November  5,  1903. 
JOUENAT,  OF  HORTICULTURE  AND  COTTAGE  GARDENER. 
411 
PLANTING  SEASON 
PiuLS’  RortL  Nurseries 
WALTHAM  CROSS,  HERTS, 
12  miles  from  London.  South  Entrance  four  minutes’ 
walk  from  Waltham  Cross  Station ;  West  Entrance  three 
■minutes’  walk  from  Theobald’s  Grove;  both  Stations  on 
the  Great  Eastern  Railway. 
SPECIALITIES  s 
ROSES  in  all  forms,  from  open  ground  and  in 
pots.  Gold  Medals  in  1903  from  Royal  Horticulcural 
and  Royal  Botanic  Societies. 
FRUIT  TREES  for  the  Orchard,  Garden,  and 
Forcing  House.  Hogg  Memorial  Medal,  1901. 
HARDY  TREES  for  Streets,  Parks,  and  General 
Planting.  Silver  Medal  from  Royal  Agricultural 
Society  of  England. 
SHRUBS,  both  Evergreen  and  Deciduous. 
CLIMBINO  PLANTS,  Hardy  and  Greenhouse. 
RHODODENDRONS,  CAMELLIAS,  &  AZALEAS. 
HERBACEOUS  PLANTS  in  great  variety. 
BULBS  and  SEEDS,  and  all  Garden  Sundries. 
Price  Lists  on  application.  Inspection  Invited. 
Upwards  of  1000  Medals,  Prizes,  and  other  Awards  at 
leading  Exhibitions  during  the  past  42  years. 
SOLE  POSTAL  ADDRESS— 
WM.  PAUL  &  SON, 
WALTHAM  CROSS,  HERTS. 
Rose  Growers  by  Appointment  to  His  Majesty  the  King. 
GRAPE  VINES  in  POTS 
Extra  Strong  Fruiting  and  Planting  Canes 
in  all  Leading  Varieties. 
All  Leading  Sorts. 
Bushes  and  Fan-trained  for  Walls. 
DICKSONS  Nurseries  CHESTER 
RIYERS’ 
FRUIT  TREES, 
R05E5,  VINES, 
FIGS,  GRANGES, 
AND 
Orchard -House  Trees. 
A  IjArgb  and  select  BTOOB 
ALWAYS  ON  VIEW. 
ILLUSTRATED  &  DESCRIPTIVE  CATALOaUE, 
Post  Free,  3d. 
THOMAS  RIVERS  i  SON. 
SAWBRIDGEWORTH.  HERTS. 
HA&LOW  STATION,  O.E.R. 
'  No.  1219.— VoL.  XLVIL,  Third  Series. 
ORNAMENTAL 
TREES  &  SHRUBS 
Charming  and  beautiful  effects  can  be  obtained  by 
planting  a  selection  of  the  choicer  varieties  of  Trees 
and  Shrubs.  The  appended  collections  have  been 
framed  with  a  view  of  assisting  planters  to  do  this. 
SPECIAL  COLLECTIONS  of 
DECIDUOUS  &  FLOWERING  TREES. 
Larger. 
18/- 
KO/- 
15/- 
18/6 
12  Fine  distinct  kinds . 12/- 
50  Fine  Trees,  in  25  distinct  sorts  ..  40/- 
6  Lovely  and  distinct  Weeping  Trees  91- 
9  Lovely  and  distinct  Weeping  Trees  12/6 
SPECIAL  COLLECTIONS  of 
ORNAMENTAL  SHRUBS. 
6  Pretty  and  distinct  Evergreen  Shrubs,  in  6  sorts 
4/8,  6/-,  9/-  or  12/ 
12  Pretty  and  distinct  Evergreen  Shrubs,  in  12  sorts 
9/-,  12/-,  18/-  or  24/ 
60  Pretty  and  distinct  Evergreen  Shrubs,  in  25  sorts 
42/-,  63/-,  84/-,  or  100/ 
6  Distinct  and  Lovely  Deciduous  Flowering  Shrubs 
in  6  sorts . 3/-,  6/-,  9/-  or  12/ 
12  Distinct  and  Lovely  Deciduous  Flowering  Shrubs 
in  12  sorts  ..  ..  6/-,  9/-,  12/-,  18/- or  24/ 
50  Distinct  and  Lovely  Deciduous  Flowering  Shrubs 
in  25  or  50  sorts  . .  21/-,  31/6,  42/-  or  63/ 
100  Flowering  Deciduous  Shrubs,  in  25  to  60  sorts 
42/-,  63/-,  84/-  or  100/ 
Atove  collections  ore  our  seUcHon  only  at  these  prices. 
OUR  NEW  LIST  OF 
TREES,  SHRUBS  AND  ROSES 
IS  NOW  READY.  GRATIS  AND  POST  FREE. 
