1885.] KULES AND REGULATIONS. 5 



2.15 o'clock p. M. of the days of exhibition. Between 2.15 and 

 3 o'clock the Hall will be in exclusive charge of the Secretary, 

 and the Librarian, who will allow no one else to be present. 

 The Judges of Award may be admitted under the limitations of 

 General Rule G. 



2. Competition for premiums is open to all ; but a discount 

 of one-third of the amount willi 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, for a period of 

 at least one (1) month previous to the date of exhibition. 



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

 exclusive charge of the Judges, and not even the owners will have 

 liberty to remove them until the exhibition is closed ; when they 

 will be delivered as the xjontributors may direct. 



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

 Exhibition. 



5. 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 substituted. 



6. It will be the duty of the Judges to exclude from competi- 

 tion all inferior specimens. Also, all such Designs as, in their 

 opinion, evince an incorrect taste. The Judge of Fruits, in 

 making Awards, will especially regard uniformity in size, sym- 

 metry of form, and beauty in color. 



7. The Committee of Arrangements have power to change 

 the time of exhibition for any article, if an earlier or later 

 season renders such change necessary ; and the Secretary is re- 

 quested to give notice of one week, in some daily paper, and also 

 at the preceding Exhibition, when a change in the Schedule is 

 proposed. 



8. All articles offered for premiums must be correctly named. 

 Indefinite appellations, such as " Pippin," " Sweeting," "Green- 

 ing," etc., will not be considered as names. Any person exhib- 



