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ANNUAI^ REPORT OF THE 



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LIBRARIAN. 

 David Rust. 



COMMITTEE TO EXAMINE AND MAKE AWARDS ON NEW OR CHOICE 

 PLANTS, B'LOWERS, FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. 



Edwin Lonsdale, Chairman: 

 Robert Craig, 

 J. D. Eisele, 

 Wm., K. Harris, 



PLANTS. 



John Westcott. 

 Alphonse Pericat. 



Alex. B. Scott, 

 A. B. Cartledge, 

 Samuel S. Pennock, 



FLOWERS. 



Henry B. Surman, 

 A. M. Herr. 



W. Atlee Burpee, 

 John G. Gardner, 

 P. Pedersen, 



FRUITS AND VEGETABLES. 



J. Otto Thilow, 

 Jos. McGregor. 



Exhibits must be ready for examination by this Committee at 3 

 P. Mi on tlie dates of tlie regular monthly stated meetings of the So- 

 ciety (the third Tuesday of each month) and remain on exhibition 

 until the close of the regular meeting in the evening. 



Exhibitors of new or choice plants, flowers, fruits and vegetables 

 are required to furnish, in writing, to the Committee, whenever pos- 

 sible, full particulars about their exhibit, as to its origin: if a seed- 

 ling, its parentage; if a foundling, under what conditions it was 

 found; if a sprout, what it sprouted from; also its ])rincipal charac- 

 teristics, and to inform the Secretary of the Society, one week pre- 

 vious, of their intention to exhibit. 



RULES GOVERNING EXHIBITIONS. 



1. Entries should be made with the Secretary at least one week be- 

 fore the opening, with full list of articles and statemenit of classes 

 in which they are entered. 



2. No exhibit can be staged until the exhibitor has furnished the 

 Secretary with a full list of all the articles offered. This rule ap- 

 plies to articles "for exhibition only" as well as to exhibits entered 

 for competition. 



:i. All exhibits must be correctly labeled on stiff cards of a uniform 

 size. These cards will be furnished free by the Society on aj)i»li- 

 cation to the Secretary. 



4. ,\11 ontries not made according fo wchedule will be disqualifipd. 



