Daily Los Angeles herald., 1878-07-31
The Horticultural Fair.

We yesterday received an ad.
vance copy OF the Horticulfurist
containing the premium list for
the First Annual Fair of the
Southern California Horticultural
Society, which will be held in the
new Pavilion, October 14th to 10th,
inclusive. The following summary
will be of interest to our readers
throughout the District.
All articles for which the following
premiums are offered, If of Califor-
MIA manufacture, will receive the
premium in cash, and the Socie-
ty's Diploma; if not, they will re-
ceive the Diploma only. A years
Observation-Disclosures II-of the
Southern California Horticulturist
is offered in various places
througout the list as a second
premium.
The First Department includes
three classes.
Glass I.--Agricultural imple-
ments.-Premiums ranging from
So for the best garden drill to 500
for the best display of agricultural
machinery of any one house.
Ciass Neutrality-suspicious.
iums ranging from So for the best
gopher trap to $40 for the best APP
paratus for raising water for irri-
eating purposes.
Glass III.-Vehicles. s.-Premiums
from SIS to $40.
The Second Department includes
textile fabrics and the materials
from which they are made. The
highest premium is $40 for the
best display of wooden goods from
one factory.
Glass II.-Includes clothing,
hats, caps, furs, needle work, shell
and wax-work. There are two $40
premiums in this class-for the
best display IF children's and la
dies clothing and for the best dis
play OF millinery.
The Third Department includes
nine classes, as follows: manufac-
lures of feathers; worked metals,
stoves, castings, etc.; musical in
struments, cabinet ware, printing,
binding, ETC.; wooden ware; philO-
sophical, sporting, surgical, dental,
drawing, painting, surveying and
leveling instruments and appar-
atus, etc., of fine American work.
manship; chemicals, ETC.; stone-
ware, bricks and tiles; minerals,
fossils, birds, fishes, etc. The pre-
miums range from So to $40 in this
department..
The Fourth Department. is devoted
to agricultural products, and COM
prises six classes, as follows: Flour
and grain; vegetables, roots, ETC.;
vegetables of the melon and squash
class and the small kitchen
growths; flowers; cheese and but
ter; bread, etc. The range of
premiums in this department is
from ST. to $40.
The Fifth Department embl aces
the horticultural products, and is
divided into six classes as follows:
Glass Northern fruits, includ-
ing apples, pears, peaches, plums
and figs. Premium for the best
display of all the fruits, $40, and SIS
for the best contribution Of each
variety.
Class II.-Semi-tropical fruits,
Of oranges, lemons and
lines. For the best exhibits OF the
two former $40 each, and $40 for
best specimen Of California lime
juice.
Class III.-Honey, preserves,
pickles, etc. Highest premium SIS
for the best display of fr0it in glass.
Class IV.-Dried and preserved
fruits, nuts, etc. Premiums rang
ing from So to SIS.
Glass V.-Fruit trees. Best ex-
hibit Of citrus family, $40; best
Seeding orange, lemon and lime
trees, $40; best budded orange and
lemon trees, $40. Second best of
same, SIS each.
Glass Wines and brandies.
Premiums of $40 each for the best
grape brandy of the vintage of
1876 and for the best of 1876. Dry
wines, all classes, So each for the
best contributions.
The Sixth Department is devoted
to the Fine Arts and is divided in
to five classes, as follows: Paint
ings, drawings, ETC.; sculpture and
marble work; paintings by minors;
designs. The highest
premium is $50 for the best ex.
hibition of paintings by one artist.
The other premiums range from
$5 to $40.
The Society will accept contri-
bNtions not included in their
printed list, and OH a favorable re-
port by the committees they will
be entitled to either a diploma or
to volume of the H0rticulturist,
or both.