NOTICES TO FELLOWS. 



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whether obtained on one of the days or on two or by exhibits on all three, 

 will be held to be the winner. The Cup is presented with the idea of 

 showing what interesting and charming plants there are amongst this 

 common class of flowers, when well grown and with plenty of room 

 individually, instead of in the too often crowded style, when perhaps 

 twenty plants may be found striving to grow in the space required by one. 



In order that there may be no mistake as to what is intended by 

 " Annuals and plants usually grown as Annuals," a representative list is 

 given on page 34 of the " Book of Arrangements " for 1906. 



(3) 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 commencement of the Chelsea house by James 

 Veitch, Jun., the nurseryman. The Cup, silver-gilt of the Georgian period 

 with traces of the Greek, was designed in 1810. 



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

 of the highest order from amateurs — either a single plant, a group, or 

 series of groups equally eligible — in the opinion of specially chosen and 

 eminent judges at the Temple Show. 



The judges' 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, exhibitors, or their 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. 



(4) THE SHERWOOD CUP. 



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

 for the past nine years given to the Society, will be awarded at the 

 Holland House Show in July 1907 for the best collection of hardy 

 herbaceous and bulbous plants cultivated in pots or tubs. A background 

 of other foliage plants will be allowed. The whole must be grouped on 

 a space not exceeding 400 square feet. 



19. LETTING OF THE HALL. 



Fellows are earnestly requested to make known among their friends 

 and among other institutions that the Royal Horticultural Hall is 

 available, twelve days in each fortnight, for Meetings, Shows, Exhibitions, 

 Concerts, Conferences, Lectures, Balls, Banquets, Bazaars, Receptions, 

 and other similar purposes. The Hall has a floor surface of 13,000 square 

 feet. It is cool in summer and warm in winter. For a Concert it will 

 seat 1,500, or for a public meeting 2,000. It is undoubtedly the lightest 

 Hall in London, and its acoustic properties have been pronounced excel- 

 lent by some of our greatest authorities. The charges, which are very 

 moderate, include lighting, warming in winter or cooling of the air in 



