September 3, 1885.] 
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JOURNAL OF HORTICULTURE AND COTTAGE GARDENER. 
Mrs. Gibbons 
Miss Turner 
Lady Holmesdale 
Brunette 
Second, Mr. W. Robinson. 
I J. B. Bryant I Brunette 
I Beauty of Cheltenham | Ladisa 
Third, Mr. George Gill. 
I Zerlina I Alice 
I J. B. Bryant | Edith Dombrain 
1, Admiral Curzon ... T. Madock 
2, Mars. do. 
3, Admiral Curzon ... G. Lumb 
4, do. do. 
Class Flowers, Eight Deep. 
Scarlet Bizarres. 
5, Admiral Curzon ... G. Gill 
6, George. J. Steel 
7 , do. J. Hardwick 
8, do. 
do. 
Crimson Bizarres, eight deep. 
1, J. D. Hextall . T. Madock 
2, do. . do. 
3, Seedling . G. Lumb 
4, J. D. Hextall .'W. Wilson 
5, Lord Milton. J. Steel 
6, do. do. 
7, do. . G. Gill 
8, do. . do. 
Pink and Purple Bizarres, eight deep. 
1, Sarah Payne. T. Madock 
2, Seedling . G. Lumb 
3, J. D. Hextall . W. Wilson 
4, Sarah Payne. T. Madock 
5, James Taylor . Geo. Gill 
6, do. . W. Wilson 
7, do. . J. Steel 
8, do. . Geo. Gill 
Scarlet Flakes, eight deep. 
1, Sportsman . T. Madock 
2, Clipper. do. 
3, Sportsman . G. Gill 
4, Dan Godfrey . J. Steel 
5, Seedling . Geo. Lumb 
6, Wm. Mellor.. do. 
7, Dan Godfrey . W. Robinson 
8, Sportsman . G. Gill 
Rose Flakes, eight deep. 
1, Sybil . . T. Madock 
2, Jas. Merryweather W. Robinson 
3, Seedling . G. Lumb 
4, do. . T. Madock 
5, Seedling . G. Lumb 
6, Rose of Stapleford G. Gill 
7, Geo. Lumb . J. Wilcock 
8, Rose of Stapleford G. Gill 
Purple Flakes, eight deep. 
1, Squire Meynell ... W. Robinson 
2, Sarah Payne. T. Madock 
3, Squire Meynell ... W. Robinson 
4, do. ... W. Wilson 
5, Vicar of Wakefield G. Lumb 
6, Squire Meynell ... T. Madock 
7, Master Bowen. Geo. Gill 
8, Squire Meynell ...”W. Wilson 
PlCOTEES. 
Heavy-edged Red or Scarlet, eight deep. 
1, Miss Turner. W. Robinson 
2, J. B. Bryant . G. Gill 
3, John Smith. T. Madock 
4, J. B. Bryant. J. Hardwick 
5, Picturata. G. Gill 
6, Brunette . T. Madock 
7, J. B. Bryant. G. Lumb 
8, Mrs. Dodwell. W. Wilson 
Light-edged Red or Scarlet, tight deep. 
1, Thomas Williams Geo. Gill 
2, do. T. Madock 
3, do. Goo. Lumb 
4, Grosteen . W. Robinson 
5, Grosteen . W. Robinson 
6, Thos. Williams ... G. Gill 
7, Violet Douglas ... W. Wilson 
8, Miss Small . J. Steel 
Heavy-edged Purple, eight deep. 
1, Miss Summers. G. Lumb 
2, Mrs. A. Chancellor G. Gill 
3, Alliance. T. Madock 
4, Zerlina. W. Wilson 
6, Zerlina . G. Gill 
6, Norfolk Beauty ... J. Hardwick 
7, do. ... do. 
8, Picco. J. Wilcock 
1, Clara Penson . T. Madock 
2, Master Nichols ... do. 
3, Ann Lord. W. Robinson 
4, Master Nichols ... do. 
Light-edged Purple, eight deep. 
5, Fanny . Geo. Lumb 
6, Mary. J. Hardwick 
7, Fanny . Geo. Lumb 
8, Mary. Geo. Gill 
Heavy-edged Rose or Salmon, eight deep. 
1, Lady Holmesdale G. Gill 
2, Mrs. Holdsworth... G. Lumb 
3, Louisa . W. Robinson 
4, Edith Dombrain... G. Gill 
5, Fanny Helen 
6, Lady Holmesdale 
7, Mrs. Rudd . 
8, Miss Wood . 
Light-edged Rose or Salmon, eight deep. 
1, Mrs. Allcroft . T. Madock 
2, Beauty of Plum- 
stead . G. Gill 
3, Miss Wood . do. 
4, Beauty of Plum- 
stead . G. Lumb 
5, Seedling 
6, Miss Wood . 
7, do. . 
8, Beauty of Plum- 
stead . 
J. Steel 
G. Lumb 
T. Madock 
J. Wilcock 
Geo. Lumb 
T. Madock 
W. Wilson 
J. Hardwick 
Selfs, eight deep. 
