LECT. x ENCOURAGEMENT AND ENDEAVOUR 143 



FLOWER GARDENS. 



Maximum 



Points 

 In judging these, points are given for order and 



neatness 10 



For good arrangement and general effect ... 10 



For noteworthy hardy flowers 8 



For meritorious tender flowers 8 



For special features, such as vases, hanging- 

 plants, ferns, &c. . . . each 6 



WINDOW AND WINDOW-SILL DECORATION. 



For cultivation and quality of plants .... 10 

 For tasteful arrangement . 10 



N.B. When flowers are judged with vegetables the former are 



appraised from the 8 point standard. 



J. WRIGHT, ) T , 



G. GORDON, \ Jua y cs - 



G. W. CUMMINS, Hon. Secretary. 



It will be seen that cleanliness and good order are 

 regarded as most important ; t hat potatoes are held 

 to rank in value above all other vegetables ; that full 

 encouragement is given to the production of hardy 

 fruit ; and that rivalry is incited amongst the vil- 

 lagers to render their cottages and gardens attractive 

 by the cultivation of flowers, the love for which is 

 extending and the cultivation increasing among all 

 classes of the community. 



The art of cultivation, or increasing the product- 

 iveness of the soil, and thus creating a better supply 

 of what is wholesome, and surrounding homes with 

 more sweetness and beauty than pertains to many, 

 can only be acquired by close attention, and a love 

 of the subject on which instruction is sought to bo 

 conveyed. Our wish is that a love of gardening shall 

 be incited in those who have not yet felt its useful- 

 ness and its charms ; and deepened and intensified 



