xviii ELECTING JUDGES. 



From these familiar illustrations of the crude methods and 

 unsystematic manner in which judging is practised, especially 

 at provincial shows, the need for reform will be at once ad- 

 mitted, not only in the modus operandi, but more particularly 

 in the general adoption of a simple and easily applied formula, 

 by which a fairly accurate and uniform estimate can be made 

 of the various merits of all classes of horticultural exhibits. 

 It is in the interest of every Horticultural Society to secure 

 the services of tlioroughly experienced judges. With local 

 societies this is often a matter of difficulty, and their best 

 efforts may fail to command able and experienced men ; but 

 with a clear and simple method of procediire as a guide, the 

 merest tyro at adjudicating may, with the exercise of ordinary 

 intelligence, soon succeed in doing justice to the merits of the 

 exhibits placed before him for his verdict. 