1, Mars. Geo. Lumb 
2, Sportsman . G. Gill 
3, Seedling . Geo. Lumb 
4, Rose of Stapleford J. Hardwick 
5, Sportsman . G. Gill 
6, Seedling . J. Steel 
7, Dan Godfrey . do. 
8, Seedling . J. Hardwick 
Premier Carnation, Master Fred, T. Madock ; Premier Picotee, Lady 
Holmesdale, T. Madock.—J. W ilcock, Hon. Sec. 
JUDGES AND THEIR WORK. 
A Correspondent calls attention in your last to the way'some Melons 
are treated at shows, and another complains of some very indiscriminate 
judging at Exeter. Of late I have been taking notice of how judges are 
appointed at many shows, and I am not surprised that many of them make 
mistakes. At our county show some of the men who judge fruit and 
vegetables have to my certain knowledge never had charge of good fruit 
houses or a good vegetable garden. Their knowledge of plants and cut 
flowers may not be disputed, but their judging of fruit and vegetables is 
all a farce. Not very long ago they gave the first prize in a Black 
Hamburgh Grape class to three hunches of Black Alicante which one ex¬ 
hibitor vowed he would “ cheek them with,” and he did. There was a 
class for other Blacks besides Hamburghs, and I verily believe that had 
there been a good example of the Hamburgh amongst these it would have 
had the first prize. 
Many good growers of vegetables have ceased staging at the Show in 
question. The largest and coarsest Potatoes are almost sure to be placed 
before those of finest quality of tubers. I suppose the judges think that by 
“ going in ” for size alone they are sure to please some—those who have 
the prizes for instance—but the system is entirely wrong, and is sure to 
have an injurious influence on all shows where the judging is done in such 
a manner. 
I think it is probably on the score of economy that such men are 
appointed as judges. Some florists who may be at the show think they 
are obliging the society by doing the judging for nothing, their know¬ 
ledge of the subjects on which they adjudicate being a secondary matter. 
Of late I have known men, who grow nothing but plants, bring their 
exhibits to shows, and as the officials thought they had no connection with 
the fruit and vegetables they might as well judge them, and they gladly 
do it for nothing, hence the glaring mistakes we often find in these 
sections. 11 Who are your judges ?” I have sometimes asked, and the 
reply was, “ Oh 1 no one in particular ; So-and-so is bringing plants and 
he will do it,” and so the system goes on, and that, too, in connection 
with many societies which could very well afford to secure the services of 
qualified meD, 
At a large show in the west of England the other day I heard a visitor 
volunteer to judge the fruit, and to my knowledge this youth never had 
even a subordinate charge of fruit-growing of any kind. He would have 
got on, too, as the officials knew no better until I protested, not on my 
own account, but on behalf of exhibitors generally, and this is why I am 
writing now. It may be economy to work in this fashion, but it certainly 
is not satisfactory, and the one should be striven for as much as the other. 
It is all very well to try to make shows pay, but what is saved in this way 
will soon be lost in the standing of the show, as good growers will not 
compete where men profess to judge who know little or nothing of the 
products. I have no doubt many of your readers will have known of 
similar cases to those I have stated. Exhibitors, managers, and especially 
in cases where there are practical gardeners on the committee, should see 
to this matter, as this cheap makeshift system of appointing judges will 
ultimately tell more than anything against a show. — A Kitchen 
Gardener. 
Charles Turner Memorial.— The promoters will hold a meet¬ 
ing in the conservatory of the Royal Horticultural Society at the con¬ 
clusion of the business of the Floral Committee on Tuesday next 
at 12.30 P.M. to appoint a sub-committee to manage the details of the 
“ Memorial,” and to approve a circular that has been prepared for 
distribution. Subscriptions to the fund may be forwarded to the 
Treasurer, H. M. Pollett, Esq., Fernside, Bickley, Kent. 
- Scorched Mushroom Beds. —We have heard of Mushroom 
beds that have been frozen hard in the winter yet have produced 
abundant crops on the return of mild weather in the spring ; hut not 
until recently did we hear of them “standing fire.” During the late 
hot weather, Mr. Holmes, the' gardener at Sister’s House, Clapham 
Common, in burning some rubbish, found, on his return to the fire, that 
it had extended to an outdoor Mushroom bed in bearing, burning all the 
covering, cooking the Mushrooms, and scorching the surface. The bed, as 
he thought, was ruined, but he has since been gratified to find Mushrooms 
“springing up in all directions,” and the bed is expected to be as pro¬ 
ductive as others invariably are in the same garden. 
-A simple method of entrapping woodLice is practised by 
Mr. Holmes, or was, before he caught them all. They infested his beds, 
and did much damage, baffling all efforts to subdue them in the stereo¬ 
typed way of poisoned baits and the like. The natural habits of the 
pests were observed, and congenial haunts provided. These consist 
simply of two old dirty half-decayed boards placed face to face on and 
by the sides of the beds, and covered with litter. Several pairs of boards 
5 or 6 feet long, 8 or 9 inches wide, were used. In the morning the 
