; NELSON iWORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. ! FIRST SHOW. iTUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY November 20th and 21st, 1877. LIST OF PRIZES, TUESDAY, 20th NOVEMBER}. Hants in Bloom in Pots--Ist Prize. 2nd Prize, _ £ -.* d. £ 3. d. Best Fuchsia 0 3 0 — J,, 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 .. 010 0 0 6 0 ; „ 3 Fancy do ... 0 6 0 0 4 0 » 6 do do ... 0 7 6 0 5 0 „ Double do ... 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ Seedling do ... 04 0 03 0 „ Erica 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ 3 Ericas (varieties) 0 6 0 0 4 0 „ Single Petunia ...0 3 0 . , „ 3 do Petunias... 0 5 0 0 3 0 „ Double do ... 0 4 0 — , „ S do do ... 0 6 0 0 4 0 „ Herbaceous Calceolaria ... 0 5 0 0 4 0 „ 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 — »3d005 0 0 3 0 „ Azalea ... ... 0 3 0 — „ 3 Azaleas ... 0 5 0 0 3 0 „ 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 .'O4O 030 . „ 3 Roses 0 6 0 0 4 0 »6d007 6 0 5 0 „ 12 do 010 0 0 7 6 , 24 do 015 0 0 10 0 » 36 do 10 0 0 15 0 „ 6 Trusses Geraniums 0 3 0 — „ 6 Picotees or Carnations... ... 0 4 0 — . „ 6 May Pinks ... 0 4 0 — „ 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 j, do Apples ... 0 6 0 0 4 0 s, 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 Pranges 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 ... 04 0 0 3 0 „ 3 Cabbages ... 0 3 0 „ 3 Cos Lettuce i... 0 3 0 — „ 3 Cabbage do ... 0 3 0 — „ Dish Broad Beans 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 — ,i „ Turnips ... 0 3 0 — „ Dish Sea Kale ... 0 3 0 — „ Spinach ... 0 3 0 — WEDNESDAY, 21sx NOVEMBER. Cut Flowers. . Besfc Rose 0.4 0 0 3 0 ,'„ 3 Roses 0 6 0 0 4 0 » 6do 0 7 6 6 5 0 ii 12 do 010 0 0 7 6 ,i 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 thau 10s, which shall entitle the subscriber and his family, on production of his ticket at the door, to be admitted to the shows. Non-subscribers may exhibit, and willbe 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 fco each of his specimens. Every exhibitor must affix to each specimen a ticket stating for which prize ifc i 3 exhibited. No 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 fche first; has been awarded to him, and no person can take on fche same day more than three prizes for cufc flowers of roses. Every plant shown in pofc must have been so grown for afc least two months proviously. Every production except bouquets and stands of flowers must be grown by fche exhibitor. Every production shown as a seedling must have been raised by fche exhibitor. Not more than one plant or flower of the same variety can 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 fche 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 i 3 cleared of visitors. Non-subscribers will be admitted to the Show on payment of One Shilling each. HENRY ADAMS, Hon. Sec. SUBURBAN NORTH ROAD BOARD. NOTICE is hereby given that a RA.TE of NINEPENCE in the Pound on the value of the Rateable Property of the District for the year ending Slsfc March, 1878, has been struck, and will be payable on and a.ter the Ist December nexfc, to Mr C. H. Mae-IN. B. H. DARNELL, | 4323—6 Chairman of the Board.
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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XII, Issue 274, 19 November 1877, Page 4
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