yard gardens entered under Class II will be visited by a repre- 
sentative of the Brooklyn Botanic Garden, and are thus certi- 
fied to. 
Care in making exhibits: All entries in this exhibit are judged 
very carefully. Most of the points lost by schools and by indi- 
viduals last year were due to poor arrangement. Suppose you 
are exhibiting in Class A’— Flowers, then bring with each flower 
entry a container, such as a plain glass bottle, like an olive bottle, 
for the flowers. Choose the best blossoms you have: if six be the 
number asked for, then bring the six biggest, strongest ones you 
have raised, and those as nearly perfect in shape and color as 
possible. If you enter Class C — Vegetables, then see that those 
entered are cleaned , that the foliage is cut off, and that the speci- 
mens are nearly uniform in size. When you choose your six best 
tomatoes, have them all near one size, perfect in shape, and evenly 
colored. Five nice red tomatoes and one half green is a combina- 
tion which might count against the exhibit. 
Again, let us suppose that you have entered one especial 
plant of corn, egg-plant, or tomato. Such a plant must either be 
potted or placed in a box of soil. It should be tied to a stake, if 
necessary, for support. The pot must be clean; the box tidy, and 
not bursting apart. 
Wild flower and weed exhibits must either be pressed and 
mounted on stiff cardboard, or each specimen must have its con- 
tainer for water. All specimens must be labelled with their 
common names. 
Application Cards: Every single exhibit must have with it the 
application card with the exhibitor’s name thereon. These cards 
may be obtained in one of the following ways: 
1. By sending a self-addressed stamped envelope, with re- 
quest, to the Botanic Garden. 
2. By calling in person at the Botanic Garden office on 
Washington Avenue. 
3. Blanks for all the pupils entering from any one school 
will, if desired, be delivered to a messenger from that 
school, calling at the Botanic Garden office. 
IV. B. Applications may be made only between Septem- 
ber 15 and 22 . 
Admission to the Exhibit: Each exhibitor will receive a button 
which will admit him to the exhibit at any time during the 24th 
and 25th of September. 
Award of Prizes: The exhibitors to whom prizes are awarded 
will receive a card saying “Premium” on it. These cards are to 
be brought to the Botanic Garden on a day specified, and the real 
prizes will be awarded. The decisions will be made by a com- 
mittee of judges. 
Aid from the Brooklyn Botanic Garden: Any boy or girl desiring 
some one from the Botanic Garden to visit his back yard garden 
