Clxxxiv PKOCEEDINGS OF THE KOYAL IIOETICULTUEAL SOCIETY. 



17. EXHIBITIONS, MEETINGS, AND LECTURES 



IN 1910. 



The programme will be found in the " Book of Arrangements " for 

 1910. An Exhibition and Meeting is held practically every fortnight 

 throughout the year, and a short lecture on some subject connected with 

 Horticulture is delivered during the afternoon. 



A reminder of every Show will be sent in the week preceding to any 

 Fellow who will send to the R.H.S. Offices, Vincent Square, S.W., a 

 sufficient number (33) of halfpenny cards ready addressed to himself. 



18. DATES FIXED FOR 1911. 



Jan. 3, 17, 31 

 Feb. 14, 28 



March 14 and 15 (Bulbs), 28 

 April 11, 25 



May 9, 23 to 26 (Temple Show) 

 June 6, 20 



July 4, 5, and 6 (Olympia), 18 

 August 1, 29 



Sept. 12, 26 (Vegetable Show) 

 Oct. 10, 12 and 13 (Fruit Show), 24 

 Nov. 7, 21 

 Dec. 5 



19. SPRING BULB SHOW, 1911. 



The Council of the Eoyal Horticultural Society have accepted the 

 offer of the following prizes from the General Bulb Growers' Society at 

 Haarlem, to be competed for on March 14 and 15, 1911. 



Hyacinths. 



Division I. — For Amateurs.* 



Class 3. — ^Eighteen Hyacinths, distinct. 



1st Prize . . M 6s. 4th Prize . . £3 3s. 



2nd „ . . J5 5s. 5th „ . . J2 2s. 



3rd „ . . M 4s. 6th „ . . £1 Is. 



Class 4. — Twelve Hyacinths, distinct. 



1st Prize . . £5 5s. 4th Prize . . ^2 2s. 



2nd „ . M 4s. 5th „ . . ^1 Is. 



3rd „ . . €3 3s. 



Class 5. — Six Hyacinths, distinct. 



1st Prize . . ^2 2s. 3rd Prize . . £1 Is. 



2nd „ . . £1 10s. 4th „ . . lOs. 



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 



* The Society recognizes only three divisions of growers : 



1. Amateurs growing for their own use or pleasure, and employing assistance or 

 otherwise. 



2. Trade, growing for retail sale. 



3. Market gardeners, growing wholesale for market. 