ALTRINCHAM  &  MANCHESTER 
IiONDON  FERN  NURSERIES, 
Loughboro’  Junction,  London,  S.W.— Stove  and  Green- 
hou.se  Ferns,  large  and  small,  in  var.,  Aralias,  Grevilleas, 
Oyperus,  Ficus,  Ericas,  Palms, Dracaenas,  Aspidistras,  Roses, 
Azaleas,  Carnations,  Crotons,  Camellias,  Ch^santhemums, 
Cyclamen,  Bouvardias,  Asparagus,  Araucarias,  Solanums, 
Aspidistras,  Cinerarias,  Genistas,  Marguerites,  Geraniums, 
Primulas,  Orange  Trees,  &c.  Trade,  send  for  Wholesale 
List.  Special  Retail  Catalogue,  free.— J.  E  SMITH. 
INTENDING  PLANTERS 
Are  invited  to  inspect  our  stoch  of 
TREES  &  SHRUBS,  FRUIT  TREES, 
ROSES,  RHODODENDRONS 
EXTRA  STRONG  FRUITING  VINES, 
STRAWBERRIES  IN  POTS,  &c. 
We  have  a  large  stock  of  the  following— 
Box,  in  variety,  2  to  4ft.  (30,000). 
Golden  Yews,  in  varie  y,  1  to  3ft.  (20,000),  and  Large 
English  Yew.  [Specimens. 
Cupressus,  in  variety,  2  to  6ft. 
Betinosporas  .,  1  to  6ft. 
Spruce  Fir,  2  to  6ft. 
Norway  Maple,  Sycamore,  Mountain  Ash,  Birch, 
Poplars,  &c..  8  to  16ft. 
Hollies,  in  variety,  fine  specimens,  8  to  12ft. 
Standard  Acer  Negundo  var.  (.5,000). 
,,  Prunus  Pissardii. 
.,  Thorns,  in  varieiy. 
,,  Laburnums 
Flowering  fchrubs,  Spiraeas,  Deutzias,  Philadelphus, 
Lilacs,  Laurustinus,  Olearia  Hastii,  Berberis, 
St.  John’s  Wort,  &c. 
Evergreens,  Aucubas,  Portugal  Laurels,  Laurels 
in  variety,  Privet,  &c. 
Standard  Apples,  Cherries,  Pears,  Plums,  Damsons, 
&c. ,  in  large  qu, antities. 
CATALOGUE  FREE  ON  APPLICATION. 
H.  LAWe  &  SON, 
Nurseries,  BERKHAMSTED,  HERTS. 
J(rui[iral  xif  ^irrtii[uItui[C. 
THURSDAY,  NOVEMBER  5,  1903. 
Point  Judging. 
HE  “  pointing  ”  system  of  award- 
ing  prizes  has  had  a  fair  trial, 
and  in  some  particulars  it  has 
undoubtedly  proved  not  to  be 
the  solution  of  the  all-absorbing 
question  to  exhibitors  of  garden 
^iroduce— an  assurance  that  judg¬ 
ment  is  correct.  Moreover,  when  it 
fails,  and  the  points  credited  by  adjudi¬ 
cators  are  presented  to  the  inspection  of  the 
public,  it  renders  the  system  as  a  whole 
ridiculous,  which  it  is  not;  and  if  the  names 
of  the  judges  are  added,  it  places  them  in  the 
position  of  recording  a  mistake,  which  after¬ 
wards  they  might  be  glad  had  been  sunk  in 
oblivion. 
A  superficial  study  of  the  method  might  lead 
one  to  suppose  that,  provided  as  the  judge  is 
with  a  comparative  list  of  the  numbers  each 
fruit,  vegetable,  or  flower  is  worth  at  its  best, 
there  is  little  opportunity  left  him  to  make 
wrong  awards,  or  at  least  to  produce  a  schedule 
of  misleading  points.  As  a  matter  of  fact,  the 
numbers  provided  for  his  guidance  are  of  no 
value  whatever,  aud  they  are  in  practice  used 
merely  to  record  the  judgment  arrived  at  in 
his  own  mind  while  examining  the  material 
placed  before  him.  The  standard  of  judgment 
must  invariably  reside  in  the  mind  of  the 
adjudicator,  and  all  his  judgments  are  founded 
on  that  standard  alone,  numbers,  on  his  part, 
being  employed  solely  to  give  expression  to  an 
opinion  of  his  own,  aud  not  to  a  standard 
outside  himself,  inflexible  and  unchanging,  by 
whomsoever  used.  But  that  is  not  all.  The 
standard  that  a  judge  bases  his  judgment  upon 
to-day  may  be  a  different  one  from  that  he 
will  use  next  week.  It  is  one  of  the  pecu¬ 
liarities  of  the  human  mind  that  its  judgments 
are  invariably  comparative ;  its  standard  of 
efficiency,  of  quality,  of  beauty  even,  cannot 
be  depended  on  as  unchangeable,  aud,  as  a 
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,”  at 
12,  Mitra  Court  Chambers,  Fleet  Street, 
London,  E.C.,  and  to  no  other  person  and  to  no  other 
ail-'.ress. 
