MISSOURI BOTANICAL GARDEN BULLETIN 67 
given certain specifications to follow. The dimensions of the 
grounds and the nature of the subjects treated, whether to be 
a garden only or to contain the house and other buildings, 
should be stated. The selection of the materials to use should 
be left to the exhibitor. 
All flower shows contemplating exhibits of miniature gar- 
dens should issue their premium schedules sufficiently early 
to give the exhibitors an opportunity to study the class in 
which they wish to enter. To be worthy of the name minia- 
ture gardens need much thoughtful consideration both as to 
design and materials to use. To secure the proper materials 
and build the gardens require a great deal of time, at least 
three months being needed. If final premium schedules can- 
not be issued this far in advance some provision should be 
made to issue preliminary schedules covering the miniature 
gardens. It would be interesting to have a class permitting 
the exhibitor to use natural materials or a combination of nat- 
ural and artificial materials. In this case a garden ona larger 
scale should be allowed, as many growing plants are too large 
for a garden on a scale of one-quarter inch to the foot. 
Some uniform scale of points on which the miniature gar- 
dens are judged should be adopted. It would be interesting 
to know on what points the models were judged at the various 
shows this year. The following is a suggestion of a seale of 
points: 
MINIATURE GARDEN SCORE CARD 
Design: 
(Originality, proportion, color harmony).......... 25 per cent 
Plantings: 
(Proper arrangement and selection of trees, shrub- 
Dery ede: and Dower Deds)......cscccsesscuvesse 25 per cent 
Materials: 
(Materials used that best represent what they por- 
ME eee cia dais A a%s (6 oe oye eb 0.0 88 Siew wee are bie’ a Reece 25 per cent 
Workinanship: 
(Perfection of execution in every detail).......... 25 per cent 
100 per cent 
