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Eleven o'clock, on the first, day of the Fair, and all such 

 Plants and Flowers must have been grown by the competitor, 

 except native plants and flowers, and flowers used in bouquets, 

 and baskets of flowers and floral designs, all of which (plants 

 and flowers) must have been grown within the County. 



2. When a certain number or quantity of Plants and 

 Flowers is designated in the schedule, there must be neither 

 more nor less than that number or quantity of specimens 

 shown. 



3. When only one premium from each exhibitor is offered 

 for any article, only a single specimen or collection can com- 

 pete, but when a second or third premium is offej-ed, one, two 

 or three specimens or collections may be exhibited for compp- 

 titioa, but no variety can be duplicated. 



4. No premium shall be awarded unless the specimens ex 

 hibited are of superior excellence, possessing points of supe- 

 riority and worthy of such premium, not even if they are the 

 only ones of their kind on exhibition. 



5. No specimen entered for one premium shall be admitted 

 in competition for another different premium. 



6. Competitors will be required to furnish information (if 

 the committee so request), as to their modes of cultivation, 

 or in the case of Native Plants and Flowers, where such were 

 found. 



7. All Plants exhibited for premiums must have the name 

 legibly and correctly written on stiff card, wood, or some other 

 permanent and suitable substance and so attached to same as 

 to be easily seen. Flowers when specified to be named to 

 comply also with above rule. 



8 Plants in Pots to be entitled to premiums rpust show 

 skilful culture in the profusion of bloom and in the beauty, 

 symmetry and vigor of the specimens ; also Bouquets, Baskets, 

 Design Work, etc., must show taste, skill and harmony in ar- 

 rangement, both as to colors and material they are made of, 

 and purposes for which they are intended. 



9. All Flowers exhibited must be shown upon their own 

 stem, flowers in " Design ■" work alone excepted ; and this ex- 

 ception if overcome and avoided, to be taken into account by 

 the committee in awarding the premiums. 



10. The Committee are authorized to award gratuities for 

 any new and rare plants and flowers or " Designs of merit " for 

 which no premium is offered, but in no case shall the total 

 sum (premiums and gratuities together), exceed the amount, 

 $100, limited by the Society for this department. 



