PARK AND CEMETERY, 
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PORCH BOXIOS — SIX PRIZES. 
5, Boys’ Vegetable Gardens. 
TEN PRIZES. 
Care of grounds, quality and quantity of product and atten- 
tention to duty to be considered. 
6. Vacant Lots. 
SIX PRIZES. 
General neat and attractive condition of lot, trees, fences 
and surroundings to be considered. 
7, Best Planted Premises Along Railroads, 
FIVE PRIZES. 
For the be.st planted yards, whether front or back, adjoin- 
ing any of the steam railroads leading into Dayton. The yards 
must be within view of passenger trains as they pass through 
the city, Artist'c arrangement, condition of lawn and borders, 
cleanliness and general appearance of houses, fences, walks, 
trees, vines and lawns to be considered. 
Special Prizes. 
The Outdoor Art committee of the Woman’s Guild offers a 
prize for the best floral division between yards. 
Twenty prizes by the South Park Improvement Associa- 
tion, one each in the twenty South Park districts, for the best 
general appearance between the centers of street and alley. 
B.VECONY BOX. 
N. C. R. Prize Cmtest. Begonias, Asparagus Sprengeri (feath- 
ery trailing plant) in box. Permanent and annual vines 
on house. 
An official of the company says that in judg- 
ing the prize yards “a basis of thirty points is 
taken, divided as follows: Ten points for the 
general condition of the yards, ten for the artistic 
arrangements of the shrubs and vines, and ten for 
the condition of the plants, shrubs and vines. 
A home improved with vines. 
Public School Contest, Cartharge, Mo. Moon Vine on front 
veranda. Size when set out 6 inches. Price 8 cents. Ma- 
deira vines on front of house to the right < f the veranda. 
Dr}' tubers planted in spring. Price 20 cents. Japanese 
Morning Glories on front of house beyond the Madeira 
vines. Seed sown in spring. Price 5 cents. 
Twenty-eight was the highest per cent, reached 
this year.” 
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At Carthage, Mo., a town having already a 
more than local celebrity in the matter of attract- 
ive appearance, there was held this year the first of 
what is intended to be an annual “vine, flower and 
vegetable contest” open only to pupils of the 
public schools. 
Mr. W. J. Stevens, the superintendent of 
schools, is given credit for originating this admir- 
able movement and to him are due thanks for the 
following information: 
Prizes and Rules Governing Contests. 
I. BOYS’ vegetable gardens — SIX PRIZES. 
Space limited to two square rods. Each contestant is re- 
quired to furnish the judges with a plan of plot showing size of 
beds, and a list of what was planted; also a brief written history 
of the garden. In making awards, quantity and quality of 
vegetables and attention to business to be considered. 
II. GENERAL VINE planting — FIRST AND SECOND PRIZE IN 
EACH SCHOOL. 
-Award to be made for the greatest improveme 7 it in the 
appearance of the home by the artistic use of vines (all to be 
grown from seeds, dry tubers or small plants sown or set out 
this year) on houses, verandas, outbuildings, fences or slumps. 
III. aster GROWING — FIVE PRIZES. 
The best aster bed, size 5x10 feet. Judges to decide every- 
thing. No conditions. 
IV. -VSTER BOUQUET — FOUR PRIZES. 
The best bouquet made from the children’s beds. 
All pupils in the public schools were permitted 
to enter the contest except the children of profes- 
sional gardeners or florists. Children were urged 
to secure the assistance of older members of their 
families, the intention being to enlist the interest 
of all in the growth of flowers. 
