ONE HUNDRED FIFTY DOLLARS in CASH Prizes 
For BEST 1898 PANSIES. 
My experience in offering prizes for best pansy flowers last year was 
so successful from every point of view that I have determined to continue 
the olan on exactly the’same basis except that all 
THE PRIZES ARE IN CASH. 
1st Prize, - - - $25.00 
2nd and 3rd Prize, each, 20.00 
4th and 5th “ “ 16.00 
6 th and 7th “ 11 10.00 
8th, 9th, 10th Prize, each, $5.00 
11th, 12th, 13th “ 3.00 
14th, 15th, 16th “ “ 2 00 
17th, 18th, 19th “ “ 1.00 
First 1897 
Prize Pansy. 
(Kx actilzo.) 
HOW CAN I AFFORD TO OFFER 
THESE PRIZES? 
There are so many “fake” prize 
offers advertised that I have been 
almost loth to renew the pansy 
offer this year. But mine is gen¬ 
uine and bona fide, as vou can 
easily ascertain by addressing 
any of the prize winners (enclos¬ 
ing return postal). How CAN I AF¬ 
FORD it? Each year I must spend 
something in advertising to secure 
fresh names and keep up the 
steady extension of my business. 
This plan of offering pansy prizes 
Prnwn V>v brings me just the names I want. 
tt T RiDf-p I take the $150.00 from my adver- 
Excelilor, Minn! vertising fund—that is the answer 
in a nut shell. 
PANSY PRIZE AWARDS OF 1897. 
Below will be found a fac simile scale of thr 
report of the Awarding Committee. By ej?cu» 
:so as addressed postal for reply any one inaj 
feel at liberty to address any o£ those to whon 
prizes were awarded. 
WHO MAY COMPETE? 
Each ono who orders flower seeds of me to the amount of ten cents or upwards and sends 
the namos and addresses of two or more persons who plant flower seeds (names not sent by 
the writer before) will receive froe a package of my Royal Challenge Pansy Seed (the best 
mixture of Giant Pansies I can make), and a certificate conferring the privilege of competi¬ 
tion for these valuable prizes. All havo an oqual chanco. Success depends only on the pains 
taken in growing the dowers, and tho knowledge gained in the effort, and the pleasure re- 
coivod will be full compensation for all the trouble. Directions for special treatment will ac¬ 
company each package. 
Tho Awards will bo mad - Nov. I, and all flowers competing must reach me before that date. 
The (successful competitors will be at once notified and a full list published in my ’99 catalogue. 
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