This will be held in the horticultural department of the Bath and West of England Society's Show at Tunbridge Wells, commencing on Monday, June 6th. Notice from those desiring to compete should be given to the secretary of the horticultural department, the Hon. and Rev. F. T. Boscawen, Show Yard, Tunbridge Wells. All exhibits should be staged on the morning of Monday, not later than twelve o'clock. The following prizes are offered for the first year's exhibition, and are (except the last two for market growers in Kent) open to growers in any part of the United Kingdom.

Prizes For Gardeners In Private Places

For the best bundle of Asparagus grown by the exhibitor : 1st prize, ,£4; 2d, £2, 10s.; 3d, £l, 10s.; 4th, £l. The bundle of Asparagus is to consist of sixty heads. The prizes will be given to the largest Asparagus, provided it be in all other respects unobjectionable. Prizes will not be given where, in the opinion of the judge, there is no merit. The Asparagus must be free of earth, and the bundles will be opened by the judges in all cases where they think it well to do so. No imperfect or "double" heads will count.

Prizes For Amateurs Not Employing Any Regular Gardener

For the best fifty heads, £2, 10s.; 2d, £1, 10s.; 3d, 15s. Grown by the exhibitor.

Prizes For Cottagers

For the best twenty-five heads grown by the exhibitor, £l, 10s.; 2d, £l; 3d, 10s.; 4th, 5s.

Prizes For Market Growers

For the market grower who shall exhibit the best three bundles, each containing one hundred heads, £5, 5s. This prize is offered by the Bath and West of England Society. For the market grower in the county of Kent who shall exhibit the two best bundles of Asparagus, each containing one hundred heads : 1st prize, £3, 3s.; 2d, £2, 2s.

Bedding Tropaeolum Worsley Hall Variety

This is the most effective of all the compact Nasturtiums that we have seen, and for small beds is no doubt the best in cultivation.