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NELSON TTORTICULTORAL SOCIETY. SECOND SHOW. TUESDAY, 4th MARCH, 1879. LIST OF PRIZES. Plants in Pots. Ist 2nd Prize. Prize. Best Fuchsia ... ... 3 0 „ 3 Fuchsias 50 3 0 „ 6 Fuchsias 6 0 40 „ 3 Geraniums 5 0 40 „ 3 Fancy Geraniums... 5 0 40 „ 3 Zoual Geraniums... 5 0 4 0 „ Double Geraniums ... 4 0 „ 3 Double Geraniums.. 6 0 40 „ Gloxinia 4 0 30 „ Rose 3 0 — „ 3 Roses 6 0 40 „ 3 Single Tetunias ... 4 0 30 „ 3 Double Petunias ... 6 0 4. 0 „ 3 Balsams 4 0 30 „ 3 Coleus 6 0 40 „ Begonia 4 0 30 „ 3 Begonias 6 0 40 „ 3 Perennial Plants for . which no separate prize is offered ...6 0 40 Out Flowers. Best 3 Roses ... ... 5 ' 0 30 „ 6'Roses ... ... 610 40 „ 12 Roses 7 6 50 „ 3 Dahlias 5 0 30 „ 6 Dahlias 6 0 40 „ 6 Quilled Asters ... 4 0 30 „ 12 Quilled Asters ... 5 0 '40 „ 6 Flat Petalled Asters 4.0 30 „ 12 Flat Petalled Asters 5 0 4 0 „ Stand of Flowers ... 7 6 5' 0 „ Table Bouquet ... 5 0 40 „ Hand Bouquet ... 4 0 30 „ Design in Flowers ... 7 6 So Fruit. Best Bunch Black Grapes 7 6 5 0 „ Bunch White Grapes 7 6 50 „ 3 Bunches Grapes (sorts) ... ... 10 0 6 0 „ Bunch Black Grapes grown outdoors ... 5 0 40 „ Bunch Wbite Grapes grown outdoors ... 5 0 40 „ 3 Bunches sorts grown outdoors ... 6 0 5 0 „ 6 Peaches 4 0 30 „ 6 Nectarines 4 0 3 q „ Dish Plums 4 0 30 „ Dessert Apples ... 4 0 30 „ Kitchen Apples ... 4 0 30 „ Keeping Apples, named .„ ... 4 0 3 0 „ Collection of Apples (six varieties) named 6 0 50 „ Dish of Pears ... 4 Q 30 „ Dish Keeping Pears named 40 3 0 „ Collection of Pears (6 varieties) named 6 0 5 0 „ Dish Filberts ... 4 0 3 0 „ Dish Cobnuts ... 4 0 30 „ Dish Walnut3 ... 4 0 30 „ 3 Oranges 50 4 0 „ 3 Lemons 5 0 4 0 „ Quinces 40 3 0 „ Medlars 40 3 0 „ Melon 50 4 0 „ Water Melons ... 3 0 — „ Arranged Basket or Stand of Fruit ... 7 6 5 0 Vegetables. Best Dish Peas ... ... 4 0 3 0 „ Dish French Beans... 4 0 30 „ 3 Cauliflowers ... 4 0 3 0 „ 3 Cabbdges ...'3 0-' „ 3 Red Cabbages ... 3 0 „ 3Redße-et 3 0 — „ 3 Lettuces 3 0 „ Turnips 3 0 „ 3 Heads Celery ... 4 0 3 0 „ 6 Onions ... ... 4 0 3 0 „ 6 Caxrots 3 0 — „ Cucumber ... 4 0 3 0 „ Brace Crcumbers ... 5 0 4 0 „ 6 Parsnips ... 3 0 — „ 3 Sticks Rhubarb ... 3 0 „ Vegetable Marrow ... 3 0 — „ Pumpkin 3 0 — „ 6 Tomatos 3 0 — Non-subscribers may exhibit, and will be entitled to prizes. Every production, except' cut flowers, must he 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 bis specimens. Every exhibitor must affix to each specimen a ticket, stating for which prize it is exhibited. No greater number of articles- shall -be ; exhibited for il, pri2e than' required by the list, b*ot an exhibitor may send several sets for the same priie, prof idedi they be of differeiikvafietses or spieciesi ' No exhibitor can take the second prize if the first has been awarded tof him, and no person can take on the same day, more than > three prizes for cut flowers of roses. Every plant shown in a pot must have been so grown for at least two months previously. Every production',*' except bouquets 1 and stands of flowers, must have been grown by the'exHibitor/ Every production shown as a seedling i must have been raised by the exhibitor. Notfmore than one-plant* or 'flower vdf7the • same Variety can be* exhibited for tb# e-ihie * prize}, x r E.<hibito*rs are-recfuestccl-to affix the names ' of their specimens to the. exhibits. Roses muafc-be named. All prttes must be^claSseUibefore the 30th ' Jtfneortbe-jrwfllbe'forfeiteaito the Society. No person except the Secretary and his assistant -will be -allowed in /the^room while thd Judg^l irfe" awarding ihe-^iizesV No plants in tins will be admitted. The exhibition will be open from TWO until FIVE o'clock in tbe afternoon and from SEVEN -NINE -ofdofewi the evening ; aha n& article khm b#reiboVed » witbdut the consent of the S«cr£tafey, rior until the room is cleared of visitors. Non-subscribers will -"be admitted to the Show on payment of One ShlUiiig (&ch. HENRY ADAMS, 218 Hon. Sec. GOOD ACCOMMODATION for Gentle men and Private' Rb'ouft for Families at Mrs. ABKBW'S, Hose-Lodge, Nile^str 67 Ballarat Art Union 20,000 Tickets at £1 each, 4000 PB&R& ) FB&k fUy-l'TOi £2000. THE DRAWING WILL TIKE PLAOB On MONDAY, thi 24th MARCH. AUTHORISED 80LB AGKNT FOE NELSON: MB. W. M. STANTQKJ. - Art Unto* Gffioe^Mfc&nM^tUute,

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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 41, 17 February 1879, Page 4

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Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 41, 17 February 1879, Page 4

Page 4 Advertisements Column 2 Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 41, 17 February 1879, Page 4

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