SCORE-CARDS 181 



No. 2. Single Specimen Flowering Plants 



Size of plant 20 Floriferousness 15 



Cultural perfection 35 Color 10 



Rarity 10 Foliage 10 



No. 3. Collections or Number of Flowering Plants 



STze of group or collection ... 15 Arrangement or staging .... 10 



Distinctiveness 15 Color harmony 10 



Cultural perfection 20 Rarity 10 



Number of varieties 20 



No. 4. Collections or Number of Foliage Plants 



Size of group or collection . . . 15 Number of varieties 20 



Rarity 15 Arrangement or staging .... 20 



Cultural perfection 30 



No. 5. Group of Foliage Plants 



Size 10 Rarity 10 



Distinctiveness 20 Arrangement or staging .... 30 



Cultural perfection 20 Color effect 10 



No. 6. Group of Flowering Plants 



Size of group 10 Arrangement 35 



Rarity 10 Quality of flowers 20 



Cultural perfection 15 Foliage 10 



Sample Rules to Govern Exhibitions 



Massachusetts Horticultural Society rules (1911). 



Special rules of the plant and flower committee. 1. All named 

 varieties of Plants or Flowers exhibited for premiums or other awards 

 must have the name legibly and correctly written on stiff card, wood, 

 or some other permanent substance ; and each separate plant or flower 

 must have its name attached. 



2. All exhibits shall be marked by a card on which shall appear the 

 name and address of the exhibitor and inclosed in an envelope on which 

 shall appear only the number of Prize as listed in the Schedule. 



3. Plants in Pots, to be entitled to Prizes, must evince skillful culture 

 in the profusion of bloom or decorative foliage, and in the beauty, 

 symmetry, and vigor of the specimens. 



4. No awards will be made on other than regular prize days, except 

 for objects of special merit. 



