January 23. 190S 



HORTICULTURE 



101 



W- N. Kuuu 

 Judge 



close, it shall be us'ed to arrive at a 

 decision : 



Color 2o|Sulist:inre 10[ 



Size 201 Form 15 



Calyx 5| Fragrance 5 



Stem 20| 



Total 100 



Rules Governing the Award of Certifi- 

 cates of Merit. 



A variety must have been bloomeJ 

 not l€Es than three years; not less 

 than fifty blooms must be shown, and 

 an entrance tee of $5.00 is charged 

 for each variety. The variety must be 

 properly labeled with the Society's 

 Card. (See Rules and Regulations.) 



Preliminary Certificate. 



This can b*» competed for by two- 

 year-old fcedlings, twelve blooms or 

 more to be shown, and an entrance 

 fee of $2.00 paid for each variety. 

 The variety must be properly labeled 

 with the Society's Card. (See Rules 

 and Reguladons. ) 



General Premiums. 



Class A — Open to all varieties. Seed- 

 lings or Standard Sorts, 100 blooms 

 to a vase. Krst prize, $10.00; second 

 prize, for each number. 



No. 1, ^Vhite; 2, Flesh pink being 



those shades of pink of a flesh or sal- 

 mon color: 3. Light pink being those 

 lighter shades of pink, verging on the 

 true pink and lighter than Lawson; 



4. Dark pink being as dark or darker 

 than Lawson, including all so-called 

 cerise not dark enough to be classed 

 as red; .5, Red or carmine, including 

 all shades of red that can not be 

 classed as scarlet or cardinal; C, Scar- 

 let or cardinal, to include those bright 

 shades now commonly known in the 

 trade as scarlet; 7, Maroon, to cover 

 those shades now known as crimson ; 



5, Yellow or yellow variegated; 9. 

 White variegated; 10, Any other color; 

 to include any color decidedly distinct 

 from other colore specified. 



Class B — Open to all varieties dis- 

 seminated prior to July 1st, 1908. 50 

 blooms tc a vase. First prize, $5.00; 

 second prize, $3.00, for each number. 



No. 11, White Enchantress; 12, 

 White Perfection; 13, Any other white; 

 lA. Enchantress; 15, Any other flesh 

 pink; 16, Winsor; 17, Welcome; 18, 



Wm. Nicholson 

 Judge 



Peter Fishek 

 Judge 



Rose Pink Enchantress; 19. Afterglow; 

 20, Any other light pink; 21, Lawson; 

 22, Aristocrat; 23, Any other dark pink 

 24, Red Chief; 25, Victory; 26, Beacon; 

 27, Any other scarlet; 2S, Harlowar 

 den; 29, Octoroon; 30, Any other crini 

 son; 31, M. A. Patten; 32, VariegatiMl 

 Lawson; 33. Any other white varii-- 

 gated; 34. Any yellow variegated; :15, 

 Any other color (same as No. 10 in 

 Class A). Three prizes may be 

 awarded under No. 36. 



Special Prizes. 



Special prizes are offered as follows: 



By Baur & Smith. Indianapolis. Ind., 

 $10.00 in gold for the best 50 blooms 

 of carnation ".May". 



A. Wiegand & Son, Indianapolis, 

 Ind., $25 Silver Cup to the best vase 

 of 100 blooms, one or more varieties, 

 quality arrangement and g'eneral effect 

 to be equally considered. (Separate 

 from Class A.) 



The State Florists' Association of 

 Indiana, a $50 Silver Cup for the best 

 vase of 200 blooms, in five or more 



A. F. J. Back 

 Vice-President 



varieties, arrangement and general 

 elTect to be considered. 



Bcrtermann Bros. Co., Indiianapolis, 

 a Sweepstake Prize as follows: $40 

 for first; $30 for second; $20 for third; 

 and $10 for fourth. Prize to be 

 ; warded to the best four vases in the 

 100 Class (A). The winner of each 

 of these prizes is to duplicate the vase 

 of carnations within ten days after 

 the close of the show to whomsoevter 

 the prize giver spe<;-ifies. 



Indiana Floral Festival Association, 

 SUS in gold for the best vase of 100 

 larnations, one variety, grown in the 

 .state of Indiana. (Separate from 

 Class A.) 



H. W. FMeld, Northampton, Mass., 

 $10 for the beet vase of 50 blooms of- 

 President Seelye. 

 American Carnation Society Medals. 



Class C — A Gold Medal will be given 

 for the best vase of 100 blooms, any 

 variety, any color. A Silver Medal 

 will be given for the second best vase 

 of 100 blooms any variety, any color. 

 .', Bronze Medal will be given for the 



A. M. Herr 



Secretary 



