OF THE COMMITTEES. 



m writing such further details of the origin or introduction or peculiarities 

 of their plants or flowers, as they may think interesting for pubUcation. , 



6. The merits of the subjects exhibited shall not be discussed 

 or decided on in the presence of the Owners, or interested 

 Exhibitors thereof. 



7. Sufl&cient examples of every subject exhibited, to enable 

 the Committee to form a fair opinion of its quahties, are to be 

 produced. In all practicable cases, the growing plant will be 

 required. Each kind will have to be separately entered. All 

 SeedUng flowers tnust be named, as a means of future recognition. 

 If not named, they will be passed over. 



Note.— Exhibitors of seedling florists' flowers, and others, will facilitate the 

 working of the Committee by the production of specimens and collections of 

 known varieties to serve as references, and for comparison with new flowers. 



8. Newly imported or other new species of plants, not 

 florists' varieties, will have to be submitted to the botanical advisers 

 of the Committee, that they may be correctly named. 



Note.— Exhibitors of this class of plants wiU greatly facilitate the operations 

 of the Committee by forwarding, whenever practicable, previous to the days 



Society^s offices, Addressed '?o ^''"'rhe^oTanical Advisers of the Floral 

 Committee." 



9. Honorary Fiest-Class Certificates and CommexNDations 

 will be awarded, at the discretion of the majority of the Members 

 present, to such of the novelties exhibited as may be thought 

 deserving thereof. Other meritorious subjects will be rewarded 

 hy Special Certificates. 



10. No award will be made to yearling seedlings of Cinerarias 

 or Pelargoniums, nor any opinion passed upon their merits ; but 

 they may be exhibited for inspection. 



11. All packages of plants or flowers must be delivered carriage 

 free, and must be forwarded at the risk of the sender. The 

 subjects, whether plants or cut flowers, wiU be delivered up at 

 the close of the Meeting to the owners thereof, or to such persons 

 as may be duly authorised to receive them. If left, it will be at 

 the risk of the senders. 



la. The Committee will hold the power of examining with 

 all ftecessary minuteness the subjects submitted for its opinion. 



Regulations of the Fruit Committee. 



1. The objects of the Fruit and Vegetable Committee will 



be :-^ (1) To encourage the production of new and improved 



varieties of fruits and vegetables, by examining and reporting on 



