BY-LAWS. XIX 



Plants and Flowers, the Chairman of the Committee on 

 Vegetables, and two other members who shall be chosen 

 at the annual election. It shall be their duty to present to 

 the Executive Committee, on or before the first Saturday of 

 January, a list of the premiums they recommend to be of- 

 fered, which, if approved, shall be signed by the President, 

 countersigned by the Recording Secretary, and published 

 as the List of Premiums for the ensuing year. 



Section XX. 



Committees for awarding Premiums and Gratuities. 



These Committees shall consist of the Committee on 

 Fruits, the Committee on Plants and Flowers, and the 

 Committee on Vegetables. Two members of either of 

 these 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 as he may see fit to ap- 

 point for the occasion. It shall be their duty respect- 

 ively to attend at the Society's Hall, or the place of ex- 

 hibition, one hour before the same is opened to the public; 

 to examine and label the specimens exhibited, and to 

 award the Premiums or Gratuities ; also to attend at such 

 other times and places as may be prescribed by the Soci- 

 ety, and shall have power to make rules in regard 

 to the time and manner of exhibiting specimens for the 

 premiums, submitting the same to the Society for ap- 

 proval. It shall also be their duty to examine all new 

 Plants, Flowers, Fruits and Vegetables presented at the 

 exhibitions, and to report the botanical name, description 

 and merit of the respective specimens. And, annually on 

 the last Saturday of December, the said Committees shall 

 report to the Society the Premiums and Gratuities award- 

 ed by them ; all such awards, whether as medals, money, 



