August  6,  1903. 
JOURNAT,  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER, 
117 
CHOICEST 
STRAINS  OF 
FLOWER  SEEDS 
FOR  PRESENT  SOWING. 
Dicksons  Superb  PANSY,  1/-.  1/8.  and  2/6  per  packet. 
Giant  and  Gold-laced  POLYANTHUS,  each  1/-  per  packet. 
Mixed  Alpine  AURICULA,  1/-  and  1/6  per  packet. 
Extra  Choice  Stage  AURICULA,  1/6  and  2/6  per  packet. 
ANTIRRHINUM.  3d.,  6d.,  1/-.  and  1/6  per  packet. 
AQUILEGIAS,  3d  .  6d.,  and  1/-  per  packet.  [packet. 
CANTERBURY  BELLS,  double  and  single  vars.,  3d.  &  6d. 
WALLFLOWERS,  single  and  double  vars.,  6d,  &  1/-  packet. 
CINERARIAS,  1/6,  2/6,  and  3/6  per  packet. 
MYOSOTIS,  3d.,  6(i.,  and  1/-  per  packet. 
PRIMULAS,  1/6,  2/6,  and  3/6  packet.  VIOLAS,  1/-  packet. 
DICKSONS  w^^mouIe,  CHESTER 
Foi*  Present  P Ian  ting m 
ON  THEIR  OWN  ROOTS. 
strong  Plants  in  5  inch  Pots  of  leading  Hybrid 
Perpetual,  Hybrid  Tea,  Tea,  and  other  Classes, 
10/6  to  18/-  per  dozen,  75/-  to  £6  per  100. 
DESCRIPTIVE  CATALOGUE  FREE  ON'APPLICATiDN. 
N.B. — Many  of  the  choicer  varieties  can  now  be 
supplied  which  are  not  available  on  their  own 
roots  from  the  open  ground  in  the  autumn 
and  winter. 
WIVT.  PJLUL  & 
WALTHAM  CROSS,  HERTS. 
The  Royal  Nurseries,  Maidstone,  Kent. 
GEORGE  BUNYARD  &  CO.,  Ltd., 
Are  now  Booking  Orders  for  early  delivery  of  the 
very  best 
STRAWBERRIES 
In  pots  for  forcing,  or  as  runners  for  open  culture, 
true  to  name. 
They  offer  the  Largest  Stock  and  the  Best  Plants  in 
the  Trade. 
BHVISE2D  CATALOGUE,  including  the  New 
Perpetual  Bearing  Kinds,  now  ready,  free. 
FLOWER  SEEDS 
For  Present  and  Autumn  Sowing. 
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CLIBRANS 
CLIBRANS 
CLIBRANS 
CLIBRANS 
Mixed, 
SUPERB  AQUILEGIA 
PRIZE  CALCEOLARIA 
CANTERBURY  BELLS 
CHOICEST  CINERARIAS 
LOVELY  DELPHINIUMS 
SELECTED  DIGITALIS 
PER  PKT. 
..  0  6 
1/6  St  2  6 
. .  0  6 
1/6  &  2/6 
..  0,6 
..  0/6 
Superb  Double  HOLLYHOCK  1/0  St  2/6 
0/6 
SELECTED  MYOSOTIS 
LOVELY  PANSIES  .. 
CHOICEST  PENTSTEMONS 
GRAND  POLYANTHUS  .. 
EAST  LOTHIAN  STOCKS  .. 
SWEET  WILLIAM . 0/6 
CHOICE  WALLFLOWER  ..  0/6  &  1/0 
or  in  distinct  colours  and  varieties. 
.  0/6 
.  1/0 
&  1,0 
.  1/0 
1/0 
All  other  Seeds  as  per  Catalogue. 
ALTRINCHAM  &  MANCHESTER 
By  Special 
Appointment 
TO  His  Majesty 
The  King. 
ORCHIDS-ORGHIDS 
QUANTITY  IMMENSE. 
Inspection  of  our  Range  of  Houses 
IS  CORDIALLY  INVITED  BY 
HUGH  LOW  &  CO., 
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MIDDLESEX. 
