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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIII, Issue 17, 19 January 1878, Page 3

; j 1 I^/|"ESSRS. M'MECKAN, A tL& ixl BLACKWOOD, AND ?BwKSHk COMPANY'S Line of Splendid «Mi^STEAMSE[IPS — OMEO, TARARUA, ALHAMBRA, ALBION, CLAUD HAMILTON, RINGAROOMA, ARAWATA, &c, &c, are ap* poiuted fco leave Nelson, booking aa follows ?— - --JANUARY. 20th— RINGAROOMA, for Wellington, ; Lyttelton, Duoedin, Bluff, Melbourne, and Adelaide, on TO-MORROW, SUNDA?, MOKNING, at 8 o'clock. 27th— ALH AM BRA, lor Westport, Greymouth, Hokttika, Melbourne, Adelaide. 3Qth— ALtilON, for Wellington, Lyttelton, Dunedin, Bluff, Melbourne, and Adelaide. EEBRUARY. 3rd— TARARUA, for Melbourne, via Weetport, Greymouth, and Hokitika ; bookalso for Adelaide. EXCURSION RETURN TICKETS to MELBuURNE and BACK available until 28th FEBRUARY, will be issued to 31at January, at— Saloon, £17 10s ; Steerage, £8 108.; and Coastwise in New Zealand, :where these Steamers call, 30 Plilß CENT. { OtfF Double Fares. i WOOL booked through to LONDON at O3SE PENNY per lb. T. CAWTERON, Agenl, .*9OB Government Wharf. ! NELSON HOETICULTUEAL SOCIETY / SECOND SHOW, .FRIDAY, Ist MARCH, 1878. LIST OF~PEIZES. i Plants in Pots. ' Ist Prize. 2ud Prize li £ s. d. £ s. d. Best Fuchsia ... ... o 3 o 1 „ 3 Fuchsias ... 0 5 0 0 3 0 : jj 6« do ... 0 6 0 0 4 0 „ 3 Geraniums ..05 0 0 40 „ 3 Fancy do ..050 040 [ „ 3 Zoaale do ... 0 5 9 0 4 0 „ Double do ... 0 4 0 — I „ 3 do do ... 0 6 0 0 4 0 I ' „ Gloxinia 0 4 0 0 3 0 ; „ Rose 0 3 0 — . „ 3 Roses 0 6 0 0 4 0 „ 3 Singe Petunias 0 4 0 [ „ 3 Double do ... 0 6 0 0 4 0 „ 3 Balsams 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ 3 Coleis .060 040 „ 3 Perennial Plants foj which no separate prizes are offered 0 6 0 0 4 0 Cat Flowers. Best 3 Roses 0 5 0 0 3 0 „6d006 0 0 4 0 „ 12 do 0 7 6 0 5 0 ■ „ 3 Dahlias .050 030 „6d006 0 0 4 0 ' „ 6 Asters 0 4 0 0 3 0 '„ 12 do ... .... 0 5 0 0 4 0 „ Stand of Flowers 0 7 6 0 5 0 „ Trble Bouquet ... 0 5 0 0 4 0 „ Haud Bouquet ... 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ Design in Flowers 0 7 6 0 5 0 Fruit. Best Bunch Black Grapes 7 6 0 5 0 „ do 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 White Grapes do ..050 040 „ 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 „ Kitchen do ... 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ Keeping- do, named 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ Collection of Apples (6 varieties) named 0 6 0 0 5 0 „ Dish of Pears ... 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ do Keeping do, named 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ Collection of Pears ( six varieties ), named 0 6 0 0 5 0 „ Dish of Almonds... 0 4 0 0 3 0' „ do Filber s ... 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ do 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 or Stand of Fruit... 0 7 6 0 5 0 Vegetables, Best Dish Peas ... 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ do French Beans 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ 3 Cauliflowers ... 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ 3 Cabbages ... 0 3 0 — „ 3 Rod 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 Onions 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ 6 Carrots 0 3 0 — • „ Cucumber 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ Brace of Cucumbers 0 5 0 0 4 0 „ 6 Parsnips 0 3 0 — „ 3 sticks Rhubarb... 0 3 0 -^ „ Vegetable Marrow 0 3 0 — „ Pumpkin ... ... 0 8 0 — „ 6 Tonmtos 0 3 0 — REGULATIONS. The annual subscription shall become due on the Ist of July in each year, aud shall not be less than 10s, which shall entitle the subscriber aud his family, on produc ion of his ticket at the door, to be admitted to the shows. Non-subscribers may exhibit, and will be entitled to prizes. Every production, except cut flowers, must