and almost brighter scene was the summer flower show of the Royal Horticultural Society held last week (through the courtesy of the Benchers of the Inner Temple) in the Temple Gardens. In this instance the dazzling beauty of the flowers made even the ladies' dresses take a secondary position, I was most interested in the orchids; they seem each year to grow more and more gorgeous in colour and curious in form. One entirely new variety was pointed out to ime called the cradle orchid. It is yellow, and exactly resembles 4 double bassinette. Peeping inside the two hoods one sees something that very little imagination would convert into a baby, or rather twins, more curious still' when the man in charge touched it, it rocked in a fashion that was almost uncanny. Another lovely bloom so entirely resembles a butterfly, after which it is called, that it is difficults to believe it is indeed a flower. L'Horlicols Coloninte from Brussels sent over some magnificent specimens but nothing more beautiful than the Cattleya Massie" a most lovely bloom in various tints of mauvish pink with a fringed edge, shown by one or two of our most noted English growers.
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