tion of three named varieties 3.00 2.00 1.00 .50

The following varieties of strawberries to be entered separately:

1st prem. 2d prem. 3d prem. 4th prem.

Bederwood, Dunlap, Cresent,
Splendid, Clyde, Warfield, Lovett,
Enhance, Glen Mary, Haverland,
Progressive, Superb, Americus, each 1.00 $0.75 $0.50 $0.25

Best named variety not included in
the above list 2.00 1.00 .50

Seedling's, originated by exhibitor 3.00 2.00 1.00

GARDEN HELPS

Conducted by Minnesota Garden Flower Society

Edited by MRS. E. W. GOULD, 2644 Humboldt Avenue So.
Minneapolis.

_Photographic contest_--Open to all members of the Garden Flower
Society.

Class I. Photograph showing best garden arrangement or planting effect.
List of flowers and shrubs to accompany picture.

First prize--Twenty-five perennial plants.

Second prize--Twelve iris.

Class II. Photograph showing individual plant in bloom. A growing plant
in bloom will be preferred to one in a vase.

First prize--Twenty-five perennial plants.

Second prize--Twelve iris.

Class III. Photograph showing wild flower in bloom. Directions governing
Class II to be followed.

First prize--Twenty-five perennial plants.

Second prize--Twelve dahlia tubers.

Any number of pictures may be entered in each class, but only one prize
in each class will be given an exhibitor.

When possible have photographs 5x7 inches or 4x5 inches, although size
will not bar an otherwise meritorious picture. Photographs in Classes I
and II should be confined to the garden of the exhibitor.

All pictures are to be in the hands of our secretary by November first,
and are to become the property of the society. The prizes will be
delivered the following spring. The pictures will be on exhibition at
our annual meeting in December.

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These directions in The Garden Magazine are so good they are quoted
verbatim:

NEXT TO SEED PLANTING the most important part of the gardener's
work is skill in the technique of transplanting. How often do you hear
concerning some gardener, that if he "only touches a thing, it is bound
to live?" There is no "king's touch" in the garden game. People who
"love" plants are more successful with them, merely because such persons
take greater care in handling them. The first essential in transplanting
is to