AND CITY BEAUTIFUL 99 



city, which is fast becoming a city of gardens and well 

 kept homes. With continued efforts and the co-operation 

 of all, Northampton will soon be known as the City Beau- 

 tiful. 



RULES 



(Garden Competitors will be interested to know that 

 these rules, worked out for this competition, are being 

 adopted for similar competitions in other cities.) 



1. Only adult residents living within the city limits 

 of Northampton, may enter this competition, although 

 minors may take whatever part they choose in gardening. 



2. No person may enter the competition while en- 

 gaged in gardening as a business. 



3. No competitor may hire assistance of any sort in 

 his gardening, except in the unlimited class. 



4. Each garden must belong to the dwelling of the 

 person offering it in competition, but the place may be 

 either owned or rented. 



5. Each garden must comprise the entire house lot 

 on which it stands. 



6. No competitor may take any prize as low as he 

 has taken with the same garden in any previous season. 



7. Any garden which has taken the Capital Prize of 

 the Carnegie Competition at least two years previously 

 may take part in what is known as the Capital Prize Win- 

 ners' Competition, and may take this prize as often as its 

 rating stands highest except that no garden can take this 

 prize two years in succession. 



8. In the rating of gardens, four merits will be 

 counted as of leading value : First, the plan on which 

 the garden is laid out; second, the harmony of its features 

 as to form and colors; third, the general upkeep of walks, 

 beds, turf and buildings and enclosures; fourth, the dura- 

 tion of the planting. 



9. The field or competition is divided into seven 

 nearly equal districts, the ward boundary lines of the city. 

 In each of these districts three of the prizes may be 



