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Proceedings. 



[No. 11, NEW SERIES. 



addressed to the Secretary, containing a list of the articles sent 

 with the following certificate. (Except in the case of prize No. 23.) 



" I hereby certify that the Plants, Flowers, Fruits, &c. (as the 

 case may be) sent by me for competition, have been under my 

 care for the last two months." 



2d. It is to be distinctly understood that all plants are to be in 

 flower, and all fruits and vegetables fit for the table. 



3d, No articles sent for Exhibition are to be removed until 3 

 o'clock, and they are then to be removed in such order as may be 

 directed by the Secretary or the Superintendent. 



4th. The Judges will meet at \ past 9 o'clock to award Prizes 

 before the opening of the Meeting to the public. 



5th The Judges in any department, may withhold a premium 

 altogether, if specimens of sufficient merit be not brought forward. 



6th. Parties forwarding articles for Exhibition, and not for com - 

 petition, will be kind enough to send information to that effect to 

 the Superintendent, Mr. Robert Brown. 



7th. Persons desirous of sending stands or table for their own 

 specimens, are requested to do so before 4 o'clock on the previous 

 evening. The Superintendent of the Gardens will then receive 

 them. 



8th. Exhibitors shall not be entitled to a prize for more than 

 two consecutive years for any plants, flowers, fruits, &c. of the 

 same variety, nor for any article of the same kind, but they shall 

 be entitled to their honorary place in the published prize list, ac- 

 cording to the merit of the articles exhibited. 



Regulations por Visitors. 



Upon the occasion of the last Show, it was determined that, as 

 admission tickets were for the first time required, a liberal distri- 

 bution of these should be made to persons not Members of the 

 Society. 



For the future, however, this will not be done ; and the follow- 

 ing rules will be strictly enforced. 



1. The exhibition will be open for the " Private View" from 



