Notices TO FELLOWS. 



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HYACINTH AND TULIP PRIZES. 



The Royal Society for Bulb Culture, at Haarlem, has kindly presented 

 the Royal Horticultural Society with a sum of money to be distributed in 

 prizes at the Drill Hall on March 24, 1903. 



Hyacinths : — 120 Hyacinths in pots (one bulb in each pot in not 

 less than forty varieties, and not more than three 

 pots of any one variety). Ojpen. 

 First prize, £1 ; second prize, £6 ; third prize, £3, 



Tulips : — 100 pots of Tulips (three bulbs of one variety in each), to 

 include fifty varieties at least, and not more than two 

 pots of any one variety. Open. 



First prize, £4 ; second prize, £'d ; third prize, £2. 



NEW HOME FOR THE SOCIETY. 



Every Fellow of the Society should endeavour to contribute something 

 to the New Hall now just commencing to be built. All said and done, it 

 will cost from first to last from .£35,000 to £40,000. Surely every 

 Fellow will like to have at least a few bricks in the building to his credit. 

 Address— " The Treasurer, R.H.S. Office, 117 Victoria Street, West- 

 minster, S.W." 



DRAC/ENAS. 



The Superintendent, R.H.S. Gardens, Chiswick, W., would be greatly 

 obliged for any old plants of Dracaenas, however old and leggy. Please 

 shake out all the earth from the roots and send direct. 



EXAMINATION. 



The Society's Annual Examination in the Principles and Practice oi 

 Horticulture will be held on Wednesday, April 22, 1903. Candidates 

 should send in their names not later than the 1st of March. A Scholar- 

 ship of £25 a year is offered in connection with this examination. Full 

 particulars may be obtained by sending a stamped and directed envelope 

 to the Society's offices. 



AFFILIATED SOCIETIES. 



Secretaries of Affiliated Societies can now obtain on application a 

 specimen copy of a new Card which the Council have prepared for the 

 use of Affiliated Societies wishing to have a Card for Certificates, 

 Commendations, &c. It can be used for Fruit or Flowers, and is printed 

 in two colours — art shades of deep blue and green. Price 3s. Gd. for 10 

 copies, 5s. 6d. for 20, lis. Gd. for 50, 20s. for 100. 



The Council have also struck a special Medal for the use of Affiliated 

 Societies. It is issued at cost price in Bronze, Silver, and Silver-gilt — viz., 

 Bronze, 5s. Gd., with case, complete ; Silver, 12s. Gd., with case, complete ; 

 Silver-gilt, 16s. 6c/., with case, complete. 



