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23. Attention is called to the Special Rules of the Plant, Flower, Fruit, 

 Vegetable, and Garden Committees, and all articles not offered in conformity 

 to the Rules will be disqualified. 



24. It is understood that all persons placing any article in any exhibition 

 thereby signify their assent to all the Rules and Regulations, General and 

 Special. 



Special Rules of the Plant and Flower Committees. 



1. All named varieties of Plants or Flowers exhibited for Premiums or 

 Gratuities 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 envelopes, containing the 

 names of the exhibitors, the numbers of the Prizes for which 

 they are offfered. 



3. Plants in Pols, to be entitled to Prizes, must evince skillful culture in 

 the profusion of bloom, and the beauty, symmetry, and vigor of the speci- 

 mens. 



4. All exhibitors not strictly complying with the above rules will be 

 excluded from competition for Premiums. Attention is also called to the 

 General Rules and Regulations on pages 4, 5, 6, 7, and 8-. 



6. No Gnituities will be awarded on other than regular Prize days, except 

 for objects of special merit. 



Medals For Herbaceous Plants Through the Season. 



Hardy Herbaceous Plants (not having woody or shrubby stemsj and all 

 Hardy Bulbs, in flower, with foliage; five exhibitions, as in the Schedule; 

 garden cross-bred varieties not admissible, except to represent species, as, 

 for instance, one Paeony, one Phlox, one Delphinium, etc. : — 



For the best arranged collection, filling thirty bottles, correctly named and 

 a correct list to be handed to the Chairman of the Committee, /or record, 

 three prizes for each exhibition $8, S6, §4 



And to the exhibitor who gains three or more first prizes during the 

 season, the Appletoii Silver Medal. 



To the exhibitor who gains the next greatest number of first prizes the 

 Appleton Bronze Medal. 



Medals for Native Plants Through the Season. 



Five exhibitions, as in the Schedule. 



For the best collection, filling thirty bottles at the first two exhil)itions 

 and forty bottles at the last three, three prizes for each exhibition 



To the exhibitor who gains three or more first prizes during the season, 

 the Appleton Silver Medal. 



To the exhibitor who gains the next greatest number of first prizes, the 

 Appleton Bronze Medal. 



All plants not natives of New England shall be grouped together and so 

 designated. 



