Clxxxiv PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



31. RULES FOR JUDGING COTTAGE AND 

 ALLOTMENT GARDENS. 



To assist Allotment holders and Cottage Gardeners in their com- 

 petitions, a set of Rules, with hints to both Exhibitors and Judges, 

 has been drawn up. These Rules may be had at twopence a copy, 

 or fifty for js. 6d. 



A companion Judges' Sheet in a very convenient book-like form 

 can also be had for 2$. a dozen. This Judges' Sheet has, in 

 tabulated form, a list of the subjects usually grown in allotment 

 gardens, flower gardens, and for window and wall decoration. 

 The allotments or gardens to be judged are all numbered, and columns 

 are provided in the judging sheet for the points given. 



32. R.H.S. DAFFODIL YEAR BOOK. 



The Council have consented to publish on August 1st a " Daffodil 

 Year Book." It will contain the most up-to-date information regard- 

 ing new varieties of Daffodils ; the Awards made at the 1914 Daffodil 

 Shows in London, Birmingham, and elsewhere ; special articles, 

 illustrative plates, and the Schedule for the 1915 R.H.S. Daffodil 

 Show. The Year Book for 191 3 is already sold out, so that all who 

 are interested in these beautiful Spring flowers are advised to order 

 a copy of 1914 at once from the Society's Office, Vincent Square, 

 London, S.W. Price 2s. 6d. post free. 



33. DISBUDDING OF ORCHIDS. 



At the request of the Orchid Committee the Council have made a 

 rule that " Awards will not be given to any Orchids of which the 

 natural size and character of the flowers have, in the opinion of the 

 Orchid Committee, been in any way changed or improved through 

 the removal of a bud or buds, or part of the spike." 



34. DISBUDDING CHRYSANTHEMUMS. 



When single-flowered Chrysanthemum plants are submitted for 

 certificate one plant must be shown without any disbudding whatso- 

 ever, and one plant somewhat disbudded, in order that the quality of 

 the blooms on the undisbudded stems may be compared with those on 

 the disbudded stems. 



35. ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Fellows are reminded that the more they can place their orders with 

 those who advertise in the Society's Publications the more likely others 

 are to advertise also, and in this way the Society may be indirectly 

 benefited. 



