December 17, 1898. 
THE GARDENING WORLD 
243 
VEITCH’S GENUINE SEEDS. 
JAMES VEITCH & SONS, Ltd. 
BEG TO ANNOUNCE THAT THEIR 
SEED CATALOGUE FOR 1899 
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Association (Edinburgh) - - 
Nov. 24, Dundee Chrysanth- - 
emum Exhibition- - - - - - 
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Edited by J. FRASER, F.L.S. 
SATURDAY , DEC. 17th, 1898. 
t ljles for Judging.* —That the Royal 
Horticultural Society should have 
issued a second and revised edition of the 
pamphlet on “ Rules for Judging,” is evi¬ 
dence that it meets the requirements of a 
large body of those for whom it is intended. 
The numerous cases of dissension and dis¬ 
satisfaction that occur in various parts of 
the country during the course of the long ex¬ 
hibition season make it desirable that there 
should be some uniform method of judging, 
and also some generally recognised rules 
for the guidance of exhibitors, who, at 
great expense and long weeks of trouble, it 
may be, stake their reputation on the 
opinions of the judges appointed for any 
particular show. This is all the more 
necessary in these days of means of rapid 
transit and inter-communication, when both 
judges and exhibitors may come from a 
distance, and make their presence felt at 
places where the rules or methods of judging 
may previously have been different. Since 
this written code of rules was first sent out 
in 1896, there can be no doubt that it has 
been making headway, for many provincial 
societies now intimate in their schedules 
that the R.H.S. method will be followed. 
This implies that the judges must be con¬ 
versant with the rules laid down, and if ex¬ 
hibitors are unacquainted with the same it 
is evident that they are either unaware of 
the rules, or that they leave the success of 
their exhibits very much to chance, even 
when they have done their best, according 
to the older customs of their own particular 
district. The new regulations, if strictly 
enforced, will, however, in the near future 
compel the most indifferent exhibitors to 
adjust their methods of staging in accord¬ 
ance with the regulations adopted. 
The code of rules here put forward is 
not regarded as either perfect or final, but 
co-operation is invited with the object of 
improving and correcting the same, as ex- 
* Rules for Judging, and Suggestions to 
Schedule-makers, Judges, and Exhibitors. Issued 
under the direction of the Royal Horticultural 
Society. 1899 Code for use at Horticultural Ex¬ 
hibitions. Second Edition, Revised. Price is. 6d. 
post free. Royal Horticultural Society, 117, Vic¬ 
toria Street, London, S.W. 
