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PRIZES FOR GARDENS, GREENHOUSES, &c. 



AMOUNT APPROPRIATED, TWO HUNDRED AND FIFTY DOLLARS 



For the most economically managed, best cultivated, and most 

 neatly kept Garden or Grounds, through the season, . 

 For the next best, ...... 



For the most economically managed, best cultivated, and most 

 neatly kept Fruit Garden, through the season, 

 For the next best, ...... 



For the most economically managed, best cultivated, and most 

 neatly kept Flower Garden, through the season, 

 For the next best, ...... 



For the most economically managed, best cultivated, and most 

 neatly kept Vegetable Garden, through the season, . 

 For the next best, ...... 



For the best managed, most economically conducted, and well kept 

 Greenhouse, through the season, .... 



For the next best, ...... 



For the best managed, most economically conducted, and well kept 

 Grapery, through the season, with or without fire heat, 

 For the next best, ...... 



For the best managed Cemetery, as to its keeping in accordance 



with the true principles of beauty and art, 

 For the next best, ...... 



In Gratuities, ........ 



$•250 00 



RULES AND REGULATIONS. 



1st. All applications for a visit must be made to the Chairman of the 

 Committee, in writing, on or before the 1st of August. 



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

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

 and as often, as they may deem expedient and necessary. 



4th. 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 made at the discretion of 

 the Committee. 



5th. No person shall be a competitor for the highest prize for more than 

 two years out of seven. 



6th. The Committee may, at their discretion, give gratuities, or substi- 

 tute gratuities for prizes, in either case which may best promote the objects 

 of the Society, and meet special cases; always, of course, within the 

 limits of the appropriation. 



7th. Competitors for the prizes shall furnish to the Committee, if re- 

 quired, a written statement of their mode of cultivation, quantity and kind 

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

 penalty of a forfeiture of such prize if withheld. 



8th. The expenses of the Committee shall be paid by the Society, and 

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



