Mr. C. Eisele, Philadelphia, says: " Allow me to call your attention to an error in the May number of the Gardeners' Monthly, in reference to the Holland Medals awarded at the Spring Exhibition of the Pennsylvania Horticultural Society. You mention a Silver medal awarded for twenty-five varieties of Hyacinths to Mr. Warne. Now a mistake like this should not occur in a magazine like the Monthly.

"In the first place, there was no silver medal awarded at all; the first prize was a gold medal, the second, a silver gilt medal; the silver medal was not awarded for the simple reason there was no third competitor. Second, There was no medal offered for twenty-five varieties, but for fifty named varieties. Third, Mr. Warne could not have been a competitor for the Holland Prizes, even if he wanted to, for they were offered for nurserymen, seedsmen, and florists only.

" The schedule for the Holland Medals as above stated, were for fifty named bulbs in fifty pots, the collection which took the gold medal had several duplicates and some varieties were not named at all. Did the judges overlook this point?

[We have to regret that any error occurred; we can only say in extenuation that it is extremely difficult for a reporter to tell "what is what" in matters of this kind. Plants are crowded together, no one can tell how many are " for competition " or what number are mixed with them, merely to "add to the beauty of the hall." A "first premium" set of hyacinths may be mixed up with a lot of Jonquils or variegated plants, and the second premium lot, perhaps among a lot of roses belonging to somebody else a hundred yards away. The visitor has nothing to guide him; and as for telling whether the varieties are wrongly named or unaccessible places, that have to be hunted for like as for a needle in a hay mow, and when found illegible from age in many cases, render any attempt at getting a list of names out of the question. Mr. Eisele's plants were not like this, as he is one of the more careful kind; but so many are that the only wonder is that the reporters or judges are able to do as well as they generally do. - Ed. G. M].