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ye to attend quite so early as = o'clock on 
and may therefore зе: € t at the com- 
Fegi the attention 
te ion coi unscie ни А class of people who 
ні the majority of the chtnpetitars at these 
Seco ndly, I think it is necessary to ascertain 
by cm olere what sor 
poor are in the habit of cultivating, and to make 
the кан of such observation the basis “of the 
schedule of 
Acting salts one: in жыр peer з ру 
my advice, the classe shows 
n limi mium | fidi and annua 
and at dvising any 
pea or redii, s so far pa Pus peri shows 
wt the the f first show at which prizes were offered 
Seti owing to the seated Уу 
‚ The SEM of my experience, and of all the con- 
whi ste I have been able to give to the 
and offer the prineipal prizes indi 
prizes to be give ndi- 
Siny „for pea, АРА, -a ais 
ог еас 
эе that many of the iium 
"ine and so some still are, ignor wha 
4 from seed, bu i vere pot Er 
Perd This difficulty, "pese would n 
case of the flowe ow a um Kensing- 
for com- 
ове only which pro shee an 
"чей the description of а 5 » У 
f , Ur mention T my reason for pre 
there is g 
petiti 
rd biennials, or any other piante 
са тау thi nk that these flowe 
о comparatively well established 
= anew ew ine may be safely struck out, and th 
^ pe os а of that opin 
XA Ow at So 
Impr bable that pa 
ion, во far as regards the 
Kensington ; because it is 
li e parishe ус 
аа ны tried ы ing x the sort before, 
E would eu t least, very unad- 
ask them ^m aeri in classes in Де, 
from lack of experience, they would be unable to 
m on equal terms with those parishes whieh 
this be eonsid 
experiment; and the first any t should n 
think, be too warte e objeet should Ane 
be to induee as many parishes as possible to 
Ф 
E 
Andn w, having dealt with the division of the 
classes so qe as the plants are concern mus 
say a De P s on the division so far as concerns 
the exhib 
thi ЕК. p is s important, p" far more interesting 
if possible, to let the esa 
sce from the paren u 
cordingly made im а а — n in ie id e. 
order i avoid all questions as to age, pe the 
g any ian ie mit, I think it is 
гыг for servants, because it 
has been t €: in "Bloomsbury and this year with 
ates vi 
tach less importane е, брт. to this class 
than to = others Be ^ as ther о doubt that 
many servants have time on nds w 
ат аге нне к эч и much less Potisky than 
the cultivation of a few plants, I hope the 
Со ommittee may y fel reise to ask the Society to 
sanction this elass. 
I have 
Ihave suggested that, i 58, priz izes should 
be offered for re best m of plants from all 
the parishes—confined, of course, entirely. ww those 
plants which are entered for individual priz 
I attach a good deal of neu re v as 
pe mp erhaps, than many m s of the 
mmittee may € disposed to do. I think this com- 
нев will form the distinguish à 
bos how and those held in each parish, 
and will eontribute more than anything else to 
render this, ы hee as the —— shows, per- 
all t hey ean to m 
arish. 
oat is not to be expect Lone this: ‘competition 
Ded: n eve лоо ме it will exeite a 
ing it of аи on, bot the de ers of the 
loeal eommittees and the individual competitors, 
ith the best re 
^ an r poi 
; I ny partio that (в branch of horticulture—that 
is to say, the cultivation of window plants by the 
poor in towns—is in its infancy, and that ere many 
