14 WORCESTER COUNTY HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. [1877. 



0. No cards of a business nature will be allowed in any Exhibition. 



6. Where a certain number or quantity of Plants, Flowers, Fruits, or 

 Vegetables, is designated in the schedule, there must be neither more 

 nor less than that number or quantity of specimens shown; and in no 

 case can any other varieties than those named in the schedule be substi- 

 tuted. 



7. It will be the duty of the Committees to exclude from exhihition all 

 inferior specimens. Also, all such Designs as, in their opinion, evince an 

 incorrect taste. 



8. The Committees have power to change the time of exhibition for 

 any article, if an earlier or later season renders such change necessary, by 

 giving seasonable notice thereof. 



9. All articles offered for premiums must be correctly named. Indefi- 

 nite appellations, such as " Pippin," " Sweeting," " Greening," etc., will 

 not be considered as names. Any person exhibiting the same variety of 

 Fruit or Vegetables under different names ; or exhibiting, as grown by 

 himself. Fruit or Vegetables grown by another, thereby violating the 

 objects and rules of the Society ; shall bp debarred from competing for 

 the Society's premiums until rc-instated. 



10. No Flowers, Plants, Fruits or Vegetables will be entitled to a pre- 

 mium unless they possess points of superiority ; and the Committees are 

 strictly required to withhold premiums if, in their opinion, the articles 

 exhibited do not merit them. 



11. Competitors will be required to furnish information as to their 

 mode of cultivation, and to present specimens for trial and examination, 

 if requested. 



12. 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 shall temporarily vacate his place upon the Com- 

 mittee, the vacancy for the time being to be supplied by the remaining 

 members of the Committee 



13. All premiums that are not claimed within three months after the 

 Autumnal Exhibition shall be forfeited to the Society. 



14. The awards of the premiums will be made known as soon as the 

 premium cards can be filled out and placed upon the tables. 



15. Admission to the Autumnal Exhibition, for those who are not 

 members of the Society, 15 cents ; children under sixteen years of age, 

 10 cents ; packages of five (5) tickets, 50 cents. 



16. All Fruits and other articles to be designated at the time of entry, 

 if they are to be reserved; and all fruits and other articles not so re- 



