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same cause. To plant Corn in pegass soil the seed 
should have been grown on sandy loam or clay soil. 
If occupiers of land who cultivate vegetables will 
attend to the above by obtaining suitable seeds and 
plants, and suitable to the soil intended to be planted, and 
devote careful ingenuity to the maturing of the plants, 
they will be able to produce exhibits worthy to compete 
successfully with those forwarded by the most experienced 
planter or gardener. 
We desire to thank the gentlemen who carried out the 
arrangements, for the efficient manner in which the ex- 
hibits were placed for inspe€tion and the considerate 
attention bestowed by Mr, Quelch. 
W. T. BINNIE, 
JOHN JUNOR, 
Judges of Class D. 
THE BOTANIC GARDENS EXHIBIT. 
Having been deputed by the members of the Com- 
mittee of Correspondence to report on the Botanic Gar- 
dens Exhibit at the recent Horticultural Show, I beg to 
submit the following :— 
The exhibit was not for competition but intended 
solely as a display of how plants are staged at Shows at 
home, and the uniformity required there in the character 
of the pots or other receptacles used in showing plants 
at Exhibitions. 
Half the bench on one side ,of the plant house was 
devoted by the Committee to the display. This com- 
prised a superficial area of 180 square feet, which space, 
however, though an extension of the area allowed at the 
previous Show, proved again too limited for the satisfac- 
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