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THE COTTAGE GARDENER AND COUNTRY GENTLEMAN, Decemeeh 15, 1857. 
Specimens which cannot be shown for prizes mar be shown 
for ornament or sale, provided they really belong to the party 
showing them, and have the owners name, or the words ‘ not 
shown for prize” distinctly marked upon them. 
So prize will be awarded for a specimen deemed by the 
Judges unfit for exhibition. 
The same specimen cannot gain more than one pnze m a 
year: and, if shown again, should have the owner’s name 
marked upon it _, 
So Member can have two pnzes for two different specimens 
of the same article. Professed gardeners cannot show speci¬ 
mens for the purpose of gaming any prize m money. 
VI. Judging the Specimens. Such Judges are appointed as 
are thought most likely to judge well and impartially. No 
specimen belonging to any Judge can be shown for prizes hi 
that Show for which he is Judge. The room shall be reacy 
for the Judges at twelve o’clock; and no person but the 
Judges shall' be in the room at the time of judging. 
No specimen which has the owner s name upon it, or the 
owner of which is, or has been in any way, made known to 
any of the Judges, or which has upon it no ticket, can gain a 
pnzc. . 
No Member who openly expresses dissatisfaction at the 
decisions of the Judges will be allowed to exoibit again until 
after the next Show. 
The specimens with White Tickets (Honorary Members), 
and those with Red Tickets (Ordinary Members), shall be 
judged as two distinct classes ; each specimen to be judged 
against those onlv which bear a ticket of the Earne colour. 
VII. Admission to the Shows. The gates are open to the 
public at two o’clock. Every Member has free admission for 
himself and friend. Visitors pay sixpence each. Cottagers 
one penny. Children, whether in arms or not, half-price. 
VIII. Rules for preventing Confusion. —The show-room is 
open to receive specimens at 8 o’clock: and specimens not 
brought before 10, will be refused ; or, if -..own, in .it ioi' i 
the owner’s "name. upon them without a liczet, and cannot 
gain a prize. 
V-acb specimen as it is brought is entered in the show- 
book, with the owner's name and number for that Show ; 
and a separate ticket, answering in colour and number to the 
entry in the show-book, is affixed to every specimen brought 
by that Member. Every Member must bring in all his 
specimens at one time; and must see that a ticket with his 
own number is put upon each of his specimens. Not more 
than two Members with specimens ere avowed in the room at 
the same time. 
At the end of the Stow. No Member must more or take 
away his own specimens until some person, appointed for the 
purpose, gives each specimen to its owner. The prizes of 
Ordinary Members will be first paid, and their specimens re¬ 
moved; after which the Honorary Members will receive their 
specimens. 
All specimens, except plants in pot.-, will be sold for the 
benefit of the Society. 
EIE£T Show.— Vegetables. 
9. 
d 
Bean?, broad 
12 nods, ail one sort , 1st prize 
1 
C 
do. 
• - • 
do. 
... 2nd „ 
1 
4 
do. 
do. 
... j 3rd „ 
0 
G 
Kidney Bean 
* • • 
34 pods ... 
... . 1st prize 
1 
a 
do. 
... j 2nd „ 
1 
0 
do. 
... t 3rd „ 
0 
6 
Cabbages 
2 Leads ... 
... . let prize 
... 1 
t 
do. 
do. 
... : 2nd „ 
... 
1 
4 
do. 
do. 
...' 3rd , } 
! 
0 
G 
Cauliflowers 
000 
2 heads ... 
... 1st pnze 
! 
<5 
do. 
0 00 
do. 
... i 2nd „ 
... 
1 
4 
do. 
000 
do. 
... 3rd „ 
0 
G 
Cucumber'; 
*00 
let prize 
2 
4 
do. 
0 0 0 
! 2nd „ 
1 
€ 
do. 
000 
3rd „ 
... i 
1 
4 
do. 
j tth 
... i o 
G 
Lettuces 
*00 
3 heads ... 
... let pnze 
G 
do. 
000 
do. 
000 || 
Z\ i 
4 
do. 
*00 
do. 
... j 3rd „ 
0 
G 
Onions 
000 
G in bunch 
... j 
1 
4 
do. spring gown 
do. 
...} let piize 
4 
do. 
0 00 
do. 
... : 2nd „ 
— 
0 
G 
do. autumn do... 
do. 
... ; let prize 
... 
1 
4 
do. 
00» 
do. 
0 
G 
Peas 
• 00 
30 pods ... 
... ] let prize 
2 
4 
do. 
• 00 
do. 
... 2nd „ 
I 
e 
do. 
000 
do. 
... | 3rd „ 
1 
it 
do. 
do. 
