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Nelson Evening Mail, Volume XIV, Issue 262, 15 November 1879, Page 2

"nrORTICULTURAX SOCIETY. FIRST SHOW TUESDAY AND WEDNESDAY, November 25th and 26th, 1879. LIST OF PHIZES. TUESDAY, 25tu NOVEMBER. Plants in Bloom in Pots. lat Prize. 2nd Prize. „ , . £ s. d. £ s. d. Best Fuchsia 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ 3 Fuchsias 0 6 0 0 4 o „ Geranium 0 3 0 0 3 0 „ 3 Geraniums ... 0 7 6 0 5 0 » 6 do ... 010 0 0 6 O „ Double Geranium... 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ Seedling Geranium 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ Erica 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ 3 Ericas (varieties) 0 6 0 0 4 0 „ Single Petunia ... 0 3 0 „ 3do do ... 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ Double do ... 0 4 0 — „ 3 Double do ... 0 6 0 0 4 0 „ Herbaceous Calceolaria, ... 0 5 0 0 4 O „ 3do do 0 7 6 0 5 0 3, Rose 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ 3 Roses 0 6 0 0 4 0 „ 3 Cinerarias ... 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ Azalea 0 3 0 »3d005 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. Best Rose 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ 3 Roses 0 6 0 0 4 0 « 6 do 0 7 6 0 5 0 » 12 do 010 0 0 7 6 „ 24 do 015 0 010 0 „ 36 do 1 0 0 015 0 „ 6 Trusses Geraniums 0 3 0 — „ 6 Picotees or Carnations 0 4 0 „ 6 May Pinks ... 0 4 0 „ 6 Pansies o 3 0 — „ Verbenas 0 4 0 „ Stand of Flowers... 0 7 6 0 5 0 „ Table Bouquet ... 0 5 0 0 4 0 „ Hand Bouquet ... 0 4 0 0 30 „ Bride's do ... 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ Button-hole do ... 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ Hand Bouquet made by Girls under 14 yeais of age 0 4 0 0 3 0 Fruit. .} Best Dish Strawberries 0 6.0 040 „ Dish of Cherries ... 0 6 0 0 4 0 „ Dish of Apples ...0 6 0 0 4 0 „ Dish of Pears ... 0 6 0 0 4 0 „ Dish of Nuts ... 0 6 0 04 0 „ Dish of Chestnuts 0 6 0 0 4 0 „ Dish of Walnuts ... 0 6 0 0 4 0 „ 3 Oranges ... ...060040 „ 3 Lemons 0 6 0 0 4 0 „ 3 Citrons 0 6 0 0 4 0 „ Dish of Almonds... 0 6 0 0 4 0 „ Pint Gooseberries... 0 3 9 0-4 Q Vegetables. Best Dish of Round Potatoes 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ Dish of Kidneys do 0 4 0 0. 3 0 „ 3 Cauliflowers ... 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ 3 Cabbages ... o 3 0 -k' , „ 3 Cos Lettuce ... 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 0 0 3 0 „ Brace Cucumbers... 0 6 0 0 4 0 „ 3 Sticks Rhubarb... 0 3 0 — - „ Bunch Carrots ... 0 3 0 — „ „ Turnips ... 0 3 0 — „ „ Sea Kale ...0 3 0 — „ Dish Spinach ... 0 3 0 — WEDNESDAY, 26th NOVEMBEB^ Cut Flowers. Ist Prize. 2ndPrir#. „ „ £ s. d. £ s. d. BestSose 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ 3do 0 6 0 0 4 0 „ 6 Roses 0 7 6 0 5 0 „ 12 Roses ... .. 010 0 0 7 6 » 24 „ 015 0 010 0 » 36 „ 1 0 0 015 0 „ Hand Bouquet ... 0 4 0 0 3 0 „ Stand Flowers ...0 7 6 0.-'fi'^S Extra Prizes will be given, but no prizes 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, which shall entitle the subscriber and his family, on production of bis ticket at the door, to be admitted to the shows. Non-subscribers may exhibit, and will be entitled to prizes. Every production except cnt flowers most be in the room before 10 o'clock ajn., and cut flowers by half-pas,t 10. , ■ - Every exhibitor must deliver a list of his specimens with his name to the Secretary, who will give him a number to «ffly 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 be exhibited for a prize than required by the list, but an exhibitor may send several seta -for the same prize, provided they be of different varieties or species. . - , r t No exhibitor can take the second jirize if the first has been awarded to him, mid no person can take on the same day more tSan three prizes for cut flowers of roses. s "" :i Every plant shown in a pot must have been so grown for at least two months previously. Every production, except bouquets and Btands of flowers, must have been grown by the exhibitor. Every production shown as a seedling must have been raised by the exhibftor.' 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 the exhibits. Roses must be named. All prizes must be claimed before the 30th June, or they will be forfeited to the Society. ' -: 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 o'clock 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. Secretary. SALE OF WORK. Hardy-streets Wesleyan Sunday-school. THE above will be beld (sr.) on TUESDAY and WEDNEBD4Y, Deoraibjr 1 6 and 17. Contributions will be received at the Parsonage. Friends kindly Invited to communicate as early aapoaeible. 845Q-4