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1. The management of the Garden of the Horticultural Society is -with the 

 Garden Committee, who meet once a month at least, and report their pro- 

 ceedings to the Council for confirmation. During the intervals of their 

 meetings it is intrusted to the Vice-Secretary. 



2. Under this direction the immediate superintendence is vested in the 

 head gardener and two superintendents. 



3. For this purpose the Garden is divided into two departments, each 

 under the separate charge of one of the superintendents ; who are held 

 responsible for the good cultivation of the plants under their care, and have 

 power to determine what modes of cultivation are most proper. 



4. These departments are as follow : — 



(1) The Orchard and Kitchen Garden Department, including the 

 houses for forcing fruit and vegetables, and the ground adjoining. 



(2) The Hot-house and Hardy Department, including all the re- 

 mainder of the Garden. 



5. The packing and distributing seeds, plants, &c, to the Fellows of the 

 Society, is independent of the above departments, and under the immediate 

 and personal superintendence of the head gardener. 



6. The men permanently employed in the Garden are received on the 

 recommendation of Fellows of the Society. But no Fellow of the Society 

 can be allowed to have more than one person employed in the Garden, upon 

 his recommendation, at the same time. 



7. The names and addresses of the candidates for admission are registered 

 in a book, in the order in which their recommendations are received. 



8. Immediately after registration, a written notice is transmitted to the 

 candidate, requiring him to give satisfactory evidence in his own handwriting 

 upon the following points : — 



(1) That he has been employed for at least one year in some good 

 private garden. 



(2) That he can write and spell well. 



He will also be required to forward a legal certificate of his birth. 

 If this information is satisfactory, the application of the candidate will be 

 confirmed. 



9. In case of a vacancy in any department, that vacancy is filled up by 

 the first on the list of candidates for admission, provided it shall appear that 

 he has reached the full age of twenty years, and can give satisfactory evidence 

 as to the following points : — 



(1) That he has been employed for at least three years in some good 

 private garden. 



(2) That he is well acquainted with common arithmetic, including 

 the rule of three. 



(3) That he is able to measure land and make ground-plans. 



(4) That he is sober, honest, and industrious. 



The certificate of the Fellow of the Society recommending him will be 

 required as to these points. 



10. Temporary vacancies are filled up by extra men, engaged by the 

 superintendents in whose departments the vacancies occur. 



11. The number of foreigners employed in the Garden shall not at any 

 time exceed two. 



1 2. The men are successively employed in each department, the transfer 

 from one department to the other taking place twice a year, on the 1st of 

 February and 1st of August. On these occasions each superintendent will 

 have it in his power to retain two or three of his men, with their consent, 



