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HORTICULTUEE 



July 13, 1912 



0. 4. 3 vases, 3 varieties. 10 sprays to a 

 vase: first. S-t.OO; secduti. .$2.00; tliird, $1.00. 



C. 5. Henry F. Mlchell Co.'s prizes. 25 

 spra.vs of Speiifer, assorted colors; first, 

 Mieliell Ijroiize medal; second, *2.00; third. 

 $1.00. 



C. 16. Vaughan's Seed Store silver medal. 

 12 vases of Spencer, 12 varieties. 12 spnys 

 to a vase. 



C. 7. A. T. Stearns Lumber Co."s prizes. 

 Vase of mixed varieties, not less than 50 

 spra.vs: first. 6 hotlicd sash; second, 4 hot- 

 bed sash ; third, 2 Iiotbed sash. 



C. 8. .John Lewis Childs' prizes. Vase 

 of mixed varieties, not mure than 25 

 sprays; first, $5.00; second, .$3.00; third, 

 $2.00. 



C. 9. .Tos. Brerk & Sons' pr ze. Vas? of 

 mixed Spencer, 50 sprays to the vase; a set 

 of garden tools. 



C. 10. Arthur T. Boddington's prizes. 

 For the largest collection, not less than 5 

 nor more than 10 sprays to a vase, all to be 

 correctly named; first. Boddington's silver 

 medal for horticulture; second. Boddin.:;;- 

 ton's bronze medal for horticulture. 



C. 11 to C 18. For vases. 12'spravs: first, 

 $3.00; second, .$2.00. Colors white, pink, 

 dark pinlc. lavender, salmon, crimson, 

 primrose, any other color, respectively. 



Commercial Growers — Section D. 



D. 1. Display of Sweet Peas, arrange- 

 ment to count, to cover not more than 50 

 square feet; first. Tlios. F. Oalvin's silver 



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 Secretary. 



cup. value $50.00; sei oi;d prize by The Na- 

 tional Sweet Pea Society. $25.0U. 



D. 2. Vase of 100 sprays Counters Spen- 

 cer; first. The Penn silver cup. value .$.50.00. 



D. .3. 6 va.ses, 50 sprays to the va.se; first. 

 Boston Cut Flower Co.'s silver cup, value 

 $50.00. Vases to contain the following six 

 colors: White, crimson or srarlet, laven- 

 der, pink, primrose, orange shades. 



D. 1. 20 vases, 20 varieties. 25 sprays to 

 the vase: first. M, J. Tuohv's silver cup 

 value .$25.00; second by The National Sweet 

 Pea Society. $10.00. 



D. 5. Fottler. Fiske. Rawson Co.'s prizes. 

 20 vases. 20 varieties. 25 spravs to a vase; 

 first, gold medal: second, silver medal: 

 third, bronze medal. 



D. 6. 12 vases. 12 varieties. 25 spravs to 

 a vase: first, offered l>v Henry Coml'ey, a 

 GJit glass bowl, value $10.00; second, offered 

 by The National Sweet Pea Society, .$5.00. 



D. 7. The Boston Flower Exchange, Inc., 

 prizes. Six vases. .50 spravs to a vase. 6 

 colors, foliage optional; first, .$25.00; se.ond. 

 $15.00: third. $10.00. 



D. 8. Boston Co-operative Flower Mar- 

 ket prizes. 6 vases. 25 sprays to a vase, 6 

 colors; first, $15.00; second, $10.00. 



D. 0. Thos. .T. Grey Co.'s prize. 3 vases. 

 50 sprays to a vase. 3 colors ; one genuine 

 Syracuse plow, double or single (optional). 



D. 10. Henry F. Michell prizes. 3 vases. 

 50 sprays to a vase, 3 Spencers, white, 

 lavender and pink; first, $5.00; second, 

 $3.00; third. .$2.00. 



D. 11. Arthur T. Boddington's prizes. 

 For the largest collei'tion. not less than 10 

 nor more than 25 sprays to a vase, all to he 

 correctly named; first. B'?ddlngton's gold 



medal for horticulture; second, Bodding- 

 ton's silver medal for horticulture; third, 

 Boddington's bronze medal for ho^rticulture. 



Vases of 50 Sprays. 



