GENERAL RULES AND REGULATIONS. >7 



11. The Committees are authorized to award Gratuities for any new or 

 rare Plants, Flowers, Fruits, Vegetables, or Designs of merit, for which no 

 Prize has been offered. When Prizes or Gratuities of the value of three 

 dollars are awarded, they may be given in horticultural publications, at the 

 discretion of the various Committees. 



12. No advertisement or card of a business nature will be allowed in any 

 exhibition. 



13. All entries shall be made on cards enclosed in blank envelopes on 

 which entry numbers shall be marked. Blank cards shall be used in 

 naming all objects in collections. 



14. In awarding Premiums for Fruits and Vegetables, adaptation to 

 general cultivation will be deemed an indispensable requisite, but Gratuities 

 will be awarded for superior specimens of any good varieties even though 

 they may not flourish in all situations. And it shall be the duty of the 

 Committee making an award for such specimens to state on the card of 

 award that they are not desirable for general cultivation. 



15. When specimens are presented for a name, the exhibitor shall com- 

 municate all the information he possesses as to the origin and the local 

 appellation. 



16. It will be the duty of the Committees to exclude from exhibition all 

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

 incorrect taste. 



17. 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 to the Society. 



18. All awards are payable on the first of January next after they are 

 made. Those not applied for within one year from the time when payable 

 shall revert to the Society for its own use and benefit. 



19. 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 in which he may have an interest; 

 but in such case such member shall temporarily vacate his place upon the 

 Committee, such vacancy for the time being to be supplied by the remaining 

 members of the Committee. 



20. In order to afford the Committees an opportunity to examine and 

 report on the articles exhibited, no other person can be admitted to or remain 

 in the Hall between the hours of eleven and twelve o'clock on the days of 

 exhibition. 



21. By Section XXV of the Constitution and By-Laws, Prizes or 

 Gratuities may be awarded to any person ; but no Gratuity shall be awarded 

 for any object which shall have been exhibited for a prize. Nor shall any 

 Gratuity given for any object be of a larger amount than the lowest Prize 

 established for the same object; but this provision applies only to the award 

 of gratuities for any object on those days when a prize is offered for that 

 object 



22. No premium except those authorized by the Society shall be awarded 

 at any exhibition. 



