Clxxvi PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



19. SPRING SHOW OF FORCED BULBS. 



Tuesday and Wednesday, March io and ii, 1914. 



A Special Exhibition of Forced Spring Bulbs will be held on these 

 days, the object being to demonstrate the varieties best suited for 

 gentle forcing. Exhibits of small and large collections are invited 

 from Amateurs and the Trade. R.H.S. Medals will be awarded 

 according to merit. 



Hyacinths, Tulips, and Daffodils. 



The Council also offer (subject to the General Rules of the Society) 

 the following Prizes presented to them by the General Bulb Growers' 

 Society of Haarlem : — 



Division I. — For Amateurs * 



Class 3. — Eighteen Hyacinths, distinct. 

 1st Prize . . £6 6s. 4th Prize . . £3 3s. 

 2nd „ . . £5 5s. 5th „ . . £2 2s. 

 3rd „ . . £4 4s. 6th „ . £1 is. 



Class 4. — Twelve Hyacinths, distinct. 



1st Prize . . £5 5s. 4th Prize . . £2 2s. 

 2nd ,, . . £4 4s. 5th ,, . £1 is. 



3rd „ . . £3 3s. 

 Class 5. — Six Hyacinths, distinct. 



1st . . £2 2s. 3rd Prize . . £1 is. 



2nd ,, . . £1 10s. 4th ,, . . 10s. 

 Class 6. — Four pans containing Hyacinths, ten roots of one variety 

 in each pan. The blooms of each pan to be of distinctly different 

 colour from those of the other three pans ; the bulbs need not have 

 been actually grown in the pans they are shown in. 



1st Prize . . £4 4s. 3rd Prize . . £2 2s. 

 2nd ,, . > £3 35. 4th ,, . £1 is. 



Class 7. — The finest decorative display of Hyacinths grown from 

 first size bulbs. 



Only Prize — The Gold Medal of the General Bulb Growers' 

 Society of Haarlem. 



Division II. — For Trade Growers. 

 Class 8. — The finest decorative display of Hyacinths grown from 

 first size bulbs. 



Only Prize — The Gold Medal of the General Bulb Growers' 

 Society of Haarlem. 

 Regulations. — For classes 3, 4, and 5, each bulb must be in a separate 



The Society only recognizes three divisions of growers : — 



1. Amateurs growing for their own use or pleasure and employing 



assistance or otherwise. 



2. Trade, growing for sale retail. 



3. Market gardeners, growing wholesale for market. 



