REGULATIONS OF THE FLORAL COMMITTEE, 7 
REGULATIONS OF THE FLORAL COMMITTEE: 
1. The Floral Committee has been constituted to examine and to 
report upon the merits of New Plants and Flowers, whether imported 
species, decorative garden varieties, florists’ varieties or new plants 
flowered in the Society’s establishments; also to examine and report upon 
the varieties of certain flowers, specified from year to year, collected and 
cultivated at Chiswick for that purpose. 
2. These objects the Committee will carry out by holding meetings 
at South Kensington (see кей list), for the examination о 
new flowers and plants as may be submitted to its judgment; by 
holding special meetings as required; and by reporting its transactions 
the “Proceedings” of the Society. The reports, as printed in 
the “ Proceedings,” to be sent to the respective Exhibitors and Con- 
tributors, 
3. All persons, whether Fellows of the Society or not, are invited 
to exhibit at the pom meetings, and to contribute to the formation 
of the collection at Chiswi 
4, The subjects for the ben of the Я ате, оп {һе 
ordinary meeting days, to be delivered not later than 11 a.M., so as to 
be entered BEFORE 12 o'clock. On the Exhibition days неу must 
conform to all the regulations of the Show, and must therefore be at 
the Garden by 8.30 (except on Feb. 25, when the time for admission 
is extended to 9 a.m); and they must on these occasions be entered 
in the books BEFORE 10 a.m 
5. The necessary particulars respecting each subject exhibited are to 
be communicated, IN WRITING to the Secretary of the Committee. 
Norr.—The name and post address of the Exhibitor; the name of the flower if a 
. Seedling ; and that of the native country if an importation, will be considered 
necessary particulars. itors are invited to communicate $n writing such 
further details - of the origin or introduction or d es of their plants or 
flowers, as they ey may t think оу for publication 
. The merits of the subjects: “exhibited shall fiot s discussed or 
decided on in the presence of the owners, or of persons interested 
in them. 
6. Sufficient examples of every subject exhibited, to enable the 
Committee to form a fair opinion of its qualities, must be produced. 
In all practicable cases, the growing plant will be required. Each 
kind will have to be separately entered. ALL SEEDLING FLOWERS 
MUST BE NAMED, 88 à means. of future recognition; if not кашы, they 
will be passed over. 
NorE .—Exhibitors of seedling florists’ flowers, and others, will facilitate the working 
of the Committee by the production of specimens and collections of known укн 
to serve as references, ad for for Conan novelties, 
To save expenses of ca: d to facilitate exhibitions ae amateur growers, 
cut specimens, d sufficiently ван will be issible in cases w 
of the plant | well known, as, for example, in many newly-imported Varieties 
of cultivated uitis of Orchids. 
