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Show Flowers Wanted For County Fair Gorgeous, sweet-scented flowers flow-ers will transform a section of the exhibit room into a garden i of color at the Utah county fail-here fail-here Thursday, Friday and Saturday, Sat-urday, according to William Andrew, supervisor of the floriculture flori-culture department. Flowers must be in the receiving room by 8 p. m. Wednesday. One hundred fifty dollars in cash prizes will be awarded winners win-ners in the various classes. There will also be a limited number of special prizes given for exhibits of special merit, says Mr. Andrew. Prizes will be as follows: Group 1, best single speciment (any variety) , one bloom in container, $.60 for first prize, $.40 for second prize and $.25 for third; group 2, three blooms in container: (any variety), $1 $.50 and $.35; group 3, best individual display mixed cut flowers in vases and baskets arranged by exhibitor, $5, $3, and $2. Group 4, best basket or vase of one variety of flowers, asters, roses, gladiolus excepted, $3, $2, and $1; group 5, best basket or bouquet of mixed flowers, $3, $2, and $1; group 6, best vase or basket bas-ket of roses, $3, $2, and $1; group 7, best vase or basket of gladiolus, $3, $2, and $1; group 8, Dest vase or basket of asters, $3, $2, and $1; group 9, blooming pot plant, $1, $.75, and $.50; group 10, potted fern, $1, $.75, and $.50 group II, novel or new introduction in flowers or plants, $1, .$75, and $.50. A special prize of $5 will be awarded the exhibtor scoring" the highest number of points in the show. j Scale of points for judging cut flowers will be 10 points for color, 10 for form, 20 for stem, 20 for condition, 20 for arrangement and 20 for size according to variety. All flowers must be properly named' and, must be grown by the exhibitor. Containers must be furnished by the exhibitor. Flowers must be left in the display dis-play room until- Sunday at 7 a. m., according to Mr. Andrew. Each exhibitor may make only one entry of the same flower or display dis-play in each class. |