14 PROCEEDINGS. 



RULES AND REGULATIONS. 



1. If, at any meeting, the Committees for awarding Premiums shall be of opinion that 

 the time assigned in the Premium List, for the exhibition of any Fruits, Flowers, or Vege- 

 tables will be too early or too late, they shall have power to alter the time of exhibition, 

 o-ivin"- seasonable notice thereof to the Society at the time of such change. 



2. All Fruits, Flowers and Vegetables, placed in competition for premiums, are to be the 

 growth of the competitors. 



3. All articles exhibited for premium, must be placed in the stands by 11 o'clock, A. M., 

 and no production in the Fruit, Flower, or Vegetable Department, will be admitted /or 

 premium after that time. This rule will be strictly adhered to. 



4. All articles exhibited shall remain in the Hall until 2 o'clock, P. M., when they will 

 be delivered to the contributors, unless otherwise directed. 



5. No premiums on Fruit are to be awarded, unless specimens (if desired) of the same 

 shall have been presented to the Committee, to enable them to judge of the quality. 



6. Committees shall have the discretionary power of withholding premiums, if. in their 

 opinion, the articles exhibited do not merit them. 



7. In awarding premiums on Plants in Pols, special reference will be had to the beauty 

 of the specimens, profusion of bloom, and evidence of superior cultivation. Inferior speci- 

 mens will be excluded by the judges from competition. 



8. Gratuities will be awarded by the Committees for any new or rare Fruits, Flowers, 

 Plants, or any other object of particular interest, and for which no special premium has 

 been offered. Flow-ers attached to a plain surface by any method, will not be considered 

 bouquets, but Avill be specified as designs. 



9. When specimens are presented for a name, the owner is requested to give all the 

 information in his possession as to the origin, and the name by which they have usually 

 been known. 



10. When the Committee have good reason to believe that any information has been 

 withheld, as to the name of specimens, they will decline to give their opinion. They are 

 ready at all times to aid and assist, to the utmost of their ability, in ascertaining the true 

 name of any new production presented under these regulations, but not otherwise. 



11. The contributors of Fruits for exhibition or premium, are recommended to present 

 the same in the dishes or baskets of the Society, or in new boxes of their o^vll. 



12. The Committees are authorized, and requested, to remove all ordinary specimens 

 from the table. 



13. No Flower, Fruit, or Vegetable, will be considered as deserving a premium, unless 

 it possesses points of superior excellence ; and no object for which a premium has been 

 awarded, will be entitled to another during the season — (the Special Prize List of Fruits 

 excepted.) 



14. It is also required that the Fruits, Flowers and Vegetables exhibited, should be 

 accompanied by brief observations on the mode of cultivation, if peculiar, together with 

 any other remarks of utility. 



15. Any person to whom a premium or gratuity has been awarded, whether in money, 

 medals, or plate, may receive either, of like valuation, at his option. 



16. The regulations of the Society, forbidding the handling of Fruits, Flowers, &c., will 

 be strictly adhered to. 



17. No person allowed to be in the Hall while the Committee are awarding premiums. 



Voted, That the Report of the Committee for Establishing Premiums, be placed in the 

 hands of the Committee of Publication, and that five hundred copies be printed for the 

 use of the Society. 



