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4. No premium shall be awarded unless the specimens 

 exhibited are of superior excellence, possessing points of supe- 

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

 only ones of their kind on exhibition. 



5. No specimen entered for one premium shall be ad- 

 mitted in competition for another different premium. 



6. Competitors will be required to furnish information 

 (if the committee so request), as to their modes of cultiva- 

 tion, 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 must show 

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

 symetry 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 being excepted ; and 

 this exception, if overcome and avoided, to be taken into ac- 

 count 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) on plants 

 and flowers exceed the amount, $125, limited by the Society 

 for this department. 



11. No member of the committee for awarding pre- 

 miums or gratuities shall in any case vote, or decide respect- 

 ing 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 Commit- 

 tee, and such vacancy for the time being may be filled by the- 

 remaining members of the Committee, or they may act with- 

 out. 



12. Attention is again called to above Rules and Regu- 

 lations 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. 



Committee on plants and flowers will take notice. 



