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MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



For the 9d best do. do 



Class II.— For the Ijest eighteen dissimilar bioonis,. . 



For 1 he 2d best do. do., 



Cass III. — For the best twelve dissimilar blooms,. . . 



For the 2d best do. do 



JlEKBACKOus-l'ERENNlAl-s.For the best display through 

 the siasuM. the Society's Silver Medal, 



For the Sd best do 



For the 3d best do., 



An.nuals.— For the best display through the seasoji, 

 the Society's Silver Medal 



For the 2d best display, 



For the 3d best do , 



Camellias —To be awarded 2d Saturday in Feb. 



For the best twelve varieties of cut flowers, with 



foliage, 



For the 2d best do , 



Chinese Primkose — To be awarded 2d Sat in Fel). 



For the best six varieties in pols 



For the 2d best do. do 



Green- H 'Use Azaleas —To be awarded 2d Saturday 

 in March 



For the best six varieties in pots, 



For the 2d best do. do., 



Shrubby Plants.— For the best display, durnig the 



For lliK 2d best do. do.,. 

 For the 3d best do. do., . 



PREMIUMS TO BE AWARDED AT WEEKLY 

 HIBITIONS. 



For the best six Pot Plants, of dilTerent varieties, 



For the 2d best do., 



For the best largo Bouquet lor vases or parlor, com- 

 posed of flowers gracefully an aiiged, 



For the 2d best do 



For the best pair of Bouquets, of any description, 



For the 2d best do., 



PRE.MiUMS FOR VEGETABLES. 

 Asi'aragus- Fortlie earliest and best, not less than 



three bunches, 



For the 2d best do., 



Beets— For the best (pure bloou beet,) during the 



season, not less than twelve roots, 



Brococli— For the best three heads, 



Beans.— For the best and earliest peck of siring Beans, 

 For the best and earliest Lima Beans, not le.ss than 



two quarts 



For the best and earliest variety of shell Beans, 



Cucumbers —For the best pair under glass, previous 



to the fiist Saturday of June, 



For the 2d best do , 



For the best and earliest, of open culture,. 



Cauliflowers.- For the best and largest, dttring the 



season, not less than three heads, 



For the 2d best do., 



Corn.— For the best and earliest sweet Corn, not less 



than twelve ears 



For the 2d best do., 



Cabbage— For the best diumhead Cabbage, during 



tlie sea.son, not less than three heads, 



For the 2d best do., 



For the best Savoy Cabbage, during the season, not 



less than three heads, 



For the 2d be.st do., 



Egg Plants -The best display, during the season,. . 



For the 2d best do. , • 



Lettuce.— For the best six heads, before the first Sa- 

 turday in .luly, 



For the 2d best do , 



Potatoes.— For the best new seedling, of superior 



qualitv. for the table, 



For the "best and earliest peck, previous to Aug I, 



For the 2d best do., 



Ptas — For the best and earliest peck in June, 



Rhubarb.— For the largest and best, previous to the 

 first Saturday in July, not less than twelve stalks, 



For the 2d best do., 



Squashes —For the best pure Canada Squashes, not 



less than six in number 



For the greatest variety exhibited, during the season, 



Tomatoes.— For the best and earliest, not less than 



one dozen, 



Vegetables — For the be.st display and greatest va- 

 riety at the weeklv exhibitions, during theseason, $5 00 



For the 2d best do., .' 3 00 



For the best display and greatest variety at the an- 

 nual exhibition 10 00 



For the 2d best do 00 



For any new variety of Vegetables suitable fur the 

 table, and worthy of cultivation, other than seed- 

 ling potatoes, 5 00 



Celeri'. — For the best and largest blanched, not less 



than six roots, 5 00 



For the 2d best do., 3 00 



Carrots.- For the be>t exhibited, 2 00 



RULES AND REGULATIONS. 



1. All Fruits, F'lowers and Vegetables, offered for Prizss, 

 are to be the growth of the competitors. 



2. Articles exhiliited for Prizes must be placed in the Stands 

 by 11 o'clock, A.M 



3. Contributors of Fruits for exhibition, or premium, are re- 

 quested to present the same in dishes or baskets of the Socie- 

 ty, or in suitable baskets or boxes of their own. 



4. After the articles are arranged, they will be under the 

 exclusive charge of the Committees, and not even the owners, 

 will have liberty to re^nove, or totich them until the exhibition 

 is closed, when they will be delivered as the contributors may 

 direct. 



5. No Flower, Fruit or Vegetable, will be entitled to a 

 prize unless it possesses points of superiority; and the Com- 

 mittees have the discretionary power of withholding Prizes if 

 in their opjiiion the articles exhibited do not merit them. 



6 Plants in Pots to be entitled to Prizes must give evidence 

 of skilful culture, in the profusion of bloom, and the beauty, 

 symmetry, and vigor of the specimens. 



7 Successful competitors will be expected to furnish re- 

 marks on their mode of cultivation, if peculiar ; and candi- 

 dates for the Fruit Prizes will be required to present speci- 

 mens for trial. 



8. Premiums can only be awarded to exhibitors who have 

 complied with the published Rules and Regulations. 



9. No article for which a premium has been once awarded, 

 can receive another during tiie season, with exception of such 

 Fruits as are included in the '" Special Prize List." 



10 The Committees are autliorized to award Extra Prizes 

 for any new or rare Fruits. Flowers, Vegetables, Plants, or 

 Designs of merit, and for which no Premium has been offered. 



II. The Fruit Committees in making their avi'ards, will 

 consider the flavor, beauty, and size of the specimens: and 

 each of these properties as compared with a fair standard of 

 the variety. 



12 In deciding on the merits of a Fruit or Vegetable, its 

 value for general cultivation will be taken into account; but 

 superior specimens of any good variety will not be excluded 

 Irom Prizes, even though they may not flourish in all situa- 

 tions. 



13- When specimens are presented for a name, the exhibitor 

 is requested to communicate all the information he po.ssesses, 

 as to the origin., and the local appellation. 



14 It will be the duty of the Committees to exclvde frotn 

 Exhibition all inferior specinuns Also, all such Designs as in 

 their opinion evince an incorrect taste. 



15. The Committees have power to change the time of ex. 

 hibition, for any article, if an early or a late season renders 

 such change necessary, giving seasonabls notice thereof to 

 the Society. 



16. Any person to whom a Prize has been awarded, whe- 

 ther in money, medals or plate, may receive either of like va- 

 luation, at his option ; all premium, not applied for within one 

 year from the time of award, shall revert to the Society for its 

 own use and benefit. 



17. Ill order to afford the Committees an opportunity to 

 examine and report on the articles exhibited, no other person 

 can be admitteil to, or remain in, the Hall, between the hours 

 of eleven and a half and twelve, on the days of exhibition. 



18 The Society earnestly invites the co-operation and com- 

 petition of cultivators. The Prizes are <pen to all. and the 

 Society is instituted for the benefit of all 



[1C7=" The foregoing Schedule of Prizes, having received the 

 approval of the Executive Committee, and the Regulations 

 confirmed by a vote of the Society, is now published as the 

 List of Premiums for the current year. 



MARSHALL P. WILDER, 



E. C. R. Walker, President. 



Rf,cording Secretary. 



