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of  them,  with  the  first  flow  of  visitors,  on  one  lady  exclaiming,  “  First 
prize  here  ?  Oh,  but  really,  I  think  this  ought  to  have  had  the  first 
prize;  look  how  much  more  attractive  this  is  than  that!”  I  was 
bound  to  say  that  there  was  ground  for  the  lady’s  surpise  and  judgment 
1  wrong,  but  it  struck  me  that  the  ! groups  this  year  were  not  up  tC' 
I  the  high  artistic  character  of  past  jears.  It  would  be  interesting' 
to  hear  what  the  judges  (Messrs.  Hndson  and  Ranger)  think  on  the 
:  matter  of  both  position  and  quality. 
Fig.  61.  — CATALPA’  BIGNONIOIDKS.  (See  page  •J25.) 
until  I  got  round  and  saw  the  other  front,  then  the  judgment  of  the 
judges  was  seen  to  be  correct.  It  will  be  a  question  for  the  committee 
to  decide  another  year,  whether  it  will  not  be  best  to  go  back  to  their 
usual  custom  of  having  groups  with  only  one  face  or  front.  I  may  be 
I  must  stick  to  my  resolve  not  to  enter  into  a  general  critioismVr 
comment  on  the  show  as  a  whole  or  in  detail  (that  being  so  well  done 
by  the  professional  reporters)  but  content  myself  with  these  few^cursory 
remarks  rather  out  of  the  beaten  track  of  the  reporters. — N.  H.  ^P. 
