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3. Similar classes for 6 Carnations and 6 Picotees, dissimilar. It is quite 
unnecessary to require one of each class; that subjects the exhibitor to a 
noxiously stringent condition, and thus may deteriorate the exhibition, the object of 
which is to bring together productions of the greatest merit in the largest 
number. These classes to be open to growers whose stock does not exceed 200 pairs. 
4. In the single-bloom classes, there should be no limit to the number of 
times a variety may win. 
Of course, the usual conditions of exhibition for the guidance of exhibitors and 
the judges should be recited ; and finally, an hour named for the staging of the 
exhibits, giving to the judges at least three clear hours for their labours before 
the admission of the public—a condition which should be rigidly adhered to. 
At the late exhibition eleven o’clock was named as the hour at which all 
flowers were to be staged, but it was nearly one o’clock before the judges commenced 
work, and the result was that though those first appointed divided themselves, 
and went separately to different sections, the labour was far from being completed 
at the hour when the public, and with the public, exhibitors, of course, flowed in ; 
and thus the freedom from interference, which is the especial right of a judge, 
was sorely infringed. Duties performed under such conditions cannot possibly 
be satisfactory. Moreover, the judges are thus deprived of that which, in my 
experience, constitutes their greatest reward, viz., the gratification a leisurely study 
of the finest specimens produced affords. But for the fact that I was fortunately 
familiar with many of the newer varieties before the opening of the exhibition, 
such was the pressure of the work, and the inevitable interference of the public 
after the opening of the doors, that I must have been without any “ mind’s-eye 
pictures ” for a whole season to come, and this to me would have been a great 
and grievous loss. 
Closing my notice of the ’75 exhibition with the expression of a hope that 
“ year by year there may be an exhibition in the beautiful house of the Man¬ 
chester Botanical and Horticultural Society’s gardens,”—but with an even stronger 
hope “ that with the revival of the Society it may recur to its original pro¬ 
gramme, and change its meetings from year to year from locality to locality,” as 
I know no way “ more potent to draw attention to the singular beauty of these 
beautiful flowers, no way more sure of extending the enthusiasm almost all feel 
when brought in contact with them fairly displayed,” I am gratified to state that 
an application has been made that the exhibition of the Society for 1877 may 
be held at Leeds, all needful accommodation and a handsome donation to the 
prize-fund being promised ; and thus I hope the zeal of veteran cultivators may 
be nourished, and the warmth of enthusiasm for the culture of these beautiful 
flowers generated, in many minds where hitherto it has been unknown. 
In the December number, if spared, I hope to close the year, and these 
papers, with a review of the best flowers of the season, and therefore it is un¬ 
necessary here to enumerate those I thought most prominent. Meanwhile I may 
say, after a careful reading of the awards, I cannot recall one variety there 
recorded undeserving a place even in a very select collection.—E. S. Dodwell. 
FEUIT-TEEES FOE NOETH WALLS. 
« T is surprising that more attention is not paid to the planting of Korth 
Walls, as many kinds of Films, Pears, and Cherries succeed well on such 
an aspect, and in general bear more regular crops than trees on a south aspect. 
After a mild open winter, trees on the south side of walls come early into 
