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mode of cultivation, if peculiar ; and candidates for the Fruit Prizes will be 

 required to present specimens for trial. 



8. Premiums can only be awarded to exhibitors who have complied with 

 the published Rules and Regulations. 



9. No article for which a premium has been once awarded, can receive 

 another during the season, with exception of such Fruits as are included in 

 the " Special Prize List." 



10. The Committees are authorized to award Extra Prizes for any new 

 or rare Fruits, Flowers, Vegetables, Plants, or Designs of merit, and for 

 which no Premium has been offered. 



11. The Fruit Committees, in making their awards, will consider the 

 flavor, beauty, and size of the specimens, and each of these properties as 

 compared with a fair standard of the variety. 



12. In deciding on the merits of a Fruit or Vegetable, its value for gen- 

 eral cultivation will betaken into account, but SMpeWor specimens of any 

 good variety will not be excluded from Prizes, even though they may not 

 flourish in all situations. 



13. When specimens are presented for a name, the exhibitor is requested 

 to communicate all the information he possesses, as to the origin, and the 

 local appellation. 



14. It will be the duty of the Committees to exclude from Exhibition all 

 inferior specimens. Also, all sMch Designs as, in their opinion, evince an 

 incorrect taste. 



15. The Committees have power to change the time of exhibition, for any 

 article, if an early or a late season renders such change necessary, giving 

 seasonable notice thereof to the Society. 



16. Any person to whom a Prize has been awarded, whether in money, 

 medals, or plate, may receive either, of like valuation, at his option ; all pre- 

 mium, not applied for within one year from the time of award, shall revert 

 to the Society for its own use and benefit. 



17. In order to afford the Committees an opportunity to examine and re- 

 port on the articles exhibited, no other person can be admitted to, or remain 

 in, the Hall, between the hours of eleven and a half and twelve, on the days 

 of exhibition. 



18. The Society earnestly invites the cooperation and competition of cul- 

 tivators. The Prizes are open to all, and the Society is instituted for the 

 benefit of all. 



DI? The foregoing Schedule of Prizes, having received the approval of 

 the Executive Committee, and the regulations confirmed by a vote of the 

 Society, is now published as the List of Premiums for the current year. 



February 5th. — An adjourned meeting of the Society was held to-day, — 

 the President in the Chair. 



The Special Committee for settling with the Mount Auburn Cemetery 

 reported that the amount of the Society's proportion of sales for 1847 was 

 $4,495 09, and that they had received the further sum of $995 09. 



Mr. Newhall, Chairman of the Committee on Medals, reported that they 

 had caused to be struck, at the Mint in Philadelphia, Fift_y Silver Medals, 



