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a second, third, or fourth prize is offered, two, three, or four 

 specimens or collections may be exhibited, but no variety can be 

 duplicated. 



4. All persons exhibiting Plants, Flo.wers, and Fruits, v-ho desire 

 reports of the same, must hand lists to the Chairmen of the respect- 

 ive Committees. 



5. After the articles are arranged, they will be under the exclu- 

 sive charge of the Committees, and not even the owners will have 

 liberty to remove or touch them, until the exhibition is closed, when 

 they will be delivered as the contributors may direct. 



6. No Flowers or Fruits will be entitled to a prize unless they 

 possess points of superiority. 



7. Competitors will be required to furnish information as to 

 their modes of cultivation, and to present specimens for trial and 

 examination if necessary. 



8. No cards of a business nature will be allowed in any exhibi- 

 tion. 



9. In awarding Premiums for Fruits, adaptation to general cul- 

 tivation will be deemed indispensable. 



10. Attention is called to the Special Rules for Flowers and 

 Fruits, and all articles not oflered in conformity to the Rules will 

 be disqualified, and Prizes will be awarded only to exhibitors who 

 have complied with the Rules and Regulations. 



11. It is understood that all persons placing any article in any 

 exhibition thereby signify their assent to all the Rules and Regula- 

 tions, General and Special. 



Special Rules for Fruits. 



1. All Fruits offered for Premiums must be correctly named. 

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

 ing," etc., will not be considered as names. 



2. All Fruits offered for Premiums must be composed of exactly 

 the number of specimens or quantity named in the Schedule. A 

 "dish" of Apples, Pears, Peaches, Plums, Nectarines, Quinces* 

 Figs, Apricots, etc., is understood to contain twelve specimens, and 

 this number will be required of all Fruits when not otherwise 

 specified. 



3. The whole quantity required of any one variety of Fruit 

 must be shown in a single dish or basket. 



4. Contributors of Fruits for Exhibition or Prizes, must pre- 

 sent the same in the Society's dishes. Market baskets will not be 

 allowed on the tables. 



5. No person can compete for more than one Prize with the 

 same variety, or varieties, of Fruit; except that a single dish may 