D. 12. WTiitc. D. 13. Pink. D. 14. 

 Deep rose. D. 15. Lavender. D. 10. Sal- 

 mon or orange. D. 17. Crimson or scarlet. 

 D. IS. Primi-ose. D. 19. Picotee edged. 

 D. 20. Bicolor. D. 21. Striped or mottled. 

 D. 22. Cream. D. 23. Any other color. 

 Prize, $5.00 in each class. 



Retailers — Section E. 



E. 1. Basket of sweet peas: Boston Co- 

 operative Flower Market's silver cup, value 

 $25.00; second prize, offered bv The Nation- 

 al Sweet Pea Society, $10.00. 



E. 2. Mantel decoration (the mantel to 

 be furnished by the exhiliitor): National 

 Sweet Pea Society's silver medal and 

 $25.00; second, bronze medal and $15.00. 



E. 3. Bridal bouquet. First. $10.00: sec- 

 ond, $0.00. 



E. i... Hamper. First, $15.00; second, 

 $10.00. 



E. 5. Corsage. First, $6.00; second, 

 $3.00. 



E. 6. Centerpiece. Heur.v F. Michell 

 Co.'s silver medal. 



School Chilidren — Section F. 



F. 1. F. R. Pierson cup, value $25.00. 

 ' For the best display not to occupy more 



than 24 square feet, exhibited by any 

 school. 



F. 2. S. J. Goddard silver cup. For best 

 display by any school in the town Of 

 Framingham, Mass. 



F. 3. James Wheeler silver cup. For 

 the best display exhibited from any school 

 of Natick, Mass. 



F. 4. F. E. Palmer silver cup. For the 

 l)est display exhibited by the Brookline, 

 Mass., schools. 



F. 5. Thomas Roland's silver cup, value 

 .$25.00. For the best display from any 

 school in L.vnn, or Nahant, Mass. 



The following prizes offered by The Sau- 

 gus Home and School Association for Sau- 

 gus: 



F. 6. Vase of 50 sprays, assorted colors. 

 First, $2.00; second, $1.00; third, 5 at 50c. 

 F. 7. Vase of assorted colors, 25 sprays 

 to the vase. First, $1.(X»; second, 4 at 50c. 

 F. S. Vase of assorted colors, 25 sprays 

 to a vase. First, $2.00; second, $1.00; third, 

 4 at 50c. 



F. 9. Vase, 12 sprays to a vase, assorted 

 colors. First, $1.00; second, 4 at 50c. 



F. 10. Arthur T. Boddington bronze 

 medal. For the school making the most 

 creditable exhibit. 



F. 11. Vaughan's Seed Store prizes for 

 cliildren. For the three best vase.s. 3 colors, 

 li> spra.vs to a vase. Children's Book on 

 Gardening, value $3.00. 



F. 12. Henry F. Michell Co.'s prize. 

 Vase of 6 white sprays (girls only to com- 

 pete). Mehler's Handy Gardener"(Book). 



F. 13. Henry F. Micliell Co.'s prize. 

 Vase of 6 sprays, pink (Imys only to com- 

 pete). Budding knJfe. 



Gardeners' and Florists' Club of Boston 

 prizes. First. $3.00; .second, $2.00: third, 

 $1.M0; fourth. .50c.: fifth. 25c. 14 to 19 vases 

 of 6 sprays, white, light pink, deep pink, lav- 

 ender, crimson, any other color, respective- 

 ly. 



F. 20. Bouquet. First, $5.00; second, 

 $3.00; third, $2.00. 



F. 21. Vase of mixed varieties, not more 

 than 25 sprays, open to school children. 

 Offered by The National Sweet Pea Society. 

 First, $10.00; second, $7.00; third, $5.00; 

 fourth. $3.00; fifth. $2.00; sixth, $1.00; sev- 

 enth, .50c. ; eighth. 25c. 



F. 22— .Toe. Breck & Sons' prize. Vase 

 of mixed Spencer, .50 sprays to the vase. 

 A set of garden tools. 



F. 23. Jos. Breck & Son' prize. Vase of 

 mixed Spencer. 25 sprays to the vase. 

 fOpen to children only.) Set of garden 

 tools. 



