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twenty guineas, instead of ten guineas as heretofore. It will be offered 

 at the Great Spring Show for a group of Orchids, and will be open to 

 amateurs and trade alike — quality to have more weight than quantity. 

 Ferns and other simple foliage plants may be used for greenery. 



(2) Hyacinths, Tulips, and Daffodils forced in Fibre. 



Mr. Robert Sydenham has offered, and the Council have accepted, the 

 following prizes to be competed for on March 9, 1909. 



N.B. — For bulbs grown in moss fibre or similar material (not earth) 

 and without drainage. 



(a) Six single Hyacinths, in separate vases, not to exceed 6 inches in 

 diameter, to be selected from any of the following twelve varieties : 

 Balfour, General Vetter, Grand Lilas, Grand Maitre, Innocence, Isabella, 

 Jacques, Johan, Koh-i-noor, King of the Blues, La Grandesse, and Roi 

 des Beiges. 



Prizes, 25s., 21s., 15s., 10s., 7s. Gd. 



(b) Six vases of Tulips, in vases not to exceed 7 inches, but no 

 restriction as to the number of bulbs in a vase, to be selected from the 

 following varieties : Duchess de Parma, Dusart, Fabiola, Joost van 

 Vondel, Keizerskroon Mon Tresor, Prince of Austria, Rose Gris de Lin, 

 Thomas Moore, Van der Neer, Vermilion Brilliant, White Pottebakker. 



Prizes, 25s., 21s., 15s., 10s., 7s. 6d, 



(c) Six vases of Narcissi, vases not to exceed 7 inches in diameter, 

 but no restriction as to the number of bulbs in a vase, to be selected 

 from the following varieties : Barii Conspicuus, Campernelle Rugulosus, 

 C. J. Backhouse, Emperor, Frank Miles, Lulworth, Leonie, Mad. de 

 Graaff. Phyllis, Sir Watkin, Victoria, Waterwitch. 



Prizes, 25s., 21s., 15s., 10s., 7s. M. 



(3) Forced Hyacinths. 



The Council have also accepted the following prizes from the Dutch 

 Bulb Growers' Society at Haarlem to be competed for on March 9, 1909 : — 



Division I. — For Amateurs and Gentlemen's Gardeners, 

 (d) Eighteen Hyacinths, distinct. 



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



2nd „ . . £5 5s. 5th „ . ■ . £2 2s. 



3rd „ . . £4 4s. 6th „ . . £l Is. 



(e) Twelve Hyacinths, distinct. 



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



2nd „ . . M 4s. 5th „ . . £1 Is. 



3rd „ . . £3 3s. 



(/) Four pans containing Hyacinths, ten roots of one variety in each 

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

 those of the other three pans. 



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



2nd „ . . £3 3s. 4th „ . . £1 Is. 



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