XVlll PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Class 5. — Six Hyacinths, distinct. 

 First Prize, £2 2s. ; Second, £1 10s. ; Tliird, £1 Is. ; Fourth, 10s. 

 1. A. Hanson, Esq., Ivanhoe, Victoria Park, Wavertree (gr. E. T. 

 Bushell). 



No other entries. 



Class 6. — Four Pans containing Hyacinths, 10 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 they are shown in. 



First Prize, £4 4s.; Second, £3 3s.; Third, £2 2s.; Fourth, £1 Is. 



1. Hon. Vicary Gibbs, Aldenham House, Elstree (gr. E. Beckett, 

 V.M.H.). 



2. Duke of Portland, Welbeck Abbey, Worksop (gr. J. Gibson). 



3. Marquis of Salisbury, Hatfield House, Hatfield (gr. H. Prime). 

 No other entries. 



Division II. — For Trade Growers. 



Glass 7. — ^Collection of 200 Hyacinths, in at least 36 varieties 

 grown in pots or glasses. 



Prize — The Gold Medal of the General Bulb Growers' Society at 



Haarlem. 



Messrs. Cuthbert, The Nurseries, Southgate. 



Class 8. — Collection of 200 Hyacinths, in 20 varieties in pans. Ten 

 roots of one variety in each pan. The bulbs need not have been actually 

 grown in the pans they are shown in. 



Prize — The Gold Medal of the General Bulb Growers' Society at 



Haarlem. 



Messrs. Cuthbert, The Nurseries, Southgate. 



Bulbs Grown in Moss Fibre, &c. 



Subject to the General Eules of the Society the Council offered the 

 following Prizes presented to them by Mr. Eobert Sydenham: — 



Classes 9, 10, 11. — Bulbs grown in moss fibre or similar material {not earth) 

 and without drainage. 



Amateurs. 



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

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

 varieties: 'Innocence,' 'Isabella,' ' Jacques, Johan, ' * King of the 

 Blues,' ' Koh-i-Noor, ' * Ornament,' ' Eose,' * Princess May,' ' Queen 

 of the Blues, ' ' Eoi des Beiges, ' ' Eose a Merveille, ' * Schotel. ' 

 Prizes— 25s., 21s., 15s., 10s. 6d., 7s. 6d. 



1. Lady Tate, Park Hill, Streatham Common (gr. W. Howe). 



2. Miss C. A. Michell, Oakfield, Cricklewood, N.W. 



3. Mrs. S. V. Dardier, 6 Grange Eoad, Ealing. 



4. Hon. Mrs. Guy Baring, St. Cross, Winchester (gr. G. Bates). 

 6. Countess Cow^per, Panslianger, Hertford (gr. W. Staward). 