F. 24. Ttie Garden Magazine Achieve- 

 ment Medal, by Doubleday, Page & Co., to 

 be awai'ded for "the best display made by 

 an.v individual child in any class." 



Open and Miscellaneous Classes — 

 Section G. 



G. 1. President William Sim's prize. 

 For the best display in pots, tubs or boxes 

 (open to all). .1!23.00. 



G. 2. Lunt Moss Co.'s prize. Display, 

 both plants or foliage other than sweet 

 peas admissible. First, a gasoline engine, 

 1% h. p.. value $100. (Open to all.) 



G. 3. ('. C. Morse & Co.'s silver cup, 

 value $25.0<.). For the finest collection (open 

 to the seed trade only); second. The Na- 

 tional Sweet Pea Society's silver medal; 

 third. The National Sweet Pea Society's 

 bronze medal. 



G. 4. Henry A. Dreer prize. Vase of 

 Queen Alexandra Spencer. ^ FirstT W.50; 

 second, $5.00. f\ Ij ' 



G. 5. Henry A. Dreer prize. \l^se of 

 Blanche Feri-y Spencer. First, $5.00; sec- 

 ond. $3.00. 



G. 6. Henry A. Dreer prize. Vase ol 

 Ruby Spencer. First, $3.00; second, $2.00. 



G. 7. Henry A. Dreer prize. Vase of 

 Juanita Spencer. First. .$3.00; second. $2.00. 



G. 8. Lord & Burubam Co.'s gold medal 

 prize. Display of lOOO sprays grown under 

 glass. 



G. 9. National Sweet Pea Society's sil- 

 ver medal. For the best collection of sweet 

 pea novelties appearing in 1012. 



G. 9. National Sweet Pea Society's sil- 

 ver medal will be awarded for the liest 

 collection of sweet pea novelties ai)pearing 

 in 1912 catalogs only. Bronze medal for 

 second best collection. 



G. 10. The National Sweet Pea Society's 

 silver medal will be awarded for the best col- 

 lection of sweet pea novelties appearing 

 in 1911 catalogs only. The National Sweet 

 Pea Society's bronze medal will l>e award- 

 ed for the second best collection. 



G. 11. For sweet peas not yet in com- 

 merce. The National Sweet Pea Society's 

 medals and certificates will be awarded in 

 this class if, in the judges' opinion, they 

 supersede existing varieties. S. A. F. & 

 O. H. silver and bronze medals will also 

 be awarded in this class. 



G. 12. National .Association of Gardeners 



Egbert Cameron 



Manager of Exhil>ition. 



offer, through William Kleinheinz, the As- 

 sociation's silver cup. value $50.(X). for 12 

 vases in 12 varieties, not less than 2o 

 sprays to the vase. (Open to members of 

 the National Association of Gardeners 

 only.) 



G. 13. The Gardeners' Cbronicle of 

 America silver cup, value $10.00. For the 

 best arranged vase; fern or other foliage 

 than sweet pea can be used. 



For the most meritorious exhibit of sw'eet 

 peas, the N. S. P. S. .\.'s gold medal will 

 he awarded. 



The following firms have also generously 

 contributed toward the general prize fund; 



William Sim. Sidney Hoffman. H. E. 

 Fiske. Thomas Grey, Joseph Breck & Sons, 

 W. Atlee BuiTjee. .\rthur T. Boddington, P. 

 Welch. W. H. Elliott. Benjamin Hammond, 

 The Aphine Manufacturing Co.. Boston 

 Plate i: Window Glass- Co., Braman, Dow 

 & Co., L. B. Codiliiigton. R. & J. Farquhar 

 & Co.. Thomas Rohiiid. W. J. Stewart. Re- 

 \ere Rubber Co. 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society's 

 Prizes. 



Table dei'oi'atioii (open to alli. First. Na- 

 tional Sweet Pea Society's silver medal and 

 $40.(X1; second. The National Sweel Pea 

 Society's bronze medal and $30.(X); third, 

 $20. 



For vase of not less than 25 sprays, in 16 

 separate color classes. First. $4.(K>: second, 

 $3.00: third, $2.<X). respectively. 



.\lso five striped and flaked "lasses, sim- 

 ilar prizes. 



