AUTUMNAL EXHIBITION, 



The Society will hold its Annual Autumnal Exhibition, A. D. 

 1877, in its own Halls, on Front Street, in the City of Worcester. 



The Exhibition will commence on Wednesday, September 19th at 6 

 o'clock P. M., and close on Friday, September 21st, at 8^ o'clock P. M. 



g^^" Exhibitors are notitied that strict conformity to the Regulations 

 and Eules will be expected and required, for their own benefit as well as 

 for the ccnvenience of the Officers of the Society. 



1^° Particular attention is called to the Rules and Regulations on pp. 

 11-13, and especially to Nos. 1 and 17, respectively ; the one defining 

 the limit of time for entries of Vegatables, and the other requiring lists 

 of all entries to be filed with the Secretary. 



RULES AND REGULATIONS. 



1. Articles offered for premium at the Autumnal Exhibition must 

 be in the Halls and entered with the Secretary before four (4) o'clock P. 

 M., of the opening day of the Exhibition; provided, that all entries of 

 Vegetables for the Exhibition must be made with the Secretary before 

 6 o'clock P. M., on the 15th day of September. 



2. Competition for premiums is open to ail ; but a discount of one- 

 third of the amount will be made from awards to persons who are not 

 Members of the Society; and it is strictly required that all specimens 

 offered for premium shall have been grown by the competitors, within 

 the County of Worcester. 



3. After the articles are arranged they will be under the exclusive 

 charge of the Committees, and not even the owners will have liberty to 

 remove them, until the Exhibition is closed, when they will be delivered 

 as the contributors may direct. 



4. No person shall be entitled to receive more than one premium for 

 the same specimen, and no article for which a premium has been once 

 awarded can receive another during the season, 



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