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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 43, 19 February 1877, Page 3

! NELSON" INSTITUTE. ~"X" THE ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING of the Members of the Nel&on Institute* will be held on WEDNESDAY, 28th ! February, at half-past Seven o'clock p.m. V Business.* To receive the Annual Report and Balance ; Sheet of the Institute and Museum, aud to appoint Officers for ihe cur- ; rent year. '.' .... ' By order of the Committee, • : JOHN PERCYHoi. Secretary. N.B. — The attention of the, Miembe-'S, is directed to Rule 25, relating to the Election bf Officers of the Institute Ne'son, February 15, 1875. 553-3 '..NELSON jjORTICULTURAL gOCIETY. SECOND SHOW, FRIDAY, 2nd MARCH, 1877. LIST OF PRIZES, j Plants in Pots. a First Prize. Second Prize £ s. a. £ s.- a. Best Fuchsia ..-. ...0 3.0 — „ 3 Fuchsias ... 0 5 0 0,3 0 „ 6 „ 0 6 0 04 .0 „ 3 Geraniums ... 0 5 0 0 4 0 „ 3 Fancy „ ... 0 5 0 0 4 0 „ 3 Zouale „ ... 0 5 0 0 4. 0 „ Doub c Ge.-anium 0 4 0 — „ 3 „ „ ... 0 6 0 0 4 0 „ Gloxinia 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ Rose 0 3 0 — „ 3 Ro3es 0 6 0 0 4 0 „' 3 Single Petunias 0 4 0 — „ 3 Double „ 0 6 0 0 4 0 „ 3 Balsams ... 0 4 0 — „ 3 Coleus 0 6 0 0 4 0 „ 3 Pe\-enia! Plants for wbich no separate poizes are offered 0 6 0 0 4 0 Cut Flowers. Best 3 Roses 0 5 0 0 3 0 „ 6 „ ...... 0 6 0 0 4 0 „12 „ 07 6 0 5 0 „ 2 Dahlias 0 5 0 0 3 0 „ 6 „ .060 040 „ 6 Asiers 0 4 0 0 3 0 „12 „ 0 5 0 0 4 0 „ Stand of Flowers 0 7 6 0 5 0 „ Table BouiiUefc ... 0 5 0 o'4 0 „ Haud Bouquet ... 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ Design in Flowers 0 7 6 0 5 0 Fruit. „ Bunch Black Grapes 7 6 0 5 0 „ Bui n x White do 0 7 6 0 5 0 „ 3 Bunches Grapes (sorts) 0 10 0 0 6 0 „ Bunch of Black Grapes (grown outdoors) ... 0 5 0 0 4 0 „ Bunch of Whito Grapes do ... 0 5 0 0 4 0 „ 3 Bunches sorts, do 0 6 0 0 5 0 „ .6 Peaches... ... 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ 6 Nectarines •'..; 0 4 0 .0 3 0 „ Dish Plums ... 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ Dessert Apples ... 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ Kic'ien'do ... 0 4 o 0 3 0 „ Keeping, do ... 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ Collection of Apples (12 varieties t named) 0 .6 0 0 5 0 „ Disi of Pears ... 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ Dish Keeping Pears 4 0 0 3 0 „ Collection of Pears (12 varieties named) 6 0 0 5 0 „ D*'s i Almonds ... 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ D*«.h Filberts ... 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ Dish Cobnuts ... 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ Walnuts 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ Quinces ... ... 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ Medlars 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ Melon 0 5 0 0 4 0 „ Water Melon ... 0 3 0 — „ Arranged Basket br Stand of Fruit 0 7 6 0 5 0 Vegetables. Best Dish Peas 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ Dish French Beans 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ 3 Cauliflowers ... 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ 3 Cabbages ... 0 3 0 — „ 3 Red do 0 3 0 -~ „ 3 Red Beet ... 0 3 0 — „ 3 Lettuces ... 0 3 0 „ 3 Heads Celery ... 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ 6 Carrots „, 0 3 0 — „ -6 Onions , ... 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ Crcumber ... 0 4 6 0 3 0 - „ Brace of Cucumbers 6 0 04 0 : „ 6 Parsnips .... 0 3 0 - — „ Vegetable Marrow 0 3 0 — „ Pumpkin ... 0 3 0 — „ "Dish Tomatoes ... 0 3 0 '< — „ 3 Sticks Rhubarb 0 3 0 :-_Y-'| Extra prizes will be given, but no prize willbe awarded unless the production be cohs'dered of sutficieni merit by the Judges/ V REGULATIONS. . Tte annual subscription shall become due on the Ist of July in each year, and sba'-l not be -ess than 10s, which shall entitle the subscriber and his family; on production of his .ticket aj-the door, to be admitted to the shows. Non-subscribers may exhibit, and will be entitled to prizes. Every production except cut flowers, must be iv the room before 10 o'clock a.m., and cut flowers by half-past 10. Every exhibitor must deliver a list of his specimens with his name to the - Secretaiy, who will give him a number to be affixed to each of his specimens. ; Every exhibitor must aflixto each specimen a ticket stating for which prize it i 3 exhibitedNo greater number of articles shall be exhibited for a prize than required by the list, but an exhibitor may send several sets- for the same prize, provided they be of different varieties or species. . No exhibitor can take the second prize if the first has been awarded to him, and no person can take on the same day more thau three prizes for cut flofrers of roses. - Every plaut shown in pot must have been so grown for at least two months previously, Every production except bouquets and stands of flowers, must be grown by the exhibitor. Every production shown as a seedling must have been raised by the exhibitor. Not more than one plaut or flower of the some variety can be exhibited for the same prize. Exhibitors are requested to affix the names of their specimens to the exhibits. No person except the Secretary and his assistant, will be allowed iv the room while the Judges are awarding the prizes. The Exhibition will be open from Two until Five in the afternoon, and from Seven until Nine o'clock in the evening, ancl no article shall be removed without the consent of the Secretary, nor until the room is cleared of visitors. Non-subscribers will be admitted to the Show on payment of One Shilliug each. HENRY ADAMS, 495 Hon Sec.