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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 255, 27 October 1877, Page 3

NELSON" | TTORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. FIEST SHOW. TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, Noveniher 20th and 21st, 1877. LIST OF PHIZES, TUESDAY, 20th NOVEMBER. * Plants in Bloom in Pots. Ist Prize. 2nd Prize. w „ £ s. d. £ s. d. Best Fuchsia 0 3 0 ,„ 3 Fuchsia ... 0 6 0 0 4 0 „ Geranium ... 0 5 0 0 3 0 „ 3 Geraniums ... 0 7 6 0 5 0 » 6 do .. 0 10 0 0 6 0 „ 3 Fancy do ... 0 8 0 0 4 0 » 6 do do ... 0 7 6 0 5 0 „ Double do ... 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ Seedling do ... 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ Erica 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ 3 Ericas (varieties) 0 6 0 0 4 0 j, Single Petunia ... 0 3 0 — „ 3do Petunias ... 0 5 0 0 3 0 „ Double do ... o 4 0 — „ 3 do do ... 0 6 0 0 4 0 „ Herbaceous Calceolaria ... 0 5 0 0 4 0 i, 3do do ... 0 7 6 0 5 0 .» Rose 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ 3 Roses 0 6 0 0 4 0 „ Cineraria 0 4 0 » 3 do 0 5 0 0 3 0 „ Azalea 0 3 0 •— . „ 3 Azaleas ... 0 5 o o 3 o „ Cactus 0 5 0 0 4 0 „ 3 Cacti (varieties) 010 0 0 7 6 „ Gloxinia 0 4 0 0 3 0 Cut Flowers. » Rose 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ 3 Roses 0 6 0 0 4 0 »6d007 6 0 5 0 » 12 do 0 10 0 0 7 6 „ 24 do 0 15 0 0 10 0 >, 3G do 10 0 0 15 0 „ 6 Trusses Geraniums 0 3 0 „ 6 Picotees or Carnations . ... 0 4 o „ 6 May Pinks ... 0 4 0 — j, 6 Pansies.,. ... 0 3 0 — „ 6 Verbenas ..040 „ Stand Flowers ... 0 7 6 0 5 0 „ Table Bouquet ... 0 5 0 0 4 0 „ Hand do ... 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ Brides do ... 0 4 0 0 3 0 Fruit. „ Dish of Strawberries 0 6 0 0 4 0 „ Dish of Cherries... 0 6 0 0 4 0 „ do Apples ... 0 6 0 0 4 0 j, do Nuts ... 0 6 0 0 4 0 „ do Chesnuts 0 6 0 0 4 0 „ do Walnuts... 0 6 0 0 4 0 „ 3 Oranges 0 6 0 0 4 0 „ 3 Lemons 0 6 0 0 4 0 „ 3 Citrons 0 6 0 0 5 0 „ Dish of Almonds 0 6 0 0 4 0 „ Pint of Gooseberries 0 4 0 0 3 0 Vegetables. Best Dish of Round Potatoes ... 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ Dish of Kidney Potatoes ... 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ 3 Cauliflowers ... 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ 3 Cabbages ... 0 3 0 „ 3 Cos Lettuce ..,030 — „ 3 Cabbage do ... 0 3 0 — „ Dish Broad Beaus 0 3 0 „ „ French do .. 0 3 0 — „ „ Peas „., 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ Cucumber ... 0 4 o 0 3 0 „ Brace Cucumbers 0 6 0 0 4 0 „ 3 Sticks Rhubarb 0 3 0 „ Bunch Carrots ... 0 3 8 — „ „ Turnips ... 0 3 0 — „ Dish Sea Kale ...0 3 0 — „ „ Spinach ... 0 3 0 — WEDNESDAY, 21st NOVEMBER. Cut; Flowers. Best Rose ... ... 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ 3 Roses 0 6 0 0 4 0 » 6do 0 7 6 0 5 0 „ 12 do 0 10 0 0 7 6 „ 24 do 0 15 0 0 10 0 „ 36 do 10 0 0 15 0 „ Hand Bouquet ... 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ Stand Flowers ... 0 7 6 0 5 0 Extra prizes will be given, but no prize will be awarded unless the production be considered of sufficient merit by the Judges.

REGULATIONS. The annual subscription shall become due on the Ist of July in each year, and shall not be less than 10s, which shall entitle the subscriber and his family, on production of his ticket at the door, to be admitted to the shows. Nou subscribers may exhibit, and will be entitled to prizes. Every production except cut flowers, must be in 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 Secretary, who will give him a number to be affixed to each of his specimens. Every exhibitor must .affix to each specimen a ticket stating for which prize it is exhibited. No greater number of articles shall he 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 tiian three prizes for cut flowers of roses. Every plant shown in pot must have been so grown for at least two months previously. Every production except bouquets and stands of flowers inusfc be grown by the exhibitor. Every production shown a3 a seedling must have been raised by the exhibitor. Not more than one plant or flower of the same variety cau be exhibited for the same prize. Exhibitors are requested to affix the names of their specimens to their exhibits. Roses must be named. No person except the Secretary and his assistant will be allowed in the room while the Judges are awarding the prizes. No plants in tins will be admitted. The Exhibition will be open from Two until > Five in the afternoon, and from Seven until Nine o'clock in the evening, and 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 Shilling each. HENRY ADAMS, Hon. Sec. FOR SALE. TO BE SOLD (for removal) tha GRASS in th it Pa ;djck opposite Messrs. H soper aud Djdsou'f. 4130—3 App'y BRIDGE END. NKLSON SAVINGS BANK. MONEY to LEND on Freehold Security. Apply to El. D. JACKSOS, , Manager.