ON FLORICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS. 37 



ARTICLE VIII. 



ON FLORICULTURAL EXHIBITIONS. 



BY DAHL, UMEHOUSE.. NEAU LONDON. 



I was much pleaaed with one of the rules mentioned in the adver- 

 tisement of the Norwich Dahlia Show, viz. that the name should be 

 attached to everything that was shown; this is a " desideratum most 

 devoutly to be wished," and might most easily be adopted, and I feel 

 convinced that nurserymen would be gainers by it; it would save 

 those persons who act in the capacity of censors a great deal of trouble, 

 and oftimes unpleasant feelings. Myself, only an amateur, and many 

 as myself perhaps not quite conversant with the names of everything 

 shown, and visitors, think that those persons who may act as judges 

 in one or two things must, as a matter of course, know the names of 

 all. 



In the exhibitions of Dahlias it would save a great deal of wrangling, 

 and growers would not then hover round the stands to the exclusion 

 of visitors, as is frequently the case. At the Surrey Show the other 

 day it was quite annoying to hear the altercation there was about the 

 names of the flowers, which could not be decided without the pre- 

 sence of the growers, owing to different cultivation and the various 

 localities, many of the blooms assuming very diverse characters. 



I would advise a small card, with a bit of string or small wire 

 hung over the tubes in which they are shown, with the names written 

 on. 



P.S. Your correspondent, Mr. M'Millan, some time since intimated 

 he would forward for insertion a safe and easy method of preserving 

 the roots through the winter, it now would be useful. 



Limehouse, London. 



[We agree with our correspondent relative to the names being 

 attached to everything exhibited at horticultural meetings, and we 

 were recently delighted to find that in this essentially useful particular 

 the Spilsby, in Lincolnshire, exhibition exceeded all we ever previously 

 saw. Every kind of plant, flower, fruit, and vegetable was named, 

 and rendered the very numerous and excellent specimens exhibited 

 quite instructive as well as highly pleasing objects. We, however, 

 object to the exhibitors writing the names to what they show ; the 

 productions of an individual may be arranged in various parts of the 



