40 PREMIUMS OFFERED BY THE SOCIETY IN 1868. 



Cottages or Gardens. The Eeports to be lodged with the Secretary on or 

 before the 15th October 1868. 



Applied for by 



The Mauchline Horticultural Society. 



Sir George Macpherson Grant, Bart. 



Breadalbane and Weem Horticultural Society. 



West Linton Horticultural Society. 



Culross Horticultural Society. 



Dunning Horticultural Society. 



Cumbrae Horticultural Society. 



Logiealmond and Glenalmond Horticultural Society. 



IMPROVING EXISTING COTTAGES. 



To the Proprietor in Scotland who shall report the Improve- 

 ment of the greatest number of Cottages in the years 1865, 1866, 

 and 1 8 6 7— The Gold Medal. 



BUILDING NEW COTTAGES. 



To the Proprietor in Scotland who shall report the Erection of 

 the greatest number of approved Cottages during the years 1864, 

 1865, 1866, and 1867— The Gold Medal. 



RULES OF COMPETITION. 



1. Claims for the above Premiums must be lodged with the Secretary on 

 or before the 1st of October next, to allow an inspection to be made of the 

 different Cottages. The inspection will be conducted by a Committee of the 

 Society's Members, and Eeports must be transmitted to the Secretary on or 

 before the 1st November. 



2. The annual value of the Cottage or Cottages separately, with the garden 

 ground, must not exceeed £5. 



3. In estimating the claims of the Competitors, the following points will 

 be kept in view : — The external appearance of the Cottages ; their inter- 

 nal accommodation ; the arrangements of the out-houses ; the means of 

 drainage and ventilation ; and the expense of the building or of the altera- 

 tion, compared with its durability and accommodation. When the Cottages 

 of one Competitor are superior in style and comfort to those of another, 

 though not so numerous, the Inspectors will give them the preference, pro- 

 vided they amount at least to three, arid have been erected at a moderate 

 expense. 



4. Parties competing will forward to the Society Plans, Specifications, 

 and Estimates, of which, and of all information sent therewith, copies may be 

 taken for publication, if the Society shall see fit, and the originals returned to 

 the parties within six months, if desired. 



ACCOMMODATION FOR FARM SERVANTS. 



To the Proprietor in Scotland who shall have erected on his 

 estate the most approved Farm-buildings in reference to the 

 proper accommodation of Farm-servants — The Gold Medal. 



Eeports, Plans, and Specifications to be lodged by the 1st Novem- 

 ber 1868. 



