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ROYAL COMMISSION, PARIS EXHIJUTION, 11)00. 
IIORTICULTUllE. GllOUP VIII. 
licgjilatiojis and Programme of Pcrvianent and Periodical Shoivs. 
Competitions in the Group of Horticulture will be divided into two 
sections : — 
A. — Permanent Show. B. — Periodical Shows. 
A. — Permanent Show. 
The Permanent Show will remain during the w^liole time the Exhibi- 
tion is open, from April 15, 1900, to November 5, 1900, 
It will include all trees, shrubs, fruit-bearing and ornamental plants 
planted in the open grounds, which will remain during the whole of the 
Exhibition; horticultural and arboricultural implements, garden orna- 
ments ; plans, models, and designs relating to landscape-gardening ; works 
and literature referring to horticulture. 
Fruit trees and ornamental vegetables entered for permanent exhibi- 
tion must be, if possible, planted in 1899, in any case before March 15, 
1900. They must not be taken away before the close of the Exhibition, 
Should they die or decay they must be replaced. The Administration 
will provide exhibitors taking part in the Permanent Show with the 
vegetable mould, peat, compost, manure, and water for irrigation which 
they may require, all free of charge ; application must be made before 
August 1, 1899, stating approximately at what time the planting is to 
take place. 
In accordance with Articles 35 and 50 of the General Regulations, 
the Committees of Installation are responsible for the proper superin- 
tendence of their several classes.. The Administration are under no 
circumstances responsible for damages which may arise, even should 
they be caused by an exceptionally large attendance of visitors at the 
Exhibition. Any plant or article damaged must be at once replaced by 
the exhibitor. 
B. — Periodical Shows. 
The Periodical Shows will take place on the following dates in 1900 : — 
April 17, May 8, May 22, June 12, June 26, July 17, August 7, August 21, 
September 11, September 25, October 9, October 23. Each Periodical 
Show will extend over a period of five days, commencing on Wednesdays 
and concluding on Sundays. In exceptional cases the duration of the 
shows may exceed five days, of which due notice would be given. 
To these shows collective exhibits will be admitted, as well as those 
of amateurs, horticulturists, and public institutions, &c. They will 
compete separately in each show. 
The reception and arrangement of exhibits will take place during the 
two days preceding each show, and must be completed, without fail, by 
5 P.M. on the day before the opening. Cut flowers will be admitted on 
the day of the show, and must be arranged by 8 a.m. at the latest. 
Exhibitors must remove their goods before 9 on the next morning after 
the show, failing which the Administration will have them removed at 
the exhibitors' expense. 
