Massachusetts Horticultural Society. 



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AJler a Trial of Three Years. 

 For the best seedling Strawberry, the Lyman Plate, 

 " " " " Raspberry, the Bradlee Plate, . • . 



" " " " Hirdy Rose, the Society's large Gold Medal, 

 " " " " Camellia, the Society's large Gold Medal, 

 " " " " Azalea Indica, the Lowell Gold Medal, 



" " " " Blackberry, 



" " " " Gooseberry, 



" " " " Currant, Red, or White, .... 



$■50 00 

 40 00 

 60 00 

 60 00 

 40 00 

 40 00 

 30 00 

 30 00 



$750 00 



PRIZES FOR GARDENS, GREENHOUSES, &c. 



Amount appropriated. Two Hundred Dollars. 

 Ordered, That the follovnng Prizes, to be awarded in 1852, be offered by 

 the Society, viz. : — 



For the most economically managed, best cultivated, and most 



neatly kept Garden or Grounds, through the season, . . $25 00 



For the second best, . . . . . . 15 00 



For the most economically managed, best cultivated, and most 



neatly kept Fruit Garden through the season, . . . 25 00 



For the second best, . . . . . . 15 00 



For the most economically managed, best cultivated, and most 



neatly kept Flower Garden, through the season, . . 20 00 



For the second best, . . . . . . 10 00 



For the most economically managed, best cultivated, and most 



neatly kept Vegetable Garden, through the season, . . 20 00 



For the second best, . . . . . . 10 00 



For the best managed, most economically conducted, and well 



kept Greenhouse, through the season, . . , . 20 00 



For the second best, . . . . . . 10 00 



For the best managed, most economically conducted, and well 



kept Grapery, through the season, with or without fire heat, . 20 00 



For the second best, . . . . . . 10 00 



$200 00 



RULES AND REGULATIONS. 



1st. All applications for a visit must be made to the chairman, on or 

 before the 1st of May, stating the extent of grounds, number of fruit trees, 

 whether offered for a Prize, and such general outline as to give to the 

 Committee some idea of the premises. 



2d. No Fruit Garden or Grounds, of less than one acre, [and this well 

 stocked and under fine cultivation,] can occupy the time of the Committee. 



3d. No farm will be visited, unless there should be connected with it a 

 fine Fruit Garden, Vegetable Garden, Flower Garden, Greenhouse, or 

 Graperies, in which case these alone will be examined. 



