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whilst for an expenditure of 2tZ. they can obtain from the Society a little 

 16-page pamphlet which contains the latest expert opinion on Apples, 

 Pears, Plums, Cherries, Raspberries, Currants, Gooseberries, and Straw- 

 berries, together with Notes on Planting, Pruning, and Manuring, which 

 for clearness of expression and direction it would be impossible to 

 surpass. It has in fact been suggested that no other 16 pages in the 

 English language contain so much and such definite information. At 

 the end of the pamphlet are given the names of some of the quite new 

 varieties of Fruits, which promise well, but have not yet been sufficiently 

 proved to be recommended for general planting. 



Copies of this most valuable little pamphlet for distribution may be 

 obtained at the Society's Office, Vincent Square, Westminster. Price, 

 post free : single copy, 2(i., or 25, 25. ; 50, 3s. ; 100, 4s. 



30. SPECIAL PRIZES, 1908. 



For Hyacinths. 



The Royal Dutch Bulb-growers' Society at Haarlem has offered 

 to present — and the Royal Horticultural Society has accepted — the 

 undermentioned prizes for forced Hyacinths, to be competed for at the 

 R.H.S. Show, at Vincent Square, on Tuesday, March 31, 1908. Each 

 bulb must be in a separate pot (size optional), and all must have been 

 forced entirely in Great Britain or Ireland. No exhibit may contain 

 more than two specimens of any one variety, and no exhibitor may 

 exhibit in more than one class. 



Division I, 

 For Amateiirs and Gentle7nen's Gardeners. 



Class 3. 18 Hyacinths. First prize £8 8s. Second £4 4s. 

 „ 4. 12 „ „ £6 6s. „ £3 3s. 



„ 5. 6 „ „ £4 4s. „ £2 2s. 



Division II. 

 For Nurserymen. 



Class 6. 24 Hyacinths. First prize £8 8s. Second £4 4s. 

 „ 7. 18 „ „ £6 6s. „ £3 3s. 



„ 8. 12 „ „ £i 4s. „ £2 2s. 



31. ADVERTISEMENTS. 



Fellows are reminded that the more they can place their orders with 

 those who advertise in the Society's Publications the more likely others 

 are to advertise also, and in this way the Society may be indirectly 

 benefited. 



