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Design work, etc.. must show taste, skill, and harmony in 

 arrangement, both as to colors and the material they are made 

 of, and purposes for which they are intended. 



9. All flowers exhibited must be shown upon their own 

 stems, flowers in "Design" work alone excepted; and this 

 exception 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, 

 $150.00, limited by the Society for this department. 



11. Ko member of the Committee 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, and 

 such vacancy for the time being may be filled by the remain- 

 ing members of the Committee, or they may act without. 



12. Attention is again called to above Rules aud Regula- 

 tions for Plants and Flowers, and General Rules of the So- 

 ciety, and all articles not entered in conformity therewith will 

 be disqualified, and premiums will be awarded only to ex- 

 hibitors who have complied with said Rules, etc. 



PLANTS. 



Pi mts competing for these premiums must have been grown 



in puts, .Native Plants excepted, named, etc. See Rules. 

 Pur collections Flowering and Ornamental Foliage Plants, 



at least 25 specimens, premiums, $10, 5 



For coll. Palms, at least 5 spec, 5 varieties, premium, $1 

 Foe collection Ferns (cultivated), at least 5 specimens, 5 



varit-tiea, premium, $1 



For coll Dracenas, at least 5 spec, 5 varieties, prem., $1 

 Fur cull. Crotons, at least 5 spec, 5 varieties, premium, $1 

 For collection Fancy Caladiums, at least 5 specimens, 5 



vai i 'lies, premium, ' $1 



F tv coll. Gloxinias, at least 5 spec, 5 varieties, prem., $1 

 For collection Begonias, tuberous rooted, at least 5 speci- 



rut-iis, 5 varieties, premium, $1 



For coll. Begonias, 5 specimens, 5 varieties, premium, $1 

 For colJ. Coieus, 10 specimens, 10 varieties, premium, $1 

 For coll. Fuchsias, 5 specimens, 5 varieties, premium, $1 

 For coll. Cyclamen, 5 specimens, 5 varieties, premium, $1 

 For coll. Geraniums, double, 10 spec, 10 varieties, pre., $1 

 For coll. Geraniums, single, 10 spec, 10 varieties, pre., $1 

 For collection Geraniums, fancy, 10 specimens, at least 5 



vaiieties, premium, $4 



For coil. Hibiscus, 5 specimens, 5 varieties, premium, $1 



