PROGRAMME OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'S 



Shows, Meetings, and Lectures for 1909. 



Date. 

 Jan. 11. 



Time. 

 10-1.30 

 1-5 



3-4 



1-5 



-Examination for Employes in Public Parks and Gardens 



12.— Exhibition of Flowers, Plants, Fruits, &c 



Special Prizes offered for late Grapes. 

 Meeting, and Lecture by Mr. C. D. McKay, on "The French System 

 of Intensive Cultivation " 



„ 26.— Exhibition of Flowers, Plants, Fruits, &c. 



Special Prizes offered for Salads, Forced Vegetables, and Rhubarb. 

 Meeting, and Lecture by Mr. W. D. Scott Moncrieff, on " A Method of 



using Domestic Sewage in Horticulture " 3—4 



Feb. 9.— Exhibition of Flowers, Plants, Fruits, &c 1—6 



Special Prizes offered for Dessert Pears. 



ANNUAL GENERAL MEETING, in the Lecture Room 3—4 



23.- Exhibition of Flowers, Plants, Fruits, &c 1—6 



Special Prizes offered for Dessert Apples. 

 Meeting, and Lecture by Arthur W. Sutton, Esq., F.L.S., V.M.H., on 



" A Camping Tour through Syria to Petra in Arabia." * 3—4 



March 9.— Exhibition of Flowers, Plants, Fruits, &c 1—6 



Show of Forced Spring Bulbs. Special Prizes offered for Hyacinths, 

 Tulips, and Daffodils ; also for Bulbs grown in Moss Fibre, and 

 Cooking Apples. 



Meeting, and Lecture by Mr. W. S. Murray on " The Tulip and the Tulip 



Mania." * 3—4 



„ 23.— Exhibition of Flowers, Plants, Fruits, &c 1—6 



Special Prizes offered for Forced Vegetables. 

 Meeting, and Lecture by Mr. R. Lloyd-Praeger on "Rock Gardens, 



Natural and Artificial " 3—4 



., 24.— Perpetual Flowering Carnation Show. (See advt. page 59) 1—6 



April 6.— Exhibition of Flowers, Plants, Fruits, &c 1—6 



Special Prizes offered for Salads, and one for best Group of 

 Winter Flowering Carnations (Amateurs). 

 Meeting, and Lecture by the Rev. Prof. G. Henslow, M.A., V.M.H., on 

 " Illustrations of the Effects of the Forces of Growth " 



„ 20.— Exhibition of Flowers, Plants, Fruits, &c. 



Special Prizes offered for Daffodils 

 Asparagus, and Broccoli. 

 Meeting, and Lecture by Mr. Eric Drabble, D.Sc, F.L.S., on 

 AURICULA AND PRIMULA SHOW. (See advt. page 59.) 

 ,, 21.— General Examinations in Horticulture. (See advt. page 58.) 6—9.30 



28.— Examination of School Teachers in Cottage and Allotment Gardening. 



(See advt. page 58.) 6—9 30 



May 4.— Exhibition of Flowers, Plants, Fruits, &c. 1—6 



Special Prizes offered for Strawberries, Melons, and Figs. 

 Meeting, and Lecture by Mr. C. C. Hurst, on " Mendel's Law and its 

 Application to Horticulture " * 



18.— Exhibition of Flowers, Plants, Fruits, &c 



Special Prizes offered for Vegetables, forced or not. 

 Meeting, and Lecture by Mr. A. Clutton Brock, on " Alpines in their 

 Native Homes" 



TULIP SHOW. (See advt. page 59.) 



25. — SPRING FLOWER SHOW, INNER TEMPLE GARDENS, E.C. 



26. — (Private View to Fellows, 7 a.m. 



26. — Do. do. 



27. — Do. do. (To obtain Schedule, see advt. page 61.) ... 



June 8.— Exhibition of Flowers, Plants, Fruits, &c. 



Special Prizes offered for Grapes and Collections of Fruit. 



Meeting, and Lecture by the Rev. Prof. G. Henslow, V.M.H.. on " Some 



also for French Beans, 

 Pansies" * 



3-4 

 1-6 



3-4 



Old Superstitions about Plants " 



„ 22.— Exhibition of Flowers, Plants, Fruits, &c. 



Special Prizes offered for Peas and Tomatos. 

 Meeting, and the FIRST MASTERS' MEMORIAL LECTURE by Prof. 

 Hugo de Vries :—" Masters' Vegetable Teratology." * Chairman, 

 Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., K.C.V.O., V.M.H., President of the 

 Society 



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Lecture Ullustrated by Lantern Slides. 



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