SPRING SHOW OF FORCED BULBS. 



XXV 



Class 5. — Eight Pans, containing Hyacinths, ten roots of one 

 variety in each pan. The blooms of each pan to be of distinctly 

 different colour from those of the other seven pans. The bulbs need 

 not have been actually grown in the pans. 



First Prize, Gold Medal and £3 35. ; Second, Silver-Gilt Medal and 

 £2 2s. ; Third, Silver Medal and £1 15. 

 1. The Duke of Portland, K.G. 

 Class 6. — Four pans, containing Hyacinths, ten roots of one variety 

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

 colour from those of the other three pans. The bulbs need not have 

 been actually grown in the pans. 



First Prize, Silver-Gilt Medal and £2 2s. ; Second, Silver Medal and 

 £1 is. ; Third, Bronze Medal and 10s. 



No Award. 



Class 7. — The finest decorative display of Hyacinths, to be staged 

 on the floor. 



First Prize, Gold Medal and £3 35. ; Second, Silver-gilt Medal and 

 £2 2s. ; Third, Silver Medal and £1 is. 



1. The Duke of Portland, K.G. 



2. The Misses Tate and Tanner, Caldecote Towers, Bushey Heath 



(gr. Mr. F. Streeter) . 



Division II. — For Trade Growers. 

 Class 8. — The finest decorative display of Hyacinths, to be staged 

 on the floor. 



Special Prize — Silver Cup of the General Bulb Growers' Society of 



Haarlem, Holland. 

 First Prize, Gold Medal ; Second, Silver-gilt Medal ; Third, Silver 



Medal. 



1. Messrs. Cuthbert, Southgate Nursery, N. 



Bulbs Grown in Moss Fibre &c. 



Subject to the General Rules of the Society the Council also offer 

 the following Prizes presented to them by Messrs. Robert Sydenham : — 



Classes 9-1 1. — Bulbs grown in moss fibre or similar material (not 

 earth) and without drainage. 



The exhibits in these classes must have been grown entirely in the 

 receptacles in which they are shown. 



Amateurs. 



Class 9. — Six single Hyacinths, in separate vases, not exceeding 

 six inches in diameter, to be selected from any one of the following 

 varieties : ' Balfour,' ' Boerhave,' ' City of Haarlem,' ' Enchantress,' 

 'General Vetter,' 'Innocence,' 'Ivanhoe,' 'Jacques,' ' King of the 

 Blues,' ' Koh-i-Noor,' ' La Victoire,' ' Lady Derby,' ' La Grandesse,' 

 ' Queen Mary,' ' Schotel,' ' Totula.' 



First Prize, £1 is. ; Second, 17s. 6d. ; Third, 15s. ; Fourth, 105. 6d. ; 



Fifth, ys. 6d. 



1. Lady Tate. 