LONDON  FERN  NURSERIES, 
Loughboro’  Junction,  London,  S.W.— Stove  and  Green¬ 
house  Ferns,  large  and  small,  in  var.,  Aralias,  Grevilleas, 
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Aspidistras,  Cinerarias,  Genistas,  Marguerites,  Geraniums, 
Primulas,  Orange  Trees,  <fcc.  Trade,  send  for  Wholesale 
List.  Special  Retail  Catalogue,  free.— J.  E.  SMITH. 
West’s  POWDERED  Weed  Killer. 
Do  not  send  any 
money,  but  a 
P.C.  for  a 
FREE  SAMPLE. 
Before  wasting  money  on  worthless 
imitations,  test  a 
FREE  SAMPLE, 
and  yourself  decide  on  its  merits.  It 
will  cost  you  nothing,  and  prove  to 
yon  that 
Do  not  send  any 
money,  but  a 
P.C.  for  a 
FREE  SAMPLE. 
WEST’S  PATENT 
GARDEN  SUNDRIES 
Plants  protect. 
Money  Save, 
AND 
Labour  Ease. 
NO  AGENTS. 
(SUFFICIENT  ADDRESSES). 
LONDON  N.E. 
THUR.SDAY.  AUGUST  6,  1903. 
CATALOGUE,  containing  50  large  pages,  with  100  Illustrations,  with  Hints  on  Horticulture,  post 
free.  No  Trade  Terms  possible  off  these  low  prices.  ■ 
Judges  under  Judgment. 
HE  referee  at  football,  the  umpire 
^  at  cricket,  and  the  judge  at  a 
flower  show,  are  all  persons  who 
naturally  expect  to  come  in  for 
a  fair  share  of  criticism,  both 
from  the  persons  most  interested, 
and  also  from  the  partisan  on¬ 
lookers.  They  are  all  expected  to 
be  absolutely  infallible,  and  if  they 
should  happen  to  make  a  mistake,  it  is  either 
put  down  to  their  total  incapacity  to  act  as  a 
judge,  or  else  to  a  deliberate  act  of  gross 
favouritism.  Concerning  flower  show  judges  a 
letter  of  complaint  appeared  in  this  journal 
some  time  ago  having  reference  to  persons  who 
act  as  judges,  and  even  tout  round  for  engage¬ 
ments,  but  have  no  qualifications  at  all  for  the 
office.  There  might  have  been  some  ground 
for  the  complaint,  perhaps  there  was,  but  with 
the  exception  of  large  shows  judging  fees  are 
not  plentiful  nor  high  enough  for  men  to  seek 
engagements.  On  the  other  hand,  it  is  gene¬ 
rally  a  case  of  men  acting  as  judges  purely  to 
oblige  the  society  that  invites  them,  and  it  is 
for  the  committee  of  the  latter  to  ascertain 
beforehand  whether  the  persons  who  are  asked 
to  adjudicate  are  capable  men  or  not. 
Generally,  I  think  a  man’s  qualifications  to 
act  as  a  judge  are  ganged  by  the  position  he 
holds.  For  instance,  there  is  a  Mr.  So-and-so, 
head  gardener  at  a  certain  pretentious 
establishment ;  he  is  simply  bombarded  with 
invitations  to  judge  at  local  flower  shows,  not 
because  much  is  known  about  his  adjudicating 
capacities,  but  because  his  position  is  accepted 
as  a  guarantee  of  the  above.  And  sometimes 
Mr.  Head  Gardener  at  the  big  place  gets  a 
little  puffed  up  by  the  compliments  paid  to 
him,  and  wants  to  do  the  judging  himself  while 
his  one  or  two  colleagues  look  on,  or  just  drop 
the  cards  on  the  exhibits  at  the  great  man’s 
suggestions.  Of  all  things,  save  me  from 
Buy  from  the  Manufacturer  of  all  Horticultural  Sundries — 
C.  E.  WEST,  ROUNDHAY,  HIGHAM  HILL, 
No.  1206.— VoL.  XLVIL,  Third  Series. 
Readers  are  requested  to  send  notices  of  Gardening 
Appointments  or  Notes  of  Horticultural  Interest, 
Intimations  of  Meetings,  Queries,  and  all  Articles  for 
Publication,  oflBcially  to  “  THE  EDITOR,”  M 
12,  Mitre  Court  Chambers,  Fleet  Street, 
London,  E.C.,  and  to  no  other  person  and  to  no  other 
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