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Rev. F. T. Boscawen, Show Yard, Tunbridge Wells. All exhibits 

 should be staged on the morning of Monday, not later than twelve 

 o'clock. The following prizes are offered for the first year's exhibition, 

 and are (except the last two for market growers in Kent) open to 

 growers in any part of the United Kingdom. 



Frizes for Gardeners in Private Places. — For the best bundle of 

 Asparagus grown by the exhibitor : 1st prize, £4 ; 2d, £-2, 10s. ; 3d, 

 £\, 10s. ; 4th, £i. The bundle of Asparagus is to consist of sixty 

 heads. The prizes will be given to the largest Asparagus, provided it 

 be in all other respects unobjectionable. Prizes will not be given 

 where, in the opinion of the judge, there is no merit. The Asparagus 

 must be free of earth, and the bundles will be opened by the judges 

 in all cases where they think it well to do so. No imperfect or 

 " double " heads wdll count. 



Prizes for Amateurs not Employing any Regular Gardener. — For 

 the best fifty heads, £2, 10s.; 2d, <£'!, 10s.; 3d, 15s. Grown by the 

 exhibitor. 



Prizes for Cottagers. — For the best twenty-five heads grown by the 

 exhibitor, £l, 10s.; 2d, £\; 3d, 10s.; 4th, 5s. 



Prizes for Marl:et Growers. — For the market grower who shall exhibit 

 the best three bundles, each containing one hundred heads, <£5, 5s. 

 This prize is offered by the Bath and West of England Society. For 

 the market grower in the county of Kent who shall exhibit the two 

 best bundles of Asparagus, each containing one hundred heads : 1st 

 prize, i'3, 3s. ; 2d, <£2, 2s. 



BEDDING TROP^OLUM WORSLEY HALL VARIETY. 



This is the most effective of all the compact Nasturtiums that we have 

 seen, and for small beds is no doubt the best in cultivation. 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



May 10th. 



Exhibits on Tuesday last were not very numerous, though both the 

 Council-room and the conservatory contained some groups of interest 

 and several promising new plants. 



FnuiT Committee. — Harry Yeitch, Esq., in the chair. Messrs C. 

 Lee k Son, Hammersmith, sent three plants of an Alpine Strawberry 

 named Duru, with long conical bright scarlet fruit, which the Com- 

 mittee desired to see again. Mr Woodbridge, The Gardens, Syon 

 House, exhibited a dish of Sutton's Scarlet Globe Radish, neat in form 



