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Rules for Exhibition, continued. 



5. Prizes will not be awarded when the articles are judged 

 unworthy. 



6. Non-compliance with the rules will cause the rejection of 

 the articles offered for premium. 



Special Rules of tJie Flower Committee. i. All named 

 varieties of plants or flowers exhibited for premiums must 

 have the name legibly and correctly written on stiff card, wood, 

 or some other permanent substance ; and each separate plant 

 or flower must have its name attached. 



2. All plants, flowers, bouquets, designs, etc., offered for 

 prizes at any exhibition, must have marked upon the cards the 

 numbers of the prizes for which they are offered. 



3. Plants in pots to be entitled to prizes, must evince skil- 

 ful culture in the profusion of bloom, and the beauty, sym- 

 metry, and vigor of the specimens. 



4. All exhibitors not strictly complying with the above rules 

 will be excluded from competition for premiums. 



5. No gratuities will be awarded on other than regular prize 

 days, except for objects of special merit. 



3. MICHIGAN HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY RULES. 



For Exhibitors. Entries may be made for exhibition, with- 

 out competition ; and if worthy, the Awarding Committee are 

 expected to properly notice them in their reports. 



No article entered for competition in one class will be per- 

 mitted to compete for a premium in any other, except as here- 

 inafter expressly provided. 



Each entry of collection of fruits must be accpmpanied by a 

 correct list of the varieties of each class of fruits, named in 

 the order of their maturity as nearly as may be. No pre- 

 miums will be awarded in the absence of such list. 



Fruits will be valued by committees according to their adap- 

 tation to the requirements under which they are entered. A 

 really superior dessert fruit, if entered in a market collection, 

 can only receive credit for its value for the market, as given in 



