xxviii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Tuesday, Maech 9. 



Special Exhibition of Forced Spring Bulbs was held. The object was to 

 demonstrate the varieties best suited for forcing, and exhibits of small and large 

 collections were invited from Amateurs and the Trade. R.H.S. Medals were awarded 



according to merit. 



Hyacinths, Tulips, and Daffodils. — The Council also offered, subject to the 

 General Rules of the Society, the following Prizes presented by the Dutch Bulb 

 Growers' Society at Haarlem : — 



Division I. 

 For Amateurs. 



Regulations. — For Classes 3 and 4, each bulb must be in a separate pot (size 

 optional). Classes 3, 4, and 5, must be all single spikes ; no spikes may be tied 

 together. Exhibitors in Class 3 may not compete in Class 4 ; and all the bulbs must 

 have been forced entirely in Great Britain or Ireland. 



Class 3. — 19 Hyacinths, distinct. 

 First Prize, £6 6s. ; Second, £5 5s. ; Third, £4 4s.; Fourth, £3 3s. ; 

 Fifth, £2 2s. ; Sixth, £1 Is. 



1. Hon. Vicary Gibbs. 



2. L. Noblett, Esq., Monkswell, Wavertree, Liverpool (gr. T. 



Bushell). 



3. The Duke of Portland, Welbeck Abbey, Worksop (gr. J. 



Gibson). 



4. H. S. Bartleet, Esq., Severndroog, Shooters Hill, Kent. 



5. The Marquess of Salisbury, Hatfield House, Hatfield, Herts (gr. 



H. Prime). 



6. A. G. Gentle, Esq., Little Gaddesden, Berkhamsted, Herts. 



Class 4. — 12 Hyacinths, distinct. 

 First Prize, £5 5s. ; Second, £4 4s. ; Third, £3 3s. ; Fourth £2 2s. ; 



Fifth, £1 Is. 



1. A Earle, Esq., Childwall Lodge, Wavertree, Liverpool (gr. 



T. Hitchman). 



2. F. Stewart, Esq., Jesmond, Wavertree, Liverpool. 



3. Lord Howard de Walden, Audley End, Saffron Walden (gr. J. 



Vert). 



4. E. Mocatta, Esq, Woburn Place, Addleston (gr. T. Stevenson). 



5. Mr. G. Dyke, The Gardens, Garston Manor, Watford. 



Class 5. — 4 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. 



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



1. The Duke of Portland. 



2. Hon. Vicary Gibbs. 



3. Lord Howard de Walden, Audley End, Saffron Walden (gr. J. 



Vert). 



4. The Marquess of Northampton, Castle Ashby, Northampton (gr. 



A. R. Searle). 



