Ixxxiv PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Division II. — For Nurserymen, 

 (ij) Collection of Hyacinths in pots, pans, or glasses. 



Prize. The Gold Medal of the Dutch Bulb Growers' Society at 

 Haarlem. 



Regulations. — For Classes (d) and (e), each bulb must be in a separate 

 pot (size optional). 



Classes (d), (e), and (/) must all be single spikes ; no spikes may be 

 tied together. 



Exhibitors in Class (d) may not compete in Class (e) or vice versa. 

 All the bulbs must have been forced entirely in Great Britain or 

 Ireland. 



(4) Outdoor Daffodils. 



Messrs. Barr and Sons have presented to the Society a Silver Cup, 

 valued at £1 7s., as a prize for a group of Daffodil blossoms grown 

 entirely outdoors, Polyanthus excluded, Doubles optional, but must 

 include some of each of the other sections, and must contain at least 

 thirty varieties distinct ; at least three blooms of each must be shown. 

 Not more than nine blooms of any one variety may be put up. To be 

 staged in bottles, vases, or tubes not exceeding 3 inches in diameter at 

 the top (inside measurement), and all the stems must touch the water. 

 Quality of flower will count more than quantity, and correct naming 

 and tasteful arrangement will be duly considered. Any hardy foliage 

 may be used, Daffodil or otherwise. No prize will be awarded unless 

 there are three competitors at least. Open to amateurs and gentlemen's 

 gardeners only. 



Past winners of this Cup may exhibit, but will not be eligible to 

 receive the Cup more than once in three years. In the event of any such 

 previous winner being adjudged " first," a medal will be awarded instead 

 of the Cup, which will go to the next best exhibit, provided that the 

 judges consider it to be of sufficient merit. 



(5) Fruit and Carnation Prizes. 



The following Prizes have been accepted from the Trustees of the 

 " Veitch Memorial " at the Autumn Fruit Show, October 15, 1908 :— 



For five distinct varieties of Grapes, three bunches of each, of which 

 two at least must be white : — First Prize, a Silver Medal and £10 ; 

 Second, Bronze Medal and £5 ; Third, Bronze Medal. Amateurs. 



Also at the Society's Fortnightly Meeting on December 8, a Medal 

 and £5 is offered for the best group of winter-flowering Carnations (either 

 in pots or as cut flowers, or a combination of both), grown by the 

 exhibitor, and occupying a space of 100 square feet. Amateurs. 



A similar prize is again to be offered for Carnations at the Society's 

 first Exhibition in April 1909. 



25. LECTURES. 



The new Lecture Room is fitted with an electric lantern of the most 

 modern construction ; electric current, gas, and water are laid on, and 



