Delaware State journal and statesman., 1865-06-01

Geo. G.. Lobdell
REGULATIONS.
The Committees for awarding premiums
shall meet at 10 o'clock, A. M, on Wed
nesday. They shall remove all ordinary
specimens from the tables, shall withhold
premiums when the objects exhibited do
not merit them, or when the conditions
prescribed are not complied with by con-
tributors, and shall have power to award
special premiums for seedlings or other
objects Of unusual merit, which have not
been provided for in the schedule, nor
entered for specified premium.
CONDITIONS FOR CONTRIBUTORS.
l. Competitor shall be open to all. All
articles exhibited must be properly named,
must be entered in the name of the grower,
andif for competition, must not be less
than the number specified in the premium
list.
2. Articles for competition must be stag
ed one hour before the time specified for
awarding premiums.
3. Exhibitors and competitors may at
but they must be entered and staged by
numbers, which the Secretary shall issue
on receiving from each person list of the
articles contributed.
4. Exhibitors cannot compete for more
than one premium in each class of articles
.. Seeding plants for competition must
be exhibited on their original stocks, and
no Seeding plant, fruit or vegetable, shall
receive more than one Seeding prize
g. Hanging Baskets and Parlor Flower
stands, shall contain only plants which have
been growing in them for at least one
month. Table designs, being intended as
ornaments for the dinner table, should be
gracefully arranged, and may be composed
of cut flowers, or growing plants, or fruit,
or of any combination thereof
Z. Collections for competition shall not
contain duplicates, nor plants taken out of
the ground within two weeks; the greatest
dissimilarity, other qualities being equal,
shall have the preference.
8. Dishes and glasses will be furnished by
the Society to the contributors for the pur-
pose of exhibiting their productions.
SCHEDULE OF PREMIUMS.
All articles for competition and exhibi-
tion, bust be staged by 9 o'clock, A. NJ,
on Wednesday, 18th,
Applications for space must be present.
ed to the Committee on or before IL clock,
NJ, on Monday, llth.
PLANTS IN POTS.
Collection of IL plants, all different, in not
over 16 inch pots, in bloom,
For the best, $500
Second best, 800
Third best, 200
CUT FLOWERS
General collection of cut flowers,
For the best, $500
Second best, 200
Dahlias, "a varieties, named,
For the best, 200
Roses, general collection, for the best, 8. 90
Second best, 200
Verbenas, not less than l2 specimens,
For the best, 100
Petuniss, IL specimens, varieties,
For the best, 100
Gladiolus, IL specimens, q varieties,
For the best, 100
Herbaceous Phlox, IL specimens, IL
varieties, for the best, 100
DESIGNS.
Design formed Of cut flowers,
For the best, $500
Second best, 300
Third best, 100
AAsKRTs AND FLOWER STANDS.
Basket of cut flowers, for the best, $500
Second best, 200
Third best. 100
Hanging basket, for the best, 100
BooUETs, &C.
Phantom boquet. composed of skele-
tonized leaves, etc., for the best, $500
Hand boquets, pair, not over 8 inch
diameter, for the best, 200
Second best, 100
Grapes, foreign, 6 plants fruiting in
pots, for the best, $500
Grapes, foreign, cut bunohes, 4 va
rieties, for the best, 400
Grapes, foreign, Hamburg, 8 Sbunches,
For the best, zoo
Grapes, native, collection cut bunch
es, grown in the open air,
For the best, 2.OO
Grapes, native, Delaware, 6 6bunches,
For the best, LOO
Grapes, native, Concord, 6 punches,
For the best, LOO
Grapes, native, DiRnas, bunohss,
For the best, 100
Grapes, native, Catawba, 6 punches,
For the best, LOO
Grapes, native, any other variety, 6
punches, for the best, LOO
Grapes, native, any new variety,
punches, for the best, 100
Pears, collection named varieties, 3
specimens each, for the best, 400
Second best, 2.OO
Pears, Bartelstt, IL specimens,
For the best, 100
Pears, Seckel, IL specimens,
For the best, l.OO
Pears, Flemish Beauty, IL specimens,
For the best, LOO
Pears, DuOhssse d'Angouleme, II
specimens, for the best, LOO
Pears, Louise bon de Jersey, IL Ipsei-
mems, for the best, l.0C
Pears, Beurre d dAnjou, IL specimens,
For the best, l.0I
! Pears, Washington, IL specimens,
For the best, 1.0I
Pears, Lawrence, IL specimens,
For the best, l.0I
Apples, collection named varieties, 8