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THE FLORIST AND POMOLOGIST. 
[ August, 
which form a globose bead four or five inches 
across when expanded ; the pedicels are bright 
claret-red, and the flowers bright orange-scarlet 
fading to crimson, the tube cylindrical, and the 
segments linear lanceolate, spreading, a little 
longer than the tube ; the filaments are of the 
same colour, and rather longer than the seg¬ 
ments. The leaves grow up separately, after 
the fading of the flowers, and are five or six in 
number, oblong, acute, and shortly petiolate. 
It is a very desirable introduction, forming one 
of a group of pretty, small-growing, manageable 
stove bulbs.— T. Moore. 
JUDGING DOSES. 
NE t>f the best works done, as yet, by 
the National Rose Society has been 
the publication of the following outline 
suggestions as to judging at Rose Shows, com¬ 
piled from the expressed opinions of leading 
rosarians. These rules were adopted, con¬ 
firmed, and ordered to be printed and cir¬ 
culated at a meeting of the General Committee 
of the Society, held on May 18th last, Mr. R. 
N. G. Baker in the chair:— 
I. —Judges. 
1. The Judges shall, as far as possible, be Three 
in number for all small Shows, and for all Sections 
of large Shows. 
2. They shall be selected principally from success¬ 
ful exhibitors. 
3. They shall have no manner of interest in the 
Section in Which they are Judging. 
4. They shall begin punctually at the hour 
appointed. 
II. —Boxes. 
1. Roses must be Judged as they are in the boxes 
at the time of inspection. No other consideration 
of any kind is admissible. 
2. The Boxes should be of the regulation size and 
shape, and set out with moss, unless otherwise 
specified. Boxes of the regulation size are 4 in. 
high in front, and 1 ft. 6 in. -wide. 
III. —Prizes. 
1. No Exhibitor may obtain more than one prize 
in the same class. 
2. All Roses shown must have been cut from 
plants which have been the property of the Ex¬ 
hibitor for not less than three months previously. 
3. All Roses should be correctly named. 
4. The showing of Duplicates under the same 
name, still more under a different one, will disqualify 
the Exhibitor. Judges are expected to look closely 
to this. 
5. Judges have power to disqualify for any in¬ 
fringement of the Rules on the Schedule. 
IV.— -Method of Judging. 
1. First cast out all bad Boxes. 
2. Then compare the residue. 
3. The following, when necessary, shall be the 
method of comparison:—(a) One of the Judges 
should count and designate the good Blooms, (b) 
The other two should stand by, and stop him when 
they do not agree. (c) In every difference of 
opinion, a majority shall decide, (d) The result of 
such counting shall form the decision. 
V. —Points. 
Where points are found necessary, they shall be 
allotted as follow's 
1. Three points shall be given for the best 
blooms; Two for mediums; One for those not so 
good, but not had enough to cut out; and an extra 
point for a very superior Bloom. 
2. One point shall bo talcen off from the Box for 
every case of decided badness. 
3. Teas and Noisettes shall have no especial favour 
shown to them as such. 
4. Where stands are equal in respect of blooms, 
Judges shall proceed to consider the general even¬ 
ness, variety, arrangement, and setting-up; the 
boxes being placed side by side, and in the same 
light, for that purpose. 
Definitions. 
1. A bloom or truss shall be taken to mean a 
Rose, w'ith or without buds and foliage, as cut from 
the tree. 
2. A good Rose must have form, size, brightness, 
substance, foliage, and be at the time of judging in 
the most perfect phase of its possible beauty. 
3. A bad Rose. All blooms or trusses shall be 
considered bad that have faulty shape, confused 
centre, or faded colour; and which are either under¬ 
sized, or over-sized to the extent of coarseness, or of 
over-blooming. 
4. Form shall imply petals abundant, and of good 
substance, regularly and gracefully disposed within 
a circular, symmetrical outline. 
5. Brightness shall include freshness of colour, 
brilliancy, and purity. 
RASPBERRY CULTURE. 
8 M0NGST tlie various kinds of small 
fruits, the Raspberry is a general 
favourite, and is grown in nearly all 
gardens, however small. I have, however, 
found it difficult to produce good fruit in the 
strong soil of the kitchen garden here until 
lately, when I adopted the plan of adding plenty 
of leaf-mould and well rotted manure to the 
ground when planting the young suckers. The 
soil which I find suitable for the most successful 
culture of the Raspberry is a rich alluvial one. 
Peaty, sandy soils are likewise good, if treated 
with plenty of rotten manure, put on as a 
surface-dressing every spring, but there should 
not he any digging amongst the plants, to dis¬ 
turb the fibres, at the usual time of pruning 
and tying-in the canes. To have a good suc¬ 
cession of this fruit, some should be planted on 
a north border, so as to be defended from the 
full blaze of the sun by a south wall. The 
autumn fruiters planted in this aspect will keep 
up the supply till September and October, 
when they are very useful for flavouring ices. 
I find the best month for planting Raspberry 
suckers or offsets is October, for they then get 
