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METROPOLITAN SOCIETY OF FLORISTS, &c. 



SECOND SHOW, TULIPS, FOR MEMBERS ONLT, RED LION, HAMPTON, MAT 16th 



1. Best twelve dissimilar blooms, four of each class, the Queen's plate, value ten 

 guineas, and other prizes for the second and third pans at least. Entrance, 20s. 



2. Best nine dissimilar blooms, three of each class, silver cups or plate, value £5. 

 £4. £3. £2. and £1. Entrance 10s. 



3. Best single blooms, feather and flamed in each class. Entrance, 2s. 6d. 



4. Best Breeder of each class. Entrance, Is. 



Every member to enter and pay for the flowers intended to be shown on Tues- 

 day, the 3d of May. 



THIRD SHOW, ON TUESDAY, THE 24th OF MAY, VAUXHALL, 



In honour of the Princess Victoria's birth-day. 



1. Best Collection of orchideous plants, not less than twelve, a silver cup, and 

 one or more other prizes. 



2. Best collections of six dissimilar rhododendrons, two or more prizes. 



3. Best collections of six hardy azaleas, two or more prizes. 



4. Best collections of six greenhouse azaleas, ditto. 



5. Best collections of six greenhouse plants, not azaleas, ditto. 



6. Best collections of six calceolarias, ditto. 



7. Best collections of six hardy plants of any kind, ditto. 



8. Best collections of six geraniums, three or more prizes. 



9. Best collections of six ericas, ditto. 



10. Best collections of thirty heart'sease, amateurs, ditto. 



11. Best collections of one hundred heart's-ease, all classes, ditto. 



12. Best collections of twelve tulips, one-third of each amateurs, six prizes. 

 18. Best collections of thirty-six tulips, all classes, three prizes. 



14. Best collections of thirty-six varieties of cut flowers, not more than six in 

 any one tribe, two or more prizes. 



15. Best specimen plants, to be judged by skill in cultivation and beauty, three 

 to five prizes. 



16. Best specimen plants, to be judged by rarity and beauty, three to five 

 prizes. 



17. Best orchideous specimen, one or more prizes. 



18. Best twenty sorts of roses, not garden varieties, a truss of each. 



The Silver Cup, given in honour of the Princess Victoria's birth-day, will be 

 given to the person who shall obtain the greatest number of prizes j and if two 

 persons shall obtain equal number of prizes, then the greatest number of first 

 prizes. Entrance — members, 2s. 6d. each class ; non-members, 5s. 



No person to be permitted to show for prizes, unless notice be given in writing 

 to the secretary, or personally, at a meeting on or before Tuesday, the 17th May 

 that exhibition tickets may be forwarded, without which none can be admitted. 

 FOURTH SHOW, JUNE 16th or 23d. 



So far as any or all the foregoing flowers can be exhibited in good order, the 

 prizes and conditions to be the same. The following are additional . 



1. Best twelve pinks, amateurs, six prizes. 



2. Best collection of ditto, all classes, three prizes. 



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