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PKOCEEDINGS OF THE EOYAL HORTICULTUEAL SOCIETY. 



Division II. — For Trade Growers. 



Class 7. — Collection of 100 Hyacinths, in 20 named varieties, 



5 blooms of each variety, grown in pots or glasses. 



Prize, the Gold Medal of the General Bulb Growers' Society 

 of Haarlem. 



1. Messrs. Cuthbert, Southgate Nurseries, Middlesex. 



Class 8. — Collection of 120 Hyacinths, in 12 varieties in pans, 10 

 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 

 of Haarlem. 



1. Messrs. Cuthbert. 



Bulbs Grown in Moss Fibre, &c. 



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



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



Classes 9-11. — 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: * Enchantress,' * General de Wet,' * Innocence,' * Jacques,' 

 * Johan,' 'King Alfred,' 'King of the Blues,' * Koh-i-Noor, * 'Lady 

 Derby,' * Ornament Eose,' ' Princess May,' ' Eoi des Beiges,' ' Eose 

 a Merveille, ' ' Schotel. ' 



Prizes, 21s., 17s. Qd., 15s., 10s. 6c?., 7s. 6d. 



1. Miss E. M. Eawlins, Great Houghton Hall, Northampton. 



2. Lady Yate. 



3. Miss C. A. Michell. 



4. Hon. Mrs. Guy Baring, 9 Chesterfield Street, Berkeley 



Square, W. 



5. Miss M. Gordon Thompson, The Elms, Potters Bar. 



Class 10. — Six vases of Tulips (vases not exceeding 7 inches in 

 diameter), no restriction as to the number of bulbs in a vase, to be 

 selected from the following: ' Duchesse de Parma,' ' Fabiola,' * Joost 

 van Vondel,' 'Keizerskroon, ' * Le Eeve,' ' Mon Tr^sor, ' 'Prince of 

 Austria,' 'Queen of the Netherlands,' 'Eose Luisante, ' 'Van der 

 Neer,' 'Vermilion Brilliant,' 'White Joost van Vondel.' 



Prizes, 21s., 17s. 6d., los., 10s. 6d., 7s. 6d. 



1. Lady Yate. 



2. Hon. Mrs. Guy Baring. 



Class 11. — Six vases of Narcissi (vases not exceeding 7 inches in 

 diameter), no restriction as to the number of bulbs in a vase, to be 

 selected from the following: 'Albatross,' 'Blood Orange,' 'Bull- 

 finch,' ' C. J. Backhouse,' 'Dairymaid,' 'Early Easter,' 'Emperor,' 

 ' Glitter, ' ' Horace, ' ' Leonie, ' ' Lilian, ' ' Lucifer, ' ' Lulworth, ' 



