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tlORTICULTURt 



October 9, 190» 



JUDGING SCALES. 



Our editorial reference in issue of 

 September IS to the desirability of hav- 

 ing some generally recognized scales 

 of points tor judging the various 

 classes of flower and plant exhibits has 

 elicited several letters of approval from 

 our readers. We give below a number 

 of such scales as adopted by various 

 societies for general use or for special 

 occasions and hope our readers will 

 make comment upon them if so dis- 

 posed and send us any additional scales 

 of which they may have knowledge. 



Chrysanthemum Society of America. 



Chrysanthemums. 



Commercial. Exhibition. 



Color 20 Color 10 



Form 15 Stem 5 



Fullness 10 Foliage 5 



Stem 15 Fullness If 



Foliage 15 Form 15 



Substance 15 Depth 15 



Size 10 Size ^ 



loo 100 



Single Varieties. Pompon Varieties. 



Color 40 Color 40 



Form 20 Form 20 



Substance 20 Stem and Foliage. 20 



Stem and Foliage.. 20 Fullness ■ 20 



Total 100 Total 100 



Single varieties to be divided in two 

 classes, the large flowered and the small 

 flowered. 



Bush plants and standards, single speci- 

 men or any number up to six in an exhibi- 

 tion where the class under consideration 

 does not form the chief feature in the ex- 

 hibition hall. 



40 



Equality of size and form of plant. 



Excellence of bloom ''•> 



Foliage 



25 



100 

 Bush iilants. exhibits of more than six 

 or for any number of specimen plants lu 

 an exhibition where the class under con- 

 sideration forms the chief feature in the 

 exhibition hall. 



Excellence of bloom 40 



Equality of size and form of plant go 



Foliage 



100 



Plants grown to single stem and one 



bloom. A height of not over three feet Is 



recommended for plants in this class, and 



pots not over six inches in diameter. 



Excellence of bloom 40 



Compact, sturdy growth *» 



Foliage 



25 



100 



American Rose Society. 



Novelties for Cer- 

 Competitlve Classes. tiflcates, Etc. 



Size 15 Size W 



Color 20 Color 20 



Stem 20 Stem 15 



Form 15 Form 15 



Substance 15 Substance 10 



Foliage 15 Foliage lo 



Fragrance 



Distinctiveness . . 



"lOO 100 

 American Carnation Society. 

 Carnations. 



Color 25 



Size 20 



Calyx „o 



Stem 20 



Substance ^^' 



IVIInnesota State Florists' Association 



Cut Blooms. 



Size 15 



Color 15 



Stem 15 



Form 15 



Form 



Fragrance ^ 



100 

 Newport Horticultural Society- 

 Dahlias. 

 For all classes except Pompons and Tom 



Thumbs. 

 Individual Blooms. Collections. 



Size 5 Size 4 



Color 5 Color 4 



Form ■ 5 Form 4 



Stem 3 Stem 3 



Foliage 2 Foliage 2 



Blooming Plants 

 Size and Form of 



Plant 25 



Form of Flowers. 25 

 Color of Flowers. 20 



Substance 15 Foliage 10 



Foliage 15 Rarity 10 



Distinctiveness . . 10 Distinctiveness . . 10 



loo 100 



Designs and All Floral Arrangements. 



Adaptability of Design 10 



Adaptability of Flowers and Acessories. 10 



Color Harmony 25 



Quality Material lo 



Arrangement 15 



Workmanship 10 



General Effect 15 



100 

 Decorative Plants*. 



Cultural Excellence 35 



Size 15 



Form 20 



Distinctiveness 15 



Rarity 15 



100 

 Kansas City Exhibition. 

 Mantel Decorations. 

 Quality and artistic arrangement of 



flowers ■ 50 



General effect of whole 50 



100 

 Table Decorations. 



Flowers and their arrangement 50 



Non-interference of sight or con- 

 venience 20 



Arrangement of napery and table ware. 20 



General efl'ect of whole 10 



100 



Lenox Horticultural Society. 



Grapes. Strawberries. 



Size of bunch 40 Size 50 



Size of berry 20 Color 15 



Color 20 Flavor 25 



Form 20 Form 10 



100 100 



Fragrance 5 



Distinctiveness . . 10 



15 



tarines. 



