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1  RICHARD  iSMITH  &C?.  WORCESTER 
Flower  Show  Reforms. 
V  HE  rules  of  horticultural  societies 
in  too  many  cases  are  like  the 
laws  of  the  Medes  and  Persians, 
in  the  respect  that  they  change 
not.  The  flower  show  this  year 
is  but  a  repetition  of  the  last  in 
almost  every  particular,  and,  but 
for  the  alteration  of  the  date,  the 
schedule  might  stand  for  all  time.  This 
kind  of  thing  may  be  satisfactory  enough  for 
the  members  who  grow  the  produce  and  win 
the  prizes,  but  the  community  that  helps  to 
pay  the  piper— he.,  the  general  public — is  apt 
to  get  a  little  tired  of  it,  and  complaints  are 
not  uncommon  respecting  the  monotonous 
presentment  that  is  characteristic  of  so  many 
country  flower  show’s.  Is  it  not  possible  to 
improve  matters  in  some  way  ?  I  think  so. 
Leaving  out  the  question  of  other  attractions 
outside  the  show  tent,  something  might  be 
done  to  make  the  annual  exhibition  of  greater 
educational  value  to  exhibitors  and  visitors 
alike,  and  I  venture  to  offer  a  few  suggestions 
that  may  be  worthy  of  consideration. 
The  Naming  of  Exhibits. — The  schedules 
fLo  rule 
that  all  exhibits,  so  far  as  possible,  shall  be 
correctly  named,  but  the  majority,  I  think, 
do  not.  Yet  this  is  an  important  point  if  the 
flower  show  is  to  be  a  true  object  lesson. 
Ev’ery  gardener  knows  what  adiflerence  there 
is  in  varieties  of  flowers,  fruit,  and  vegetables, 
and  how  important  it  is  to  grow  the  best. 
The  various  classes  at  the  flower  show’s  are 
collections  of  varieties,  and  many  people 
attend  with  the  idea  of  making  selections, 
but  when  no  names  are  appended  they  must 
remain  in  ignorance,  unless  they  happen  to 
catch  an  exhibitor  near  the  table  and  he  is 
willing  to  oblige.  The  long  lines  of  dishes  of 
Potatoes,  Peas,  Beans,  and  the  rest  appear  all 
alike  to  the  ordinary  visitor  when  they  are 
Readers  are  requested  to  send  notices  of  Gardening 
Appointments  or  Notes  of  Horticultural  Interest, 
intimations  of  Meetings,  Queries,  and  all  Articles  for 
Publication,  officially  to  “  THE  EDITOR  8.t 
12,  Mitre  Court  Chambers,  Fleet  Street, 
London,  E  C.,  and  to  no  otner  person  and  to  no  other 
address 
No.  1138.— VoL.  XLIV.,  Third  Series. 
