XXIV BY-LAWS. 



Section XXXII. 



The Object and Disti^ibution of Premiums and Crratuities. 



Premiums or Gratuities may be awarded to such persons 

 as shall have essentially advanced the objects of the So- 

 ciety, or for the exhibition of any fruits, plants, flowers 

 or vegetables of their own growth or cultivation, either 

 new in their kind, or of uncommon excellence, or for any 

 new and successful method of cultivating any kind of 

 fruits, flowers, vegetables, shrubs, plants or trees, or for 

 any other subject connected with horticulture. 



Section XXXIII. 



Donations and Bequests. 



All donations and bequests shall be sacredly appro- 

 priated to the particular object for which they were de- 

 signed by the donor ; and the name, amount and descrip- 

 tion of each donation shall be registered in a book kept for 

 the purpose. 



Section XXXIV. 



Distribution of Seeds. 



All donations of seeds shall be delivered over to the 

 Professor of Botany, for examination and to be reported 

 on. They shall then be distributed by the appropriate 

 Committee in such manner as they may deem best, and 

 the recipients shall, from time to time, make report of 

 their success to the Society. 



