PRIZES FOR GARDENS AND GREENHOUSES 



Within the State of Massachusetts. 



Special Rules of the Garden Committee. 



1. All applications for visits must be made to the Chairman of the Com-> 

 mittee, in writing, at any time during the season, excepting as specified in 

 No. 747. 



2. It shall be the duty of the Committee to select from the applications 

 those vrhich may seem most deserving of notice, and to visit as many places, 

 and as often, as they may deem expedient. 



3. In making all examinations, the utmost regard must be paid to economy 

 and general thrift; in cases however, of pleasure, landscape, or ornamental 

 grounds, more allowance must be made for taste and design, and a gratuity 

 or complimentary notice may be given at the discretion of the Committee. 



4. The Committee may, at their discretion, give Gratuities, or substitute 

 Gratuities for prizes, as may best promote the objects of the Society, and 

 meet special cases; always, of course, within the limits of the appropriation. 



5. Competitors for the prizes shall furnish to the Committee, if required, 

 written statements of their modes of cultivation, the quantities and kinds of 

 manure applied, amount of labor, and any other particulars, under the penalty 

 of forfeiture of such prizes, if withheld. 



6. The expenses of the Committee shall be paid by the Society, and a 

 record shall be kept by the Chairman of all places visited. 



H. H. Hunnewell Triennial Premiums. 



No. 747. For an estate of not less than three acres, which shall 

 be laid out with the most taste, planted most 

 judiciously, and kept in the best order for three 

 consecutive years, a prize of .... $160 



Second Prize $80 



Application for a visit must be made on or before the first of August. 



John A. Lowell Fand. 



No. 748. For the best House of Chrysanthemums arranged for effect 



with other plants ....... $50 



Second Prize $30 



