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Article XIV. 

 Duties of Standing Committees. 



The Committee on Fruit Trees and Fruits shall have 

 charge of whatever relates to the multiplication of fruit 

 trees and vines, by seed, scions, buds, layers, suckers, or 

 other modes ; the introduction of new varieties ; the vari- 

 ous methods of pruning and training them, and whatever 

 relates to their culture, and that of all other fruits ; the 

 recommendation of objects for premiums to the Executive 

 Committee. 



The Committee on the Culture and Products of the 

 Kitchen Garden, shall have charge of whatever relates to 

 the location and management of kitchen gardens ; the 

 cultivation of all plants appertaining thereto ; the intro- 

 duction of new varieties of esculent, medicinal, and all 

 such vegetables as are useful in the arts, or subservient 

 to the other branches of national industry ; the structure 

 and management of hot-beds, and the recommendation to 

 the Executive Committee of objects for premiums. 



The Committee on Ornamental Trees, Shrubs, Flowers, 

 and Green-Houses, shall have charge of whatever relates 

 to the culture, multiplication, and preservation of orna- 

 mental trees and shrubs, and flowers of all kinds ; the 

 construction and management of green-houses, and the 

 recommendation to the Executive Committee of objects 

 for premiums. And the respective Committees on Fruits, 

 Flowers, and the Products of the Kitchen Garden, shall 

 report to the Executive Committee, at the stated meeting 

 in January, a list of the premiums which they severally 

 recommend to be awarded for the past year. 



The Committee on the Library shall have charge of all 

 books, drawings, and engravings, and to recommend from 

 time to time such as it may be deemed expedient to pro- 



