Clxxxvi PROCEEDT>^OS OF TTTE ROYAL ITORTICULTUKAL SOCIETY. 



25. SPRING SHOW OF BULBS AND ROCK 



PLANTS. 



Tuesday and Wednesday, Maech 4 and 5, 1913. 



A Special Spring Exhibition of Forced Bulbs will be held on these 

 days, the object being to demonstrate the varieties best suited for gentle 

 forcing. Exhibits of small and large collections are invited from 

 Amateurs and the Trade. E.H.S. Medals will be awarded according to 

 merit. 



(a) Hyacinths, Tulips, and Daffodils. 



The Council also offer (subject to the General Rules of the Society) 

 the following Prizes presented to them by the General Bulb Growers' 

 Society of Haarlem :- - 



Division I. — For Amateurs. 

 Class 3. — Eighteen Hyacinths, distinct. 



1st Prize . . £Q 6s. 4th Prize . . £S 3s. 



2nd „ . . £5 5s. 5th „ . . £2 2s. 



3rd „ . . £4: 4s. 6th „ . . £1 Is. 



Class 4. — Twelve Hyacinths, distinct. 



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



2nd „ . . £4: 4s. 5th „ . . £1 Is. 



3rd „ . . £S 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 

 from those of the other three pans. The bulbs need not have been 

 actually grown in the pans they are shown in. 



1st Prize . . £4: 4s. 3rd Prize . . £2 2s. 



2nd „ . . £S 3s. 4th „ . . £1 Is. 



Division II. — For Trade Growers. 



Class 7. — The finest decorative display of Hyacinths grown from first 

 size bulbs. 



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

 of Haarlem. 



Begulations. — For Classes 3, 4, and 5 each bulb must be in a separate 

 pot (size optional). Classes 3, 4, 5, and 6 must be all single spikes ; no 

 spikes may be tied together. Exhibitors may compete in one only of the 

 classes 3, 4, and 5. All bulbs must have been forced entirely in Great 



