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SELECT PINKS-THE JUDGES AT OUR FLOWER SHOWS. 
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the fruit, but in other cases, as in the Strawberry, on the outside. Moreover, 
however pleasing to the eye or taste cultivated fruits may be, they are only 
monstrosities from their original species—the Apple a puffed-up crab, and 
the Peach a swollen Almond. Consequently seedlings, the offspring of these 
monsters, are often more like the original stocks than like the cultivated 
parent. As an instance, I once raised some seedling Pears, from seed of the 
best new kinds, and only two of them have produced fruit worth notice ; 
the rest are of rank growth, as full of spines as if they had been reared 
from seeds of wild Pears, and only fit for grafting upon. 
Cossey Park. J. Wighton. 
SELECT PINKS. 
E are indebted to Mr. Turner, of Slough, for the following useful 
descriptive list of some of the best varieties of the Pink, cultivated 
in the collections of the present day:— 
Attraction (Hooper).— Dark red lacing; large, moderately full, and very 
constant. 
Bertram (Turner).—Very broad bright red lacing ; large, full, and very fine. 
Blondin (Turner).—Very dark lacing; very fine, and distinct. 
Bridesmaid (Turner).—Purple lacing ; very smooth, and fine. 
Beauty of Bath (Hooper).—Rosy purple lacing; fine, large, and good. 
Charles Waterton (Kirtland).—Bright red lacing; medium size, very constant, and 
profuse bloomer. 
Delicata (Turner).—Lilac lacing ; very smooth, large, full flower, yery fine. 
Device (Turner).—Bright purple lacing, large, and very fine. 
Elcho (Turner).—'Reddish purple lacing; a fine, large, full flower. 
Emily (Battersby).—Yery dark lacing; medium size, very fine, and distinct. 
Invincible (Kirtland).—Dark purple lacing ; fine, and quite distinct. 
Lord Herbert (Turner).—Rosy red lacing; fine broad smooth petals, large, and full, 
without the least confusion. 
Marion (Turner).—Rosy red lacing ; very smooth, evenly laced, full size, and very fine. 
Picturata (Turner).—Lilac lacing; full size, and very distinct. 
President (Turner).—Dark red lacing; large, full, and very fine. 
Rev. George Jeans (Kirtland).—Rich dark lacing; very large, full flower, fine smooth 
petal, very constant, and distinct. 
Scarlet Gem (Maclean).—Yery brilliant colour, remarkably showy, and distinct. 
Victory (Hooper).—Rosy purple lacing ; medium size, and very fine. 
THE JUDGES AT OUR FLOWER SHOWS. 
5 HE Council of the Royal Horticultural Society has recently invited 
the exhibitors to meet them “ to discuss the question of the appoint¬ 
ment of judges at the Society’s Shows.” This is wise as well as 
courteous, and much good may come of it. Exhibitors are entitled 
to be heard on this question, and the example set from this high 
source should exercise a wide and beneficial influence on other societies. 
Full, free, and open discussion should result in bringing out the collective 
wisdom of a body of thinking and working men, which cannot be otherwise 
than valuable for future guidance. Those who are most sincerely anxious 
for what is right have the most reason to wish the subject brought out into, 
