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prevent any one from evincing their love 

 for flowers by nipping off a few blooms. 

 Plants properly crated will carry safely 

 hundreds of miles. 



SCALES OF POINTS FOR JUDGING PLANTS 



The Chrysanthemum Society of America 

 has adopted scales of points for judging 

 plants at exhibitions, which are as follows: 



A Scale of points for bush plants and 

 standards, single specimen or any number 

 up to six, in an exhibition where the class 

 under consideration does not form the chief 

 feature in the exhibition hall: 



Points 



Equality of size and forms of plants 40 



Excellence of bloom 35 



Foliage 25 



Total 100 



B Scale of points for bush plants, ex- 

 hibits of more than six or for any number 

 of specimen plants in an exhibition where 

 the class under consideration forms the 

 chief feature in the exhibition hall: 



Points 



Equality of size and forms of plants 35 



Size of bloom 40 



Foliage 25 



Total . . 100 