Size 60 



Color 40 



100 

 Plums. 



Flavor 40 



Size 30 



Color 30 



100 



Blackberries. 

 Size 50 



Flavor 50 



100 

 Cherries. 



Size 30 



Color 20 



Flavor 50 



100 



Currants. Gooseberries. 



Size of bunch... 50 Size 50 



Size of berry... 50 Flavor 50 



100 

 Apples and Pears. 



100 



25 



Size 



Color 25 



Flavor 25 



Form 23 



100 



20 



Arrangement 



MONSIEUR VIGER. 



This eminent French horticulturist, 

 the President of the National Horticul- 

 tural Society of France, has recently 

 been nominated a corresponding mem- 

 ber of the Royal Horticultural Society 

 of England — a well deserved tribute 

 to his great interest in European hor- 

 ticulture and while offering him our 

 congratulations we must not forget that 

 the nomination was made on the prop- 

 osition of Sir Albert Rollit, a member 

 of the Council of the R. H. S. whose 

 Anglo-Continental sympathies are well 

 known. C. H. P. 



SOCIETY NOTES FROM ABROAD. 



British Dahlia Shows. 

 The effects of the trying season were 

 noticeable at the first show of the Na- 

 tional Dahlia Society at the Crystal 

 Palace on Sept. 2nd and 3rd. The pre- 

 mier award in the trade section was 

 secured by Messrs. J. Stredwicic & 

 Sons, who have in recent years intro- 

 duced a number of novelties of merit. 

 They received first-class certificates for 

 Red Admiral, lolanthe, H. H. Thomas 

 (named after the Society's Honorable 

 Secretary), and Indomitable. A new 

 break of long-stemmed Cactus vari- 

 eties was sent by Messrs. Stredwick, 

 and recommended for trial by the So- 

 ciety next year. The Society held a 

 second show on September 21st, at the 

 Royal Botanic Society's gardens, at 

 Regent's Park. The trade were again 

 well represented by a splendid display 

 cf new and old varieties. There were 

 forty new varieties put forward for a 

 certificate, but the committee are now 

 less lavish in awarding these coveted 

 honors. The only varieties receiving a 

 certificate were Prima Donna, a grace- 

 ful white cactus, shown by Mr. Shoe- 

 smith, of Woking; and Tristan, a dark 

 crimson pompon, exhibited by Charles 

 Turner, of Slough. 



A Society's Troubles. 



For many years the Royal Botanic 

 Society has had extensive conserva- 

 tories and gardens at Regent's Park, in 

 the northwestern district of London. 

 In recent years the affairs of the So- 

 ciety have not been very flourishing. 

 On the other hand the Royal Horticul- 

 tural Society in London has in recent 

 years gone ahead, financially and 

 numerically. The question naturally 

 arises "Is there room for two soci- 

 eties?" The Royal Horticultural So- 

 ciety is not desirous of adding to its 

 liabilities by taking over the affairs of 

 the Botanic Society, and apparently 

 would have nothing to gain by the 

 amalgamation. According to one 

 speaker at the annual meeting of the 

 15otanic Society this week, last year it 

 was carried on at a loss of £1,787, 

 with a net liability of over £35,000. 

 They were practically in the same po- 

 sition as that of last year. The So- 

 ciety, he added, had come to the end 

 of its resources, and it was time they 

 faced the position, and saw that the 

 policy of drift adopted by the council 

 must come to an end. A proposal 

 was made with a view of giving 

 authority to the council to negotiate 

 for an amalgamation with the Royal 

 Horticultural Socety. The chairman 

 declined to accept the resolution, as 

 not being in order, but promised to 

 consider the suggestion. It will be a 

 great loss to horticulture if the gar- 

 dens are closed, owing to the Society's 

 unsatisfactory financial position. The 

 conservatories are particularly suitable 

 for the shows o( the National Rose 

 Society, the Winter Floweiing Car- 

 nation Society, the National Dahlia So- 

 ciety, and other organizations which 

 have arranged meetings there. Per- 

 haps a little fresh blood in the per- 

 sonnel of the Society might be ad- 

 vantageous. W. H. ADSETT. 



