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1st Prize. 2d Prize. 3d Prize. 

 For the best dish of White Grapes, consisting of 



three bunches of one or more kinds .... £6 £-1 £2 



For the best dish of Black Grapes, consisting of 



three bunches of one or more kinds .... £6 £4 £2 



For the best three Pine-Apples .... £6 £4 £2 



For the best six fruit of Peach, one kind . . £5 £2, 10s. £1 



For the best six fruit of Nectarine, one kind . £5 £2, 10s. £1 



The competition for these prizes is limited to the hondfide gardeners of Great 



Britain. 



All entries to be made as usual to Mr G. Eyles, at the Eoyal Horticultural 



Gardens, South Kensington. 



In all cases the decision of the judges to be final. 



These prizes are quite distinct from the "Veitch Memorial" prizes. 



REVIEWS. 



A General System of Botany, Descriptive and Analytical — In Two 

 Parts. Part I. — Outline of Organography, Anatomy, and Physiology. 

 Part II. — Descriptions and Illustrations of the Orders, By Emm Le 

 Maout and J. Decaisne. With 5500 figures, by Sternheil and A. Riocreux. 

 Translated from the original French, by ]SIrs Hooker. The Orders arranged 

 after the methods followed in the Universities and Schools of Great Britain, 

 its Colonies, America, aud India. With Additions, an Apjiendix on the 

 Natural Method, and a Synopsis of the Orders. By J. D. Hooker, C.B., 

 &c., Director of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 

 This magnificent volume cannot be over-praised. It is altogether, in its de- 

 sign and execution, a botanical work of the highest order, and one which must 

 be indispensable to every student of descriptive and analytical botany. The 

 outline of organography, anatomy, and physiology is a reproduction of the 

 'Atlas Elementaire de la Botanique,' edited some years ago by one of the 

 authors, and favourably received by scientific botanists. This, however, was 

 comparatively brief, and devoted to European orders. In the present work 

 nearly all exotic orders have been added ; and consequently it illustrates all the 

 types known of the vegetable kingdom, with detailed descri^itions of their uses 

 and affinities. From this it will be seen that it must be a most valuable work 

 to students of botany. The classification of the orders commences with the 

 most highly organised, and concludes v\ith the families of the lowest organisa- 

 tion. The illustrative analyses are founded, we are told, on materials accumu- 

 lated during upwards of thirty years. The series of engravings with which the 

 work is illustrated is wonderfidly rich, and truthfully and beautifully executed. 

 Taken as a whole, this is a work of great value, and one which can scarcely be 

 too highly recommended. Though it extends to over 1000 pages, it is yet of 

 convenient size ; and paper, printing, engraving, and binding are worthy of so 

 splendid a work. 



Scott's Orchardist, or Catalogue of Fruits. Second Edition. 

 This is an immense descriptive catalogue of fruits cultivated by the author at 

 !Merriot Nurseries. It gives the synonyms and origin of each variety so far as 

 known. The cultivation of each fruit is jiractically described. The subject of 

 forcing orchards is also intelligently treated of, and select lists for different loca- 

 lities are given. If this work i)roves anything, it proves that there are far too 



