134 MASSACHUSETTS HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Committees shall be a quorum, and if two members shall not be 

 in attendance the member present may call to his aid such other 

 members of the Society as he may see fit to appoint for the oc- 

 casion. It shall be the duty of the said committees, except that 

 on Gardens, to attend at the Society's Hall or the place of exhi- 

 bition, one hour before the same is opened to the public ; to ex- 

 amine the specimens exhibited and award the Premiums or Gra- 

 tuities ; also to attend at such other times and places as may be 

 prescribed by the Society. They shall have power to make 

 rules in regard to the time and manner of exhibiting specimens 

 for premium, submitting the same to the Society for approval. 

 It shall also be their duty to examine all new Plants, Flowers, 

 Fruits or Vegetables presented at the exhibitions, and to report 

 the botanical name, description and merit of the respective 

 specimens. 



It shall be the duty of the Committee ou Ornamental Gar- 

 dening to visit such gardens, parks, cemeteries, &c., as may 

 be offered for premium under such rules as may be prescribed 

 by the Society ; and in making their awards of prizes the Com- 

 mittee shall have reference to the arrangement and laying out 

 of such gardens, grounds, &c., as being more or less in accord- 

 ance with the true principles of beauty and art ; to the greater 

 or less adaptation of the trees, shrubs and plants therein to such 

 arrangement, and to the uses to which such are applied, as well 

 as to their keeping and cultivation. 



And annually on the last Saturday of December, the said 

 Committees shall report to the Society the Premiums and Gratu- 

 ities awarded by them. 



No member of any of the Committees for awarding Premiums 

 or Gratuities shall in any case vote or decide respecting an 

 award for which such member may be a competitor, or therein 

 have an interest ; but in such case such member or members 

 shall temporarily withdraw from the committee, and the vacancy 

 for the time being shall be supplied by the remaining members ; 

 and in case all the members of any committee are competitors 

 for any and the same premium, the award of the same shall be 

 made by a special committee appointed for the purpose by the 

 President, or in his absence by either of the Vice Presidents of 

 the Society. 



