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FLO RE AT  SALOP  I A  ! 
BEAUTIFUL  Salopia!  as  indeed  she  is,  rich 
beyond  words  in  natural  scenery,  delightful, 
refreshing,  balmy  air  ;  air  from  off  the  sea  some 
thirty  miles  as  the  crow  (lies,  and  passing  over  the 
heath-clad  mountains  of  Wales,  air  that  intoxicates 
you  ;  rich  the  is  also  in  a  courteous  and  hospitable 
people.  It  is  not  too  much  to  take  a  liberty  with 
a  couplet  frtm  “Tam  o’  Shanter,”  and  say — 
Shrewsbury,  whom  ne’er  a  town  surpasses 
For  honest  men  and  bonnie  lasses. 
We  talk  of  the  spirit  of  tho  age,  and  the  lessons-' 
to  he  had  from  various  sources,  and  we  may  ask, 
What  is  i he  spirit  that  presides  over,  and  that 
emanates  from  the  great  Shrewsbury  Show  ? 
Well,  anyone  who  has  had  the  privilege  of  seeing 
that  show  in  the  beautilul  Quarry  grounds  will  at 
once  say,  that,  predominating  over  everything  is 
the  spirit  of  the  beautiful.  ^Esthetics  is  the  ruling 
spirit,  and  rightly  so  in  the  town  who«e  motto  is 
“Floieat  Salopia.”  See  the  schedule,  which  will 
give  the  key  to  this.  The  instruction  given 
respecting  the  ornamental  groups  and  plants  is, 
“The  Judges  will  be  instructed  to  regard  an 
original  and  artistic  arrangement  a  great  feature 
in  the  group  classes;”  and  in  the  plant  classes, 
“  Effective  staging  to  he  taken  into  account  by  the 
Judges.”  Again,  in  cut  flowers,  “Tasteful  staging 
will  be  considered  by  the  Judges  in  addition  to  the 
flowers  exhibited,”  and  this  law  runs  through  all 
floral  displays  until  it  reaches  its  highest  in  the 
instruction  as  to  dessert  tab>es,  where  there  is  a 
i  “special  notice.”  The  Judges  will  he  instructed 
to  regard  quality  before  size  in  all  fruit  classes;” 
!  and  in  the  £100  champion  Grape  class,  it  is  dis¬ 
tinctly  slaUd,  “  Neither  size  of  bunch,  as  such,  nor 
j  flavour,  is  to  carry  primary  weight  in  tho  class,  but 
]  superior  cultivation  and  finish  for  the  respective 
varieties,  as  largo  bunches  may  have  inferior 
berries,  and  the  flavour  of  all  varieties  cannot  be 
developed  at  tho  time  of  the  show.” 
It  will  he  seen  that  the  highest  law  of  tho 
horticultural  world  rules,  and  rules  absolutely — 
perfectness,  or  its  highest  approximation,  with 
No.  2654.— Vol.  CL,  Old  Series. 
