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HORTICULTURE 



February 4, 1911 



NATION AL FL OWER SHOW 



Schedule of Prizes Offered. in the Cut Flower Section 



Full List of Prizes in the Plant Section Has Already Been Published In Horticulture, Feb. 5, 1910, Page 187. 



ROSES. 



Prizes Offered by the S. A. F. and 



O. H. and the American Rose 



Society. 



For prize schedule for roses in pots 

 and tubs see Plant Scliedule. Div. A. 



(To be staged Saturdny, Miircli 25th; 

 judging at :i P. Ml 

 Extract from rules and regulations 

 of the American Rose Society. 



All exliibits for corapetltion must be iu 

 position by Saturday, March 25th, 1911. not 

 any later than 3 o'clock P. M., except Roses 

 shown in Division B and C, which are to 

 be staged on Friday, March 31st, 1911, and 

 to be in place not later than 1 o'clock on 

 that day. The exhibits of all classes ex- 

 cept Division B. to be open to public view 

 Saturdav, Sunday -and Monday, the 25th. 

 26th and 'JTth days of March, 1911 Then 

 on Friday. March 31st, Divisions B and C 

 are to be' staged. 



Entries tor all the Rose classes should be 

 forwarded so as to reach the Secretary, 

 Ben.iarain Hammond. Fishkill-on-Hudson, 

 N. v., not later than March l.Sth. An en- 

 trance fee of .?3.0n is required for all non- 

 members. Any person paying dues is en- 

 titled to make entry without further fee. 



Exhibits sent express prepaid will be 

 taken care of. and arranged in the absence 

 of the exhibitor, providing entry has been 

 duly made, and the Secretary notified in 

 advance. Express packages should he 

 marked as follows: 



I" 



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For Exhibition 



Perishable Terisliable 



Must be Delivered Immediately 



Care Chester I. f'ampbell. Manasrer 



Mfi'haiiies Buildins. Huntlnerton Ave. 



Rose Exhibition Boston, Mass. 



DIVISION B. 



(To be staged Friday. March, 31st: judging 



at 1 P. M.) 



Class 2fi6. — Display covering 200 square 

 feet of space, and not to contain less than 

 200 blooms, niiality of blooms and effect to 

 he considered and decorative green of any 

 kind, including plants, permitted. 



First prize. S'2.50 00: second prize. ^l.'tn.nO: 

 third prize, $100.00. 



DIVISION C. 



(To be staged Friday, March 31st; judging 



at 1 P. M.I 



Special Retailers' Prize. 



Class '2(iT. — For tlie l>est and most artistic 

 arrangement of lOO cut roses: any variety, 

 or varieties may be used, and with such 

 accessories as the exhibitor may desire. 



First prize, $100.00; second prize, $50.00 



DIVISION D. 



(To be staged Saturday. March 25th; 



judging at 3 P. M.l 



Classes 2fi.S to 279.— For 50 American 

 Beauty. Killarney. White Killarney. Rich- 

 mond.' My Maryland. Mrs. .Tardine. Kaiserin 

 .\ugusta Victoria, TiO Detroit, Mrs. Aaron 

 Ward, Cardinal or Rhea Reid. Chatenay or 

 Mrs. Potter Palmer, any other dissemi- 

 nated variety. 



First prize for each. $30.00; second prize, 

 .«20.00 for each; excepting American Beauty 

 for which the prizes are. first $50.00, 

 second, $.30.00. 



DIVISION E. 



(To be staged Saturday. March 25th: 



judging at 3 P. M.i 



Classes 280 to 290 inclusive. — For 25 

 American Beauty. Killarney. White Killar- 

 rey, Richmond, My Maryland, Bride, 

 Rridesmaid, Golden Oate or Uncle John, 

 Sunrise or Sunset. Bon Silene, any other 

 d'ssominated variety. 



First prize for each, $10 00; second prize, 

 $5.00, excepting American Beauty for which 

 the prizes arc. first $25.00, second $15.00. 



DIVISION F. 



(To be staged Saturday, March 25th: 



judging at 3 P. M.) 



Hybrid Perpetuals. 



Stems not less titan 12 inches. Open to all. 

 Class 291. — Largest and best collection, 

 not less th.an six varieties or less tiian six 

 of a kind. 



First prize. .$20.00; second prize, $10.00. 



DIVISION G. 



(To be staged Saturday, Marcli 25th; 



judging at 3 P. M.) 



Hybrid Perpetuals. 



Stems not less than 12 inches. Open to 

 Private tiardeners and Amateurs only. 

 Class 292. — Largest and best collection, 

 not less than six varieties, or less than 

 three of each kind. 



First prize, $10,(K); second prize, $5.00. 



DIVISION H. 



(To be staged Saturday, March 25th; 



judging at 3 P. M.) 



American Rose Society's Medals and 



Certificates for Novelties. 



Class 293. — Gold .Medal tor the best new 

 rose not yet disseminated, whether of 

 domestic or foreign origin. Exhibits to 

 be judged by the otficial scale of the 

 American Rose Society, and no gold 

 medal to be awarded to any rose scoring 

 less than 95 points. 



Silver Medal is offered at the same time 

 and under the same conditions for a 

 novelty scoring not less than 85 points. 



A Certificate of Merit is awarded to all 

 novelties scoring SO points, but neither 

 Medal or Certificate will be issued until 

 the variety is named and 12 blooms 

 shown. 



It is further ordered that tlie comiilete 

 scores of all the entries iu the competition 

 he filed with the Se<'retary of tlie American 

 Rose Society before the award of any 

 medal is confirmed. No duplicate medal 

 will be awarded. It is understood that 

 thou.gh the award of the Gold or Silver 

 Medal or Certificate may be made to the 

 same variety from one exhibitor exhibited 

 in different centers, only one medal will 

 be delivered to the exhibitor. 



