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by the Metropolitan Museum of Art and by the New York 
Botanical Garden, supplementary to the exhibition of the Use of 
Plants in Decorative Design now in progress at the Museum. 
The plants selected are: 
I. Spring Beauty. 
2. Dutchman’s Breeches. 
. Rue Anemone. 
4. Bloodroot. 
The competition is open to all art students. 
Competitors must report on afternoons to be designated, at 
three o'clock, at the Mansion, New York Botanical Garden, 
Bronz Park, when notified that the plants are in flower, and bring 
their material with them. They will be shown the plants grow- 
ing, and specimens will be brought to the Mansion for design- 
in 
It is expected that the plants will flower this year during the 
period between April 12 and April 25, depending on the advance of 
spring. Each competitor will submit four designs, one based on 
each of the four plants selected. The designs may be carried 
out: 
a, With paint on paper, or 
6. In the form of hand-decorated textiles, or block-printed 
textiles, batik, etc. 
Intending competitors must write to the Director-in-Chief, 
New York Botanical Garden, giving their names, addresses, and 
the schools in which they are students, not later than April 17. 
Two first prizes of $50 each, two second prizes of $25 each, two 
third prizes of $15 each, and two fourth prizes of Sto each will 
be awarded by a joint committee of the two institutions, and 
announced. 
The object of the competition is to encourage the use of 
American wild flowers in decorative design. 
Notwithstanding the haste with which preparations were 
necessarily made, since the plants were rapidly coming into 
loom, over thirty competitors registered in response to this 
announcement, while twenty-six submitted designs and evinced 
the keenest interest throughout. The first meeting was held at 
the Mansion, Saturday, April 19, and all the work was done there. 
Experience soon showed that the time originally allotted for the 
contest was insufficient, and the Mansion was accordingly 
