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ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, July 22nd, 1890, 

 EXHIBITION OF FERNS. 



SCHEDULE. 

 For the better examination and comparison of the Plants, it is particularly 

 requested that Exhibitors will arrange their Collections in the following 

 groups : — 



BRITISH FERNS. 



Class i.* 



Group I. — Adiantum Capillus-Veneris (Maidenhair) and varieties. 

 ,, 2. — Aspleniums (Spleenworts) and varieties. 

 ,, 3. — Athyrium Filix-foeniina (Lady Fern) and varieties. 

 „ 4. — Lastraea Filix-mas (the Male Fern) and varieties. 

 ,, 5. — Polypodium vulgare and varieties. 

 ,, 6. — Polystichum aculeatum and angulare (the Shield Fern) and 



varieties. 

 „ 7. — Scolopendrium vulgare (the Hart's-tongue) and varieties. 

 „ 8. — Blechnum Spicant (the Hard Fern) and varieties. 

 „ 9. — Hymenophyllum and Trichomanes radicans (Filmy Ferns, 



Tunbridge Fern, Killarney Fern) and varieties. 

 ,, 10. — Other British Ferns, Allosorus, Ceterach, Cystopteris, Osmunda, 



Lastrea (except Filix-mas), Polypodium (except vulgare), 



Pteris, &c. 



PRIZES. 



In addition to any Awards which the Council of the Society may themselves 

 see fit to make at the time to any Exhibitors in the foregoing Classes, the 

 following Prizes have been placed at their disposal : — 



OPEN TO AMATEURS ONLY. 

 Class A.— A. Silver Challenge Cup, presented to the Society by N. N. 

 Sherwood, Esq., F.R.H.S., for the best Collection of Hardy 

 Ferns and their Varieties. Cultivation and beauty of form to 

 be taken into consideration even more than the mere number 

 of varieties shown. The plants must have been in the Exhibitor's 

 possession before January ist, 1890. 

 If won by the same Exhibitor two years in succession, to become 

 the property of the winner. 

 (B. — A Silver Cup was also offered for " Hardy Filmy Ferns," but none 

 were exhibited, probably owing to the risk of injury to the plants.) 



* Nomenclature as used by the Royal Horticultural Society. 



