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foliage for cuttings. For greater accuracy in differentiating the 

 Picotee from the Carnation in schedules, he thought the term " Picotee 

 form of Carnation " would be better than merely "Picotee." He 

 emphasized the importance of judges understanding the wording of a 

 schedule, and the need of knowledge of the definitions under which 

 different plants fall for show purposes, citing an instance of a col- 

 lection of annuals being disqualified at a show because an Ageratum 

 was included in it, whereas Thompson's ** Gardener's Assistant " and 

 Nicholson's " Dictionary of Gardening " both give Ageratum as an 

 annual. [Note. — Nicholson directs Ageratums to be propagated by 

 cuttings, and Thompson says in one place, " They are usually treated 

 as annuals," and in another speaks of keeping them through the 

 winter by cuttings. It is evident therefore that neither authority 

 really regards Ageratums as annuals.] 



Mr. Cawte called attention to the tendency of judges to give 

 awards to exhibits of Sweet Peas staged with fern-leaves and other 

 alien foliage, when the wording of the schedule asked only for Sweet 

 Peas. 



Mr. Wilks replied that : — As regards the placing of a limit upon the 

 amount of money taken by one exhibitor at any one show, this prac- 

 tice has been adopted with success for a very large country show of 

 nine different combined parishes, . where a limit of £2 maximum 

 was fixed. The judges are asked to indicate to the Committee the 

 number of points for the various classes in which any one exhibitor 

 is successful. He will have money value only up to the maximum 

 if he has exceeded this, and for the remainder he holds the honour 

 of winning the prize, but does not receive the actual money, which 

 goes to the exhibitor next in sequence, and so on. 



The word ' ' species ' ' cannot be used strictly for ' * kinds ' ' ; 

 peaches and nectarines, for example, are not only the same species, 

 but absolutely the same plant, a peach-stone often producing a necta- 

 rine, and a tree of either occasionally bearing a fruit half peach and 

 half nectarine. 



In the case of Sweet Peas staged with foliage other than that of 

 Sweet Peas, the prize should not have been given; or, to treat such 

 cases most leniently, the judges should remove the foliage before 

 considering the exhibift. 



2. The following letter concerning the destruction of queen wasps 

 was read : — • 



Brewood and District Horticultural Society, Stafford : 

 Sept. 18, 1911. 



Dear Sir, — It has been suggested by one of our leading bee-keepers 

 that united action be taken by all Horticultural Societies in the Kingdom 

 for the destruction of queen wasps in the spring of the year 1912. 



Yours truly, 



AsHTON Veale. 



The Chairman said that the wisdom of this suggestion would com- 

 mend itself to the members of all horticultural societies, especially 



