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MISCELLANEOUS INTELLIGENCE. 



namental New Holland Plant. 



" Ditto Cape Plant. 



"Ditto New Zealand Plant. 



" Ditto Chinese Plant. 



" Ditto of any new, hardy, ornamental 

 shrubby plant. 



Silver Knightian Medal. 



" Anemones. 



" Balsams, in collections of six speci 

 mens. 



" Calceolarias, in collections of six 

 pots. 



" Carnations, Pinks, or Piccotees, in 

 collectionr of twenty-fonr varieties. 



"Cucumbers, in braces. 



"Cockscombs, in collections of three 

 specimens. 



" Figs, in dishes. 



" Heart's ease, in stands of thirty va 

 rieties. 



" Melons, single specimens. 



" Pelargoniums, in collections of 

 twelve varieties. 



" Peaches and Nectarines, in dishes of 

 six specimens. 



"Stove or Greenhouse plants, not 

 enumerated elsewhere, one single speci- 

 men. 



" The best single specimen of any new, 

 hardy, ornamental herbaceous plant. 



"In addition to which, the society of- 

 fers its large gold medal, valued at £25. 

 to that exhibiter who shall obtain the 

 greatest value in prizes on any one day, 

 provided he gives up his claim to what- 

 ever other medals he may have gained. 

 The value to be ascertained by reckoning 



A gold Knightian medal worth 10. 



A large silver medal, worth 5. 



A silver Knightian medal, worth 1 



serving— that the medals are offered not 

 for objects which are merely curious, 

 but for the most remarkable and valua- 

 ble specimens of horticultural skill, — 

 and that the design of the council in in- 

 stituting these meetings, is not to encou- 

 rage the mere collector, but to reward 

 the success of the skilful gardener. 



N. B. No Exhibitions can be placed 

 upon the Tables unless they belong to 

 some one or other of the Classes above 

 described; and no award will be made 

 by the judges in cases where the objects 

 exhibited do not appear worthy of a me- 

 dal; otherwise a bad single exhibition 

 might obtain a first prize, merely be- 

 cause there was no better exhibition of 

 the same class to oppose it. 



FLOWER STANDS. 



" Provision will be made by the soci- 

 ety for placing on the tables such speci- 

 mens as may be furnished by exhibiters; 

 but as flowers travel most securely when 

 fixed permanently in boxes, and as many 

 persons prefer their own stands, it has 

 been determined that any exhibiters 

 may use their own boxes or stands, un- 

 der the following conditions: 



" No box or stand shall exceed eight 

 inches in height at the back, or eighteen 

 inches in depth from front to back. 

 The lids of all boxes must either be loose 

 or made to unhinge. No box with a 

 fixed lid will, on any pretence be al- 

 lowed to stand upon the tables. 



DELIVEEV OF OBJECTS FOR EXHIBI- 

 TION. 



"Exhibiters are earnestly requested 

 to notify in writing, previous to the day 



,.„. ,, ^ u-u-ij u of meeting, what it is their intention to 

 "Should two or more exhioitious be . , . "*. ... , 



found equal in the award of the judges, 

 then each will have the large gold medal 

 " In consequence of the dies of the 

 large and banksian medals having be- 

 come worn out, two new dies are in the 

 course of preparation, one of which will 

 still be called the large medal; and the 

 other, with the head of Mr. Knight, the 

 president of the society, will be named 

 the Knightian medal. 



JCDOES. 



* The respective merits of competitors 

 will be decided by a conference between 

 judges, not exhibiters, especially ap- 

 pointed for the occasion, and a commit-; 

 tee of the council of the society; and 



supply in order that due provision may 

 be made for the proper distribution of 

 the plants, &c. on the exhibition tables. 

 The best places will be secured for those 

 who comply with this request. 



"As the garden will be opened at 1 

 p. M. for the general admission of visi- 

 tors, it is necessary that the judges should 

 proceed to consider the respective merits 

 of the exhibitions by 1 1 a. m., and as it 

 is absolutely indispensable that the ta- 

 bles should be in order by that time, it 

 has been determined that no subject for 

 exhibition should be admitted into the 

 garden after half past nine o'clock in the 

 morning ; and if the owners of any 

 locked-up boxes, or other cases already 



the award will be the expression of thefreceived, should not be in the exhibition 

 joint opinion of those two bodies, who, tent at the said hour, such cases or boxes 

 jn forming their decision, will be directed|must be excluded from the exhibition, 

 to follow these regulations strictly, ob- ! "All specimens, whether of fruit or 



