia  majalis, 
together  Avith  Cymbidium  and  Sobralias. 
Mr.  Ch.  Vuylsteke,  Loochristi,  Belgium,  staged  one  of  the 
most  startling  liigeneric  hybrids  of  recent  years.  This  was 
Cochiioda  noezliana  and  Odontoglossum  Pescatorei  named 
Odontioda  Vuylstekea?,  Avhich  hybridists  har^e  been  trying 
to  cross  for  the  last  ten  years.  Tliis  opens  up  neAV  possibilities 
for  fresh  crosses,  and  as  Mr.  de  Barri  CraAvshay  observed,  “  You 
can  picture  a  red  Odontoglossum  crispum  in  your  mind,”  for 
this  bigener  is  bronzy-red,  edged  mauA^e,  Avith  a  lighter  circle 
near  the  outer  lAarts,  and  the  lip  has  a  bright  yelloAV  crest. 
There  AA'ere  other  fine  hybrids  in  this  group. 
Captan  G.  L.  Holford,  C.I.E.  (grower,  Mr.  H.  G. 
Alexander),  Westonbirt,  Tetbury,  presented  Lmlio-cattleya 
Digbyano-Mossife  Westonbirt  var.,  L.-c.  Canhamiana  Rex,  L.-c. 
Hippolyta  Avith  three  splendid  racemes,  Cattleya  Mossije 
Wagneri,  and  Avell-floAvered  Cypripedium  niveum  in  pans.  The 
group  Avas  Avell  arranged. 
The  Messrs.  Cypher,  of  Cheltenham,  had  a  group  of  orchids 
remarkable  for  their  sturdy,  vigorous  groAvth.  This  comprised 
such  handsome  species  as  Cypripedium  niveum,  C.  Ashburtoni 
giganteum,  C.  caliosum  Sanderfe,  Masdevallia  Veitchiana 
grandiflora,  Dendrobium  nobile,  D.  suaAdssimum,  Cattleya 
Skinneri,  and  numerous  other  Avell-floAvered  Cattleyas  and 
Odontoglossum  crisiDum  plants. 
Mr.  John  CoAvan,  of  Gateacre,  Liveiqjool,  sent  a  brilliant 
display  of  the  better  knoAvn  kinds,  of  Avhich  Cattleya  Alossim, 
Odontoglossums  in  variety,  Cypripedium  villosum  exul,  Odonto¬ 
glossum  Adriame,  Cypripedium  Vipani  (a  fine  variety),  together 
Avith  C.  DoAA'lingeanum,  C.  Rolfese,  and  Lselio-cattleva  G.  S. 
Ball. 
A  group  of  excellently  flowered  plants  came  from  Messrs.  W. 
Bull  and  Sons,'  King’s  Road,  Chelsea,  in  Avhich  Ave  Avere  able  to 
note  Lfelia  purpurata  Chelsiense,  Cattleya  IMossim  Countess,  C. 
M.  gigantea,  Lfelia  purpurata  Queen  Alexandra,  and  C.  Mendeli 
Doris. 
Alessrs.  CharlesAVorth  and  Co.,  Bradford,  showed  how  much 
could  be  placed  into  small  space  effectively.  Their  floAvers  were 
very  brilliant,  large,  and  handsome.  Here  Avas  Cattleya 
Skinneri,  covering  huge  pans,  also  C.  Mossim  Wagneri,  Odonto¬ 
glossum  Pescatorei  CharlesAvorthi,  O.  Vuylstekeanum,  Lfelio- 
cattleya  fascinator,  and  a  host  of  other  glorious  subjects. 
Messrs.  Hugh  Loav  and  Co.,  Bush  Hill  Park,  Enfield,  Avere 
represented  by  a  large  and  really  magnificent  pan  containing 
Cattleya  Mossife  Avith  three  dozen  floAvers ;  also  C.  Skinneri, 
Cymbidium  LoAvianum,  Cypripedium  ciliare.  Disa  langleyensis, 
C.  niveum,  Dendrobium  Bensonim  xanthinum,  Dendrobium 
Bensonife,  and  Odontoglossum  crispum.  Walker’s  var. 
Mr.  John  Robson,  Altrincham,  presented  Masdevallia  Harry¬ 
anum,  and  Avell-floAvered  Odontoglossum  crispums,  as  AA'ell  as 
some  otherbsubjects. 
Mr.  John  Rutherford,  M.P.  (gardener,  Mr.  John  Supton), 
Beai'Avood,  Blackburn,  had  a  number  of  choice  Cattleya  and 
some  Odontoglossums  ;  Avhile  Messrs.  Richd.  Ashworth,  Ashlands 
Hall,  NeAvchurch,  Lancashii-e,  had  Cypripediums,  Odontoglossum 
crispum  Black  Prince,  O.-c.  jiunctatissimum  Princess  Maude, 
and  other  choice  subjects.  Mr.  A.  A.  Peeters,  62,  Chaussee  de 
Forest,  Brussels,  sent  Odontoglossum  japonais,  a  beauty,  and 
Cattleya  Stepmani,  and  others. 
Roses. 
Messrs.  T.  S.  Ware  (1902),  Ltd.,  Ware’s  Nurseries,  Feltham, 
contributed  a  variety  of  Roses  in  pots,  among  them  being 
Dorothy  Perkins,  Helene,  Rubin,  Crimson  Rambler,  and  Leuch- 
stern,  climbers ;  as  Avell  as  W.  A.  Richardson,  Sunrise,  Mrs. 
John  Laing,  Edith  D’Ombrain,  Frau  Karl  Druschki,  Mrs. 
Cocker,  and  others. 
Messrs.  AV.  Paul  and  Son,  The  Nbrseries,  AA'altham  Cross,  con¬ 
tributed  Avhat  was  the  finest  of  the  Rose  groups,  and  certainly 
arranged  their  plants  with  rare  skill.  Their  plants  of  Ciio,  a 
beautiful  blush  H.P.,  and  also  of  Frau  Karl  Druschki,  Ulrich 
Brunner,  Sulphurea  (Tea),  Niphetos,  Papa  Lambert  H.T., 
Marquis  Litta  H.T.,  Climbing  Devoniensis,  Madame  Lacharme, 
and  others  Avere  in  varous  sized  pots,  and  all  Avere  sturdy,  and 
bore  a  fine  crop  of  flowers.  The  climbing  varieties  Avere  equally 
meritorious,  and  included  all  tlie  finest  and  newest  kinds.  Their 
AValtham  Rambler  (pink  and  Avhite  with  single  flowers)  is  of 
great  merit. 
Alessrs.  Paul  and  Son,  The  Old  Nurseries,  Cheshunt,  Avere  in 
their  usual  position  in  the  large  marquee.  Their  Carmine 
Pillar  Avas  excellently  seen  in  a  basket  at  the  front,  Avhile  a  large 
collection  of  pot  Roses  gave  a  groundAvork  to  standards  and 
