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3. All fruits and flowers offered for premiums (except N"o. 1) must 

 have been grown by the exliibitor ; and any violation of this rule will 

 debar or forfeit the premium. Specimens offered for exhibition only^ by 

 others than tlie growers, must in all cases have the name of the grower 

 affixed, if known. 



4. All fruits and flowers exhibited must, as far as possible, be correctly 

 named according to the standard nomenclature adopted by the Society, 

 and it will be the duty of the standing committees of the Society to exam- 

 ine labels and correct all errors in nomenclature during tlie exhibition. 



5. All fruits oftered for premiums must be composed of exactly the 

 number of specimens, or quantity, named in the schedule. 



6. Dishes and labels for exhibition of fruits, and phials and stands for 

 cut flowers, will be furnished by the Society, and no others will be 

 admissible. 



7. Exhibitors must see to the delivery of their contributions and will 

 be required to put them in the places designated fur them. After the articles 

 are arranged, they will be under the exclusive charge of the Society, 

 and the owners will not have the liberty to remove them until the exhibi- 

 tion is closed. Every precaution will be taken for the safe keeping of 

 articles on exliibition, after their arrival and arrangement upon the tables ; 

 but the Society will not be responsible for any loss or damage that may 

 occur. 



8. Xo premium will be awarded merely for want of competition, nor 

 unless the article exhibited is worthy of it; and the Committees are 

 authorized to withhold the first and award the second or any subsequent 

 premium, or none, at their discretion, according to merit. They are also 

 to withhold all premiums from any article not exhibited according to the 

 rules, or where any unfair practice has been attempted by the exhibitor. 



9. The Committees are authorized to reconnnend gratuities for any 

 new or rare fruits, flowers, plants, vegetables or articles of merit for 

 which no premiums have been offered. 



10. When a specimen is presented for a name, the exhibitor shall com- 

 municate all tlie information lie possesses as to the origin and the local 

 appellation. 



11. No member of any of the Connnittees for awarding premiums 

 shall in any case, vote or decide respecting an award for which such 

 member maybe a competitor, or therein have an interest; but in such 

 case such member shall temporarily vacate his place upon the Conunittee. 



12. All premiums awarded will be payal)le by the Treasurer in thirty 

 days after the close of the exhibition, i)rovidcd that all premiums awarded 

 will be liable to a pro rata reduction sullicieiit to meet any deficiency that 

 may occur in the receipts, to meet said premiums and other expenses; 

 and those not applied for before the first day of January next shall revert 

 to the Society. 



13. The Society's i)remiums are open for competition to all persons 

 residing in the State; but when premiums less than $20.00 are awarded 



•to a person not a member of the Society, the fee for membership will be 



