RULES AND REGULATIONS OF THE COMMITTEE ON GARDENS. 



1st. All applications for a visit must be made to the Chairman of the Com- 

 mittee, either personally or in writing, on or before the first of August. 



2d. No Fruit Garden or Grounds of less than one acre (and this well 

 stocked and under fine cultivation) can occupy the time of the Committee. 



3d. It shall be the duty of the Committee to select from the applications 

 those which may seem most deserving of notice, and to visit as many places, 

 and as often, as they may deem it expedient. 



4th. In making all examinations, the utmost regard must be paid to econ- 

 omy and general thrift ; in cases, however, of pleasure, landscape, or orna- 

 mental grounds, more allowance must be made for taste and design, and a 

 gratuity, or complimentary notice may be made at the discretion of the 

 Committee. 



5th. No person shall be a competitor for the highest prize for more than 

 two years out of five. 



6th. The Committee may, at their discretion, give gratuities, or substitute 

 gratuities for prizes, which may, in either case, best promote the objects of 

 the Society, and meet special cases ; always, of course, within the limits of 

 the appropriation. 



7th. Competitors for the prizes shall furnish to the Committee, if required, 

 a written statement of their mode of cultivation, quality and kind of manure 

 applied, amount of labor, and any other particulars, under the penalty of a 

 forfeiture of such prize, if withheld. 



8th. The expenses of the Committee shall be paid by the Society, and a 

 record shall be kept by the Chairman of all places visited. 



