2^0 THE GARDENER. [May 



THE VEITCH MEMORIAL PRIZE. 



In- reference to the Veitch Memorial Prizes, we are enabled to state that, with 

 the consent of the Council of the Hoyal Horticultural Society, the Trustees will 

 distribute the following prizes at the forthcoming show of the Society at Bath, 

 in June next : — 



A. For the most meritorious dish of Black Grapes, exhibited as above. — The 

 Veitch Memorial Medal, and a jirize of £5. 



B. For the most meritorious dish of White Grapes (Muscats), exhibited as 

 above. — The Veitch Memorial Medal, and a prize of £5. 



C. For the most meritorious Dish of White Grapes (not Muscats), exhibited 

 as above.— The Veitch Memorial Medal, and a prize of £5. 



D. For the most meritorious Specimen Orchid, in flower, exhibited as above. 

 — The Veitch Memorial Medal, and a prize of £5. 



E. For the most meritorious Specimen Stove Plant, in flower, exhibited as 

 above. — The Veitch Memorial jNIedal, and a prize of £5. 



F. For the most meritorious Specimen Greenhouse Plant, in flower, exhibited 

 as above. — The Veitch Memorial Medal, and a prize of £5. 



The subjects for the foregoing prizes are to be selected from amongst the ob- 

 jects exhibited at the above-named show, in accordance with the Koyal Horti- 

 cultural Society's Prize Schedule, by bond fide gardeners of Great Britain or 

 Ireland. A notification of entry on the part of those who desire to compete is 

 to be sent, not later than June 14, to the Trustees, under cover to Mr Moore, 

 Botanic Garden, Chelsea, London, S.W. ; and it must be stated in which of the 

 classes in the Society's or the Local Special Schedule of Prizes the exhibits will 

 be found. The awards will be made for high-class cultivation, and the decisions 

 of the judges will be final. 



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REVIEWS. 



Handbook of Hardy Trees, Shrubs, and Herbaceous Plants— Contain- 

 ing descrii^tions, native countries, &c., of a selection of the best species in 

 cultivation, with cultural details, &c., based on the French work of Messrs 

 Decaisne & Kaudin, including the original woodcuts by Rivereux and Le- 

 blanc. By W. B. Helmsley, formerly assistant at the Herbarium of the 

 Royal Gardens, Kew. Longmans, Green, & Co. 

 A work extending to 645 pages, 554 of which is devoted to the first part of 

 its contents — viz., a botanical description, &c., of hardy trees, shrubs, and her- 

 baceous plants, arranged according to the natural system, and the remainder of 

 the volume is devoted to practical gardening. The latter part of the work we 

 need scarcely say is very compendious, and is a branch for which the author's 

 training has evidently not fitted him so thoroughly as for the work undertaken 

 in the first part of the volume. It will be easily conceived, from the title of the 

 volume, that the author has had a very extensive range from which to make a 

 selection most suitable for popular culture ; and although the volume is a large 

 one, we do not think that he has erred on the side of being too comprehensive ; 

 in fact we consider the selection is not so extensive in its range as is desirable. 

 Each genera and species is briefly but comprehensively described botanically, 

 and the origin of the generic name is in most cases explained — an interesting 



