收到费城花卉大展的消息。明年的费城压花比赛主题是
“灯光，镜头，绽放！”
花卉大展日期为2015年2月27 - 3月8号。

明年我会去费城担任评委。所以如果你准备参加比赛，请不要在比赛之前发私信给我看作品。以确保比赛的公平和公正。
如果有普通问题，我尽量回答。如果我不能回答，会帮助你联系费城压花主席来回答。
具体费城花卉大展比赛手册，可以在网上下载：
http://phsonline.org/media/resources/ExhibGuide.pdf
参赛申请表格，在网上下载：
http://phsonline.org/media/resources/Exhib_Entry_Forms.pdf

为了方便大家明了比赛类别还有规则，我把压花比赛项目的英文内容翻译出来。供大家参考。

Class 141

Garden Fantasy: Create a garden scene inspired by a movie. Name the movie on the entry form.
Novice Class: Open only to exhibitors who have not won a blue ribbon in the Pressed Plant Classes of the Philadelphia Flower Show prior to 2015.
幻想花园：以来自一部电影的灵感创建园林场景。报名表上需要填写该影片名字。
限制：只能给2015年之前没有在费城压花荣获蓝丝带（第一名）的参展者参加。

Class 142

Frame-Up!
A framed representation of a movie-theater poster inspired by a movie. The movie name should be included in the picture.
装裱起来！
以来自一部电影的灵感做一电影/戏院的广告镜框画。电影的名字需要包括在画面上。

Class 143

Premiere Party.
A 3-dimensional evening bag for a movie star on the opening night of a film. Name the movie star and movie on the entry form.
Limited to 8 entries.
首映派对。
明星在电影的开幕之夜的立体晚装包。报名表上需填写明星名字。
限8个名额。

Class 144

Ready for My Close-Up.
A framed portrait of a movie actor or actress. Name the actor or actress on the entry form.
准备好我的特写镜头。
一个电影年男明星或女明星肖像。报名表上需要填写明星名字。

Class 145

Theme Song.
A framed interpretation of a song or song title from a Hollywood movie. Name the song and the movie on the entry form.
主题曲。
的歌曲或歌曲名称从好莱坞影片中的某个框架的解释。命名的歌曲，并在报名表上的影片。

Class 146
Youth Class: Cartoon Classics.
Create a cartoon “cel” of a character from an animated film. Frame may be up to 8"x10". For exhibitors up to and including 18 years old.
please state your school grade (as of March 2015) on the entry form.
少年班：卡通经典。
从动画片中的角色创作一个角色。框架最多8“×10”。18岁或以下可以参加。
-请注明你的学校年级（截至2015年3月）在报名表上。

PRESSED PLANT RULES AND GUIDELINES
•See also General Rules, pages 7 through 10.
•You may make only one entry per class.
•All exhibits must be original and never before entered in the PHS Philadelphia Flower Show.
Please note: No previously published pressed plant art is to be copied in any form.
•Only pressed plant material (flowers, foliage, fruits, and vegetables) may be used. See “Not Permitted” on page 21.
•All pressed material must be flat. Use well-pressed flowers, leaves, fruits, orvegetables without tears or blemishes.
•Exhibits in classes 141, 142, 144, 145, and 146 are to be covered with glass, Lucite, or plastic; framing is required. No exhibit may exceed 14" x 18", frame
included (but see maximum dimensions listed for some classes).
To help defray the cost of postage for entries that need to be returned by mail, there is a nonrefundable return-mail fee of $80 for each exhibit from outside the U.S. or Canada and $15 for each exhibit from the U.S. or Canada.
PLEASE NOTE NEW POLICY: No international checks or money orders can be accepted.
To submit your secure payment online (Visa, MasterCard, and American Express only), in U.S. dollars, go to www.pennhort.net/pressedplants . You may be charged an additional fee by your credit-card company. U.S. checks are still accepted. (If you mail your entry but will pick it up on
Sunday, March 8, after the Show closes, no return- mailing fee is needed.)

压花的规则和准则
•另请参阅总则，7-10页。
•每类你只能参加一个作品。
•所有作品必须为原创而且从未参加过费城花展。
请注意：也不能抄之前别人公布的作品。
•只有压的植物材料（花，叶，水果和蔬菜）可以使用。请参阅第21页上的“不允许”。
•所有压材料必须是平坦的。使用完好的花，叶，果实和蔬菜。
•展品中的类141，142，144，145，和146，必须装裱。不超过14x18英寸。
为了帮助支付邮资退回的成本，海外参赛作品每件收取80美元。美国或加拿大每件参赛作品收取15美元。
请注意新的政策：不接受国际支票或汇票。
在线提交您的安全支付（Visa，万事达卡，美国运通）
www.pennhort.net/pressedplants。
美国支票我们还是接受了。
如果你的邮寄参赛，但会在3月8日展会结束后领取作品，不必交邮寄费。