CCXI PKOCEEDINGrS OF THE KOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



If desired any produce may be consigned direct to the Society and it 

 will be stored in the cellars at Vincent Square and staged by the Society's 

 officials ; but the Society cannot undertake to repack and return any 

 exhibits. 



Particulars of the Shows can be obtained from the Secretary R.H.S., 

 Vincent Square, Westminster, S.W., by enclosing one penny stamp in 

 order to cover the cost of postage. 



23. SHOWS OF KINDRED SOCIETIES IN 1908. 



The following dates have been fixed on which R.H.S. Fellows' tickets 

 will admit : — 



April 1. — Perpetual Flowering Carnation Society. 

 April 28. — Auricula and Primula Society. 

 July 22. — Carnation and Picotee Society. 

 July 24. — Sweet Pea Society. 

 September 3. — Dahlia Society. 

 September 17. — Rose Society. 



December 9. — Perpetual Flowering Carnation Society. 



Copies of the Schedules for these Shows may be obtained from the 

 Honorary Secretary of each Society. For names and addresses see above 

 dates in programme on pages 41 to 63, "Book of Arrangements," 1908. 



24. SPECIAL PRIZES, 1908. 



(1) The Veitchian Cup. 



The Veitchian Cup was offered to the President and Council of the 

 Royal Horticultural Society in the year 1903, in commemoration of the 

 fiftieth anniversary of the establishment of the Chelsea house by Mr. 

 James Veitch, the Nurseryman. The Cup is of silver-gilt of the Georgian 

 period, with traces of the Greek. 



The object of the gift is to recognise in an exceptional degree exhibits 

 of the highest order, the greatest advance in Horticulture — either a 

 single plant, a group, or series of groups being equally eligible— in the 

 opinion of seven specially chosen and eminent judges at the Temple 

 Show. In 1908 it will be given to an amateur. 



The judge's decision is final, and the Cup may be withheld at their 

 discretion. 



The judges will not award this high distinction unless satisfied and 

 assured that the exhibit is, in the main, due to the work and capability 

 of the exhibitor or his legitimate employes ; on this point the judges 

 may consult any expert not eligible to win the Cup. 



The judges need not give a decision till the third day of the Show. 



(2) The Sherwood Cup. 



The £10 10s. Silver Cup which N. N. Sherwood, Esq., V.M.H., has 

 for the past ten years given to the Society will be awarded at the Holland 

 House Show on July 7, 1908, for twenty-four bunches of Roses with 

 their own foliage shown in vases by amateurs. A background of other 

 foliage will be allowed. 



