FLOWER GARDEN MAKING CONTEST 411 



10. Name the kinds of perennials growing on your home 

 grounds. 



FLOWER GARDEN MAKING CONTEST 



(Adapted from " Educational Contests in Agriculture and Home 

 Economics." Office of Experiment Station, Bulletin 255.) 



RULES GOVERNING THE CONTEST 



1. Requirements for entry : 



(a) All contestants shall be between the ages of 12 and 

 20 years. 



(b) Each contestant shall be given a plot of ground, of 

 the size specified by the committee in charge, located at the 

 home of the contestant, on which to grow flowers, the seeds to 

 be furnished by the committee in charge; each contestant to 

 plant, cultivate, and care for the plot assigned without any 

 outside assistance. 



(c) Each contestant shall keep an accurate record of 

 the time devoted to the garden, the varieties planted, the yield 

 of each variety, the cost of seed, etc., and shall submit his 

 record to the committee in charge. 



(d) Each contestant shall be required to write an essay 

 of not more than 500 and not less than 300 words, describing 

 the work in the garden, the time applied, and the pleasure de- 

 rived from observing the growth of the flowers. These essays 

 shall be submitted to the persons in charge not less than three 

 days before the date of the contest awards. 



2. Basis of Awards : 



Essay and record 

 Grouping of flowers 

 Success in cultivation 

 Color scheme of flowers 



Total 



