We read in a Boston paper that the prizes for the best six Indian azaleas, the best two, the first and second prizes for four plants in not exceeding ten-inch pots, and the first and second prizes for a single plant in not exceeding an eight-inch pot, were all taken by Hon. Marshall P. Wilder. Some years ago the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society introduced this plan of competition, and, we believe, was the first horticultural society to do so. For some reason this was subsequently abandoned. We are glad that the Massachusetts Horticultural Society is continuing the plan of limiting the sizes of pots. Competition is to encourage good gardening; and the highest test of skill is to grow plants well in limited space.