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them in a small plot of ground surrounded by a ten-feet wall and 
overtopped by apple and other fruit trees,—to say nothing of soil 
and situation. No ; he chooses a fine, free, open piece of ground, 
where he attends to them and them only. Now, in judging, it is 
but natural that a person should in his mind advert to his own 
productions, (so differently placed,) and be thus led into an unin¬ 
tentional error. A nurseryman is undoubtedly a judge of plants, 
but he must make great allowances for the multifarious objects a 
gardener has to distract his attention. On the whole, I would 
suggest the propriety of choosing as censors for each class, persons 
actually engaged in that class. Thus, nurserymen should judge 
of nurserymen’s productions, private gardeners of private gar¬ 
deners’, and amateurs the same ; not selected from exhibitors, as 
is sometimes done, but appointed previously by the committee. 
With respect to florist’s flowers the case is different, as from 
very necessity the professional florist must be an efficient judge. 
Much more might be said on the subject, but I will conclude with 
one other remark. In the greater part of the lists of prizes pub¬ 
lished by Floral Societies we find the names of the members of 
such societies to whom such awards were made alone, while those 
of their gardeners are altogether left out. Now, when we consider 
the merely nominal prizes awarded at many provincial Shows, it 
seems quite an anomaly to place it to the account of the employer, 
and at the same time to deprive the gardener of his principal aim, 
namely, the honour of such award. It requires some stretch of 
the imagination to conceive what Lord A-— can have to do 
with raising cauliflowers, cucumbers, &c. or the Hon. Mrs. B- 
with collections of stove and greenhouse plants. Why not place the 
grower’s name on the list as Mr. A-, gardener to Lady B-, 
in the manner of the Horticultural Society of London ? This 
may appear trivial to some, but it is of more consequence to gar¬ 
deners than may be readily conceived. It entails but very little 
more trouble on the committee, and I feel persuaded it only 
requires pointing out to be adopted. And I may here mention 
the necessity of having all plants to which prizes are awarded, pro¬ 
perly named, and published in the list of the Society, as that is 
the only information of any importance to the public generally. 
R. P. 
