LIST OF PREMIUMS. 27 



be of the same variety, — but not the same specimeus, — as one of a 

 collection. 



6. Grapes grown on girdled vines cannot compete for a Pre- 

 mium. 



■7. All Fruits ofiered for Prizes, except when otherwise stated 

 and those for foreign Grapes, must be of out-door culture. 



8. The Fruit Committee, in making their awards, will consider 

 the flavor, beauty, and size of the specimens, comparing each of 

 these properties with a fair standard of the variety. The adapta- 

 tion of the variety to general cultivation will also be taken into ac- 

 count. Other things being equal, specimens most nearly in per- 

 fection, as regards ripeness, will have the preference. 



Special Mules for Flowers and Plants > 



1. All named varieties of Plants or Flowers exhibited for pre- 

 miums, must have the name legibly and correctly written on stifl" 

 card, wood, or some other permanent substance; and each sepa- 

 rate plant or flower must have its name attached. 



2. Plants in Pots, to be entitled to Prizes, must evince skilful 

 culture in the profusion of bloom, and the beauty, symmetry, and 

 vigor of the specimens. 



3. No person can compete for any Prize for a single specimen, 

 with a variety shown in a collection. 



4. When prizes are offered for the same flower in different 

 classes, any person may exhibit in more than one class, but no 

 variety can be duplicated. 



5. All exhibitors, not strictly complying with the above rules, 

 will be excluded from competition for Premium. 



Plants and Flowers. 



Premium 1st 2nd 3d 



Number. Prize. Prize. Prize. 



532. Evergreen Trees and Shrubs. — Display in 



pots of other than Native Ever- 

 greens of New England, named, 

 three prizes, . . . . $10 $8 $6 



SOCIETY'S PRIZES. 

 Plants in Pots. 



533. Greenhouse Plants. — Six greenhouse and 



stove plants, of different named 

 varieties, one Croton admissible, 

 four prizes, . . . $30 $25 $20 $15 



534. Specimen Flowering Plants. — Three 



named varieties, in bloom, three 



prizes, 10 8 6 



635. Single named specimen, three prizes, 5 4 3 



