from May 1, 1830, to April 30, 1840. 



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persons prefer their own stands, any exhibitors are allowed to use 

 their own boxes or stands, under the following conditions : — 



No box or stand may exceed eight inches in height at the back, or 

 eighteen inches in depth from front to back. The lids of all boxes 

 must either be loose or made to unhinge. No box with a fixed lid 

 is, on any pretence, allowed to stand upon the tables. If a box 

 not constructed of the dimensions above given is sent in, it may be 

 placed on the tables, if there is room for it, but it is liable to 

 exclusion. 



The Society distributes in gold or in silver three descriptions 

 of medals ; namely, the large, the Knightian and the Banksian. 

 Persons gaining several medals of the same denomination at the 

 three meetings, are allowed to exchange them in the following 

 proportions : 



A silver Banksian medal is represented by the number 2 

 A silver Knightian .... 3 



A large silver ..... 5 

 A gold Banksian . . . .15 



A gold Knightian .... 20 



A large gold ..... 40 

 If within one month after the third exhibition in the year no 

 intimation is received from an exhibitor of the manner in which 

 he desires his medals to be disposed of, all the medals due to him 

 are prepared and transmitted to him through the usual public con- 

 veyances, without further notice. 



The subjects of exhibition are divided into two classes ; for the 

 first class nurserymen compete with nurserymen, and private in- 

 dividuals with private individuals ; and separate prizes are awarded 

 accordingly : for the second class no distinction is made between the 

 nurserymen and private individuals. 



No articles not of horticultural produce are allowed to be placed 

 upon the tables. 



