For 



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Amount brought forward, .... ^400 00 



Jljler a Trial of Three Years. 



he best seedling Strawberry, the Lyman Plate, 



" Raspberry, the Bradlee Plate, 



" Hardy 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, . 



$750 00 



PRIZES FOR GARDENS, GREENHOUSES, &c. 

 Amount appropriated. Two Hundred Dollars. 



Ordered, Thai the folloiving Prizes, to be aivarded in 1854, he 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 kqpt 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 Com- 

 mittee 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. 