Tiie Executive Committee of tlie American 

 Ucse Society reserves to itself tlie rigtit of 

 selection of tbe judges who shall pass upon 

 the exhibits in the competition for these 

 medals. 



CARNATIONS. 

 Prizes Offered by the S. A. F. & O. H. 



and American Carnation Society. 



Extract from the rules and regula- 

 tions governing exhibits. 



All entries must l>e forwardeil so as to 

 reach the Secretary. .\. F. .1. Baur. Iiidian- 

 aprdis. Iiid.. not later than March 18th. 

 Exhibitors from a distaiue will [ilease note 

 the date, and mail accordingly. A charge 

 of $2.00 \vU] be tiiade for each entry made 

 later than March ISth. 



All exhibits fnr competition (except Sec- 

 tion G and for Certificate of Merit i must 

 lie in position liy 1 o'clock P. M.. Tuesday. 

 March 2Sth, at which time judging \\ ill he- 

 gin. Section G will be staged Friday. 

 March .30th. Exhibits not in p-tsition by 

 the time specified will be debarred from 

 ciiinpetition. New varieties ma.v be staged 

 at any time beginning March '2.Sth, for 

 Certificates of Merit. 



Exhibits sent express prepaid will be 

 taken care of, and arranged In the absence 

 cf the exhibitor, providing entry has lieen 

 duly made, and the Secretary notified in 

 advance. Express packages should be 

 marked as follows: 



I 1 



I For Exhibition I 



! Perishable Perishable | 



[ Must be Delivered Immertlatel.v I 



I Care Chester I. Campbell, ManaRer ' 



I Mechanics Bllildinc-, Huntington Ave. I 



I Carnation Exhibition Boston, Mass. I 



I I 



All carnations except Section G 



must be staged Tuesday, IWarch 28th; 

 judging at 1 p. m. 



SECTION A. 

 Open to all varieties. 



Class 294 to .302.— Vase 100 blooms each, 

 white, flesh pink, etc., light pink, etc.. dark 

 pink, etc., red or scarlet, etc., crimson, etc., 

 yellow or yellow variegated, white, varie- 

 gated, anv other cidor, et<-. First prize, 

 $15.0fl; se'cond prize. $10.00; third prize, 

 .$5.00: for each. 



See Section H, Class 313. for Sweepstakes 

 prize In Section A. 



SECTION B. 



Open to all varieties disseminated prior to 



July, 1910. 50 blooms to each vase. 



Classes .303 to 326.— White Perfection, 

 White Enchantress, any other white. En- 

 chantress, Pink Delight, any other flesh 

 pink. Rose pink Enchantress, Winsor. 

 Winona, any other light pink, Mrs. Thos. 

 Lawson, Afterglow, any otlier dark pink. 

 Victory, Beacon, any otlier scarlet, Harry 

 Fenn, any other crimson, Mrs. M. A. Pat- 

 ten, Variegated Lawson, any other wliite. 

 variegated, any yellow, variegated, any 

 other color. First prize, $5.00; second 

 prize, $3.00; for each. 



Three prizes may be awarded in Class 

 326. 



SECTION C. 



For Seedlings and Sports not disseminated 



prior to July, 1910. 25 blooms tn 



each vase. 



Class 327. — Sweepstake prizes for Classes 

 .328 to 333 Inclusive. First, .$'25.00 and S. A. 

 F. Silver Medal; second, $15 00 and S. A. 

 F. Bronze Medal : third. $10.00. 



Classes .328 to 333.— White. Pink, Red or 

 Scarlet. Crimson or Maroon. Variegated, 

 anv other color. First prize. $10.00: second 

 prize. ,$6.00; third prize, $4,00: for each. 



SECTION 11 



American Carnation Society's Medals. 



Class .3.34.— A Gold Medal will be awarded 

 to the best vase of 1(X) blooms, anv 

 variety; must score not less than 90 

 points, 



A Silver Medal will be awarded to the 

 second best vase in this class; must si'ore 

 not less than 88 points. 



A Bronze Medal will be awarded to the 

 tliird best vase in tiiis class; must score 

 rot less than 86 points. 



SECTION E. 



Class :t;!5. — American Carnation Society 

 Certificate of Merit. To be identical with 

 our rcgubir certifi*'ate class. 



SECTION F. 

 Class .336.— Preliminary Certificate. To 

 lie identical with our regular certificate 

 class, 



SECTION G. 

 (To lie staged Friday. March 31st; judg- 

 ing at 1 P. M.) 



Class :«7.— Exhibit of Caniatinn blooms, 

 < overing 50 to 100 square feet of space. 

 Carnation or other foliage may be used if 

 SI desired. First prize. $100.00: second 

 prize, $75.00; third prize. $.50.00; fourth 

 prize, $25,00. 



Class 33.8. — Table Decoration, in which 

 Carnations are the principal flower used. 

 First prize, $.50.00; second prize. .$25.00; 

 third prize. $15.00. 



Class .T'O. — Mantel Decoration, in which 

 C.irnatious are the principal tlower used. 

 First prize. $'25,00; second prize, $15.00; 

 third prize, $10.00. 



Class ;!40. — Hamper of Carnations; other 

 foliage permissible. First prize. $15.00; 

 second prize, $10.00; third prize, $5.00. 



Class .341.— Basket of Carnations; other 

 foliage permissible. First prize. $15.00; 

 second prize. .$10.00; third prize. $5.00. 



Class .342. — Bride's or Bridesmaid's 

 Bouquet. First pri'/e. $15.00; second prize. 

 $111.00; third prize, $5.00. 



SECTION H. 



Special Premiums. 



Class .343.— Silver Cup. valued at $30.00, is 



