Here Are the 217 Cash Prizes 
GRAND PRIZE $450 CASH 
For the best all around exhibit in the Blooming Plant Classes. 
Blooming Plan 
1. Roses. For the best blooming Rose Bush (any 
variety) a 
1st Prize . $50 Cash 
2nd Prize . 25 Cash 
Ten Prizes of. 10 Each 
Twenty Prizes of. 5 Each 
Thirty MERIT AWARD Medals with Ribbons 
2. Asters. For the best Group or Border of blooming 
Asters (wilt resisting) 
1st Prize . $50 Cash 
2nd Prize. 25 Cash 
Ten Prizes of. 10 Each 
Twenty Prizes of. 5 Each 
Thirty MERIT AWARD Medals with Ribbons 
Class Prizes 
3. Delphinium. For the best blooming tall hardy 
Delphinium (any variety) 
1st Prize . $50 Cash 
2nd Prize. 25 Cash 
Ten Prizes of. 10 Each 
Twenty Prizes of... 5 Each 
Thirty MERIT AWARD Medals with Ribbons 
4. Phlox. For the best tall hardy blooming Phlox 
(any variety) 
1st Prize . $50 Cash 
2nd Prize. 25 Cash 
Ten Prizes of. 10 Each 
Twenty Prizes of. 5 Each 
Thirty MERIT AWARD Medals with Ribbons 
5. Dahlia. For the best blooming Dahlia (any 
variety) 
1st Prize . $50 Cash 
2nd Prize. 25 Cash 
Ten Prizes of. 10 Each 
Twenty Prizes of. 5 Each 
Thirty MERIT AWARD Medals with Ribbons 
PRIZES FOR SPECIAL EXHIBITS 
6. Cut Flower Arrangement (any varieties) 
Prizes will be awarded on arrangement and gen¬ 
eral effect. Any container may be used. 
1st Prize . $50 Cash 
2nd Prize . 25 Cash 
3rd Prize. 10 Cash 
Twenty-five Prizes of. 5 Each 
Twenty-five MERIT AWARD Medals with Ribbons 
7. Wards Miracle Garden 
For the most effective small border of plants grown 
in Wards Miracle Flower Garden. 
1st Prize . $50 Cash 
2nd Prize . 25 Cash 
3rd Prize. 10 Cash 
Twenty-five Prizes of. 5 Each 
Twenty-five MERIT AWARD Medals with Ribbons 
READ THESE SIMPLE RULES 
1. Anyone, except professional gardeners, or employees of 
Montgomery Ward & Co. (or members of their immediate 
families), may enter this exhibition. There is no fee or charge 
of any kind. 
2. You may send as many entries as you wish. Excepting the 
Grand Prize winner, only one cash Blooming Plant prize will 
be awarded any exhibitor. 
3. All entries must be mailed to Wards Flower Show, Mont¬ 
gomery Ward & Co., Chicago, Ill. 
4. Entries must be submitted in the form of photographs only, 
showing blooming plants actually grown by the exhibitor. 
Each exhibit must be accompanied by a brief history of the 
plant, written on the official Ward Flower Show Entry Form 
provided herewith. (Additional forms free on request by 
mail or at any Ward Retail Store.) The quality of the 
photography will not be considered in making awards. 
Amateur snapshots or professional photographs may be sub¬ 
mitted. Photographs must not be less than 2}4x3Vi inches. 
5. Entries will not be returned unless so requested when sub¬ 
mitted, and accompanied by return postage. All winning 
entries shall become the property of Montgomery Ward & 
Co., to use as they see fit. 
6. If your entry is awarded a cash prize in any class except 
Numbers 6 and 7, and you have a Montgomery Ward & Co. 
Flower Show Order Blank showing the purchase of the seeds, 
bulb or plant from which the winning entry was grown, you 
will be awarded twice the amount of the advertised cash prize. 
A Flower Show Order Blank is attached to this folder. Addi¬ 
tional blanks free by mail on request, or at any Ward Retail 
Store. (If you buy at a Ward Retail Store be sure to use a 
Ward Flower Show Order Blank and ask the clerk to stamp it.) 
7. In case of a tie for any of the prizes, the full amount of the 
prize tied for will be awarded each tying contestant or ex¬ 
hibitor of photographs. 
8. The awards will be made by a committee of three impartial 
judges selected by Montgomery Ward & Co. Their decisions 
shall be final. In all matters pertaining to the conduct of 
the Flower Show, decisions of Montgomery Ward & Co. shall 
be final. 
9. Registration of entries closes October 15, 1936. Entries show¬ 
ing postmark later than midnight of October 15 will not be 
eligible. All entries will be acknowledged by post card, 
giving registration number. A complete list of the winners 
will be printed in the January, 1937 Garden Club Nursery 
Catalog and mailed to all exhibitors. Prizes will be mailed 
to winning exhibitors as soon as possible after awards arc 
made. 