...Uth „ 
4 
G 
[The above Rules of the Tillage Society are, as they ought to 
■ be—simple. The success of the whole affair, will, however, 
: depend much more on the prudence and kindness displayed, 
than upon any mere rules, however well they may be filled 
; for the purpose. Two things are worthy of note: Honorary 
Members and gardeners who are requested to send specimens 
for exhibition, are to receive no prizes in money. We think 
that for a Village Society, whose aim is to promote habits of 
industrv amongst the working classes, there ought to be no 
' prizes given, except to the villagers. Even marks of honour 
will be of little value there; therefore, why retain the word 
prizes at all? Your doing so, will lead some of the -Rise 
villagers to think there may be something like a piece of plate 
in the back ground, of which they are permitted to know 
nothing. The fifth rule very properly insists, that all specs- 
i mens shown, should either be raised, grown by, or held in 
the possession of the exhihiter for two clear months before the 
Show; and here a great difficulty presents itself : the glory 
and distinction of a prize sometimes are apt to make havoc with 
honour and honesty. Bad, it is so, but no less true than sacL 
The bitterest scenes at these othenvise-dehghtful gatherings, 
arise from the imputations and denials respecting such, j 
practices; and who can decide when little evidence can be 
adduced, except assertion on either vide ? Bo insufferable did 
the whole thing become at length at the great Chiswick Shows, ! 
that the rule was completely abandoned. Hr. Lindley, so 
far, rightly imagining, that if a man brought articles a day 
before the Show, and took a prize with them, that, nevertheless, 
the Society rewarded the G no win, as he must have known 
the value of the article, and got repaid accordingly. It would 
not do for any private individual to mention cases, in which 
such doings, as ceasing to be looked down upon have been j 
pretty regularly resorted to; and hence the honour of a prize ) as 
stood against the name of a man who had Lao little or noth, og 
to do with the cultivation of the article, though such ai idea 
never entered into the consideration of the general public. In 
such a Village Society, care must be taken that the <rv.Wxo.tor 
only is rewarded. 
Most of the prizes range from \s. G d. to 0d.; only one or so 
rising to half-a-crowm And we think one of 10*. Cor a col¬ 
lection of the best vegetables, and Cs. tor the second best, 
would furnish a great stimulus. 
Another thing that will greatly insure success is something 
like a uniform principle in judging ; taking size and (rxu.tr a-, 
great items in the cottagers’ productions of vegetables, <ke.; 
and quanty and freshness in that of the Honorary Members. 
It wouid take up too much room to-day to give such lists as 
the founder of this Society wishes for, and which we esteem 
of little value, as every district has it# favourite* ; b X he will 
just glance at a few, (or showing in what state they should be 
to meet the Judges’ approbation. 
Bin ftiKsnr.—The Broad Windsor is the best. Marly 
Issr<q Bod wik be in J uly. Johnson's Wonderful is one of the 
most showy and prolific. For a cottager, the L<c;r. should be 
full-grown and firm, and just beginning to harden; most 
gentlemen would prefer them younger. 
Beak, Kwjsky. —V/e l ave met voth no bettxjr kinds than 
the C'rean^eoloured and the China, or It/Mri's Egg. The 
Beans should be ec .ai in size, straight, full-grown, but crisp, 
and breaking easily in two. The same as to Kv/rmers. I be 
W He Emuen and While Dutch come ... -vt.; a?. .zes: tne 
pods come so long, regular, and straight, 
C SJsbAGE *.— For an nirposee. we fine nothing to beat 
Atkins?s Matchless, which c >g;.t te ^M<e tr.c from Jeyer, of 
Northampton^ We have seen men o./appoi .ted because they 
did not taze a prize with a nuge cow-hie Cab;/age, with 
leave# extending nearly a yard on each ri/le of it. Home 
four, or baifdteiozen, of trtete compact, jpright, s,,ort-leave/l 
Match less, would have grown m the name space. T he Cab¬ 
bage must be fim-hcarted, not eraezed nor decayed# 
CwLLiFlovrEK.— Noticing beat# the London market. T he 
larger the Lead the better, if firm and compact, and no omen 
phwee in which you could wriggle even a stocking needle. Th# I 
whiter and more dciicate-lrick/iig the letter, 
Cucuk£IBCs —White ftftine ar./J Black ,'ypi.Ae, imttdrx J/ ss ; 
no o. be stra.gnt, short at the snouleter#, cr.sp and young, and 
no brown at the point#. 
Li: cce. — Genera ..y Cos. Baris Cos. Jiad'ids Cos, Brighton 
Cos, and Black*seeded* Brov/n Cos. Centre /<<;!) filled up, 
