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term are included by the schodiiles all except tliose who grow plants for 

 sale. For instance, on the 5th and 6th of June the money prizes offered 

 to nurserymen amount to £151 ; the prizes offered to amateurs amount 

 to £250; those open to all make an aggregate of £228 10s. In the 

 classes for fruit there are no distinctions made as to exhibitors, and the 

 Society's jirizcs amount to £107 10s., added to which G. W. Dilke, Esq., 

 vice-pi'esident, offers £20 for the best groups and baskets of fruit and 

 flowers for the decoration of the dinner-table. The total offered, then, in 

 money prizes at the opening exhibition is £757. At the rose show, July 

 10th, nurserymen have apportioned to them £37 10s.; amateurs £30; 

 and the prizes open to all amount to £62 55. ; giving a total of prizes for 

 this show of £129 5s. At the dahlia shoAV, September 11th, the amounts 

 are nearly equal; the nurserymen have £48, amateurs £49 15s., and the 

 open class £60 15s. ; giving a total for the dahlia show of £158 10s. At 

 the closing meeting the only distinction of exhibitors in the fruit classes 

 is in the assignment of £7 to fruiterers, and £13 to private growers for the 

 best collections. The total offered for fruit is £208 14s., which includes 

 £10 10s. for miscellaneous fruits of kinds not specified in the other classes. 

 In the prizes for chrysanthemums amateurs carry the day against the 

 nurserymen, the former have £45 9s. offered them, and the latter £18»5s.; 

 the open classes amount to £14 2s.; making the total of prizes for chiy- 

 santhemums £78 6s. Casting up the amounts offered to nurserymen 

 and amateurs respectively, it will be found that nurserymen have specially 

 assigned them £254 15s., and amateurs £375 4s. Very different this to 

 the swamping system adopted at the Crystal Palace to make an attractive 

 exhibition Avithoiit any regard to the interests of horticulture. The total 

 amount of the money prizes is £1332 5s. ; added to this, additional prizes 

 not specified in the schedule will be awarded on the recommendation of 

 the judges to subjects which they may consider deserAT.ng, and there will 

 be a liberal distribution of medals for novelties and rare plants in flower. 

 In the regulations there are but few points demanding special mention. 

 TVe arc glad to see that all jDlants and flowers are to be carefully labelled 

 with their scientific names, and, where practicable, the name of the country 

 from whence introduced. Florists' flowers and fruits must bear their cus- 

 tomary names. This matter Ave would urge upon the consideration of 

 exhibitors as immediately concerning themselves, as well as involving the 

 interests of horticulture. The manner in which names are spelt, and the 

 illegible manner in which tliej^ arc too frequently written, constitute a 

 charge against gardeners of being far behind the age in the most nccessarj'- 

 elements of education. Correct names are easily obtainable from books 

 and catalogues, and as to the labels, we cannot understand why writing 

 should be the rule Avhen printed cards for such subjects as roses, dahlias, 

 and chrysanthemums could be obtained at a trifling cost, and their use 

 would much enhance the enjoyment of an exhibition hj the general public. 

 " The garden superintendent has authority to refuse all exhibitions which 

 he considers unworthy of being shown." We hope he Avill use that au- 

 thority Avith discretion, and lean to the side of doing too little rather than 

 too much. As to ownership, one month's possession is to be deemed suffi- 

 cient. Hoses shown in trusses are to be cut from the wood of the current 

 year's groAvth, " ff»_y dishuddmg from, or addition to, the original truss will 

 disqualify." Hoses that bloom singly may be shown singly, and each 

 single rose Avill be accounted a truss. The dahlia-dressers may consider 



