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would be, to shew single blooms, and divide them into classes ; for 

 instance, suppose six prizes were offered for the best Pansies on white 

 ground, and that xMrs. Beck (Turner's) should be placed first, fol- 

 lowed by Helen (Hunt's), Almayor, and others; although I might 

 never have seen or heard of Mrs. Beck, if I knew the whole of the 

 other flowers, I should naturally conclude Mrs. Beck was worth 

 adding to a collection. 



I am quite an advocate for shewing single blooms of Pansies (in 

 classes) as well as in collections ; and for a beginning, I would have 

 seven classes as under; if the funds of a society would not admit of 

 six* prizes in each class, let the first only have a prize, and let the 

 others be nominal. 



1. White grounds, edged, in style such as Blue Perfection, Blue 

 Fringe, &c. 2. Yellow ground, edged, style of Lucy Ashton, Mary 

 Jane, &c. 3. White ground, belted, style of Mrs. Beck, Helen, &c. 



4. Yellow ground, belted, style of Duke of Norfolk, Zabdi, &c. &c. 



5. Dark selfs. 6. Yellow selfs. 7. White selfs. 



Class 6 to include all shades from buff to deep gold colour. Class 

 5 all the shades from light purple to black. Classes 4, 3, 2, 1, if 

 the style and ground-colour be correct, the edging or belting may be 

 any colour you please. 



If four or five hundred single blooms were exhibited, the com- 

 mittee of a society (or those appointed by them) would, without 

 occupying much time, place all the colours or classes together ; and 

 the judges should select half a dozen of the best. 



It is a question with me, in shewing stands of six, twelve, eigh- 

 teen, or twenty-four Pansies, whether the number of classes in each 

 ought not to be specified. 



Now what I want in judging collections is, to carry out the 

 principle of class-shewing, by comparing the same varieties with 

 each other ; and if the same variety is not in all the stands, then 

 take the same class, marking the stand above each flower with a 

 soft black-lead pencil (see woodcut, representing a stand of twelve 

 Pansies after being judged — six competitors) ; by this mode every 

 single bloom in each stand is noticed, and taken at what it is M'orth 

 in comparison with others ; and by adding all the numbers together, 

 you come at the exact value of each stand. 



Whithy. W. F. 



[We have given our correspondent's ideas on the subject, and a 

 woodcut from the drawing of his stand; but we do not agree with all 

 our friend advances. We give a description of a stand used at our 

 Metropolitan Exhibitions, which is copied and getting into use in 

 many parts of the country where it has been seen. The distances 

 are arranged for full- sized flowers, and it will be well for growers to 

 try and produce blooms to suit. We hope our correspondents in the 

 North will have a few made, and try them : we shall be glad to give 

 any further particulars, if required. The outside appearance is that 



* We think three prizes are plenty. — Editor. 



