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present voting therefor. But no member shall be expelled 

 unless a written notice of the motion be served by the 

 Secretary upon him personally, or left at his last or usual 

 place of abode, at least twenty days before it is acted upon. 



SECTION XVIII. 



HONORARY AND CORRESPONDING MEMBERS. 



The Society may, upon recommendation of the Board of 

 Trustees, elect Honorary and Corresponding Members at any 

 annual or special meeting, to each of whom the Secretary 

 shall transmit a Diploma or Certificate of Election, under the 

 seal of the Society, signed by the President and countersigned 

 by the Secretary ; and such members shall not be entitled to 

 hold office or to vote at any meeting. 



SECTION XIX. 



PRIZES AND GRATUITIES. 



Prizes and gratuities may be awarded by the Board of 

 Trustees, or by such committees or judges as may be ap- 

 pointed by them for such purpose, to any person for the ex- 

 hibition of any fruits, plants, flowers, or vegetables, either 

 new of their kind or of uncommon excellence ; or for any 

 new and successful method of cultivating any variety of 

 fruits, flowers, plants, trees, shrubs, or vegetables ; or for 

 any other object immediately connected with horticulture ; 

 or for the essential advancement of the objects of the So- 

 ciety in any other way. But no gratuity shall be awarded for 

 any object which shall have been entered or exhibited for a 

 prize. No award shall be made for any unworthy exhibit, 

 and no gratuity given shall be of a larger amount than the 

 lowest price established for the same exhibit. 



