Cclxxxvi PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



The winner will hold the Cory Cup for one year, subject to a sufficient 

 insurance against loss, and to a guarantee to return it in good condition, 

 or, failing this, to refund to the R.H.S. the sum of eighty guineas. On 

 the return of the Cup the Council will present the holder with a small 

 commemorative Silver Cup. 



The same exhibitor may win the Cup only once in three years, but 

 should the winner of the previous year be again considered first the 

 Council will bestow a special award. 



The decision of the Council is final, and the Cup may be altogether 

 withheld at their discretion. 



The Council will not award this high distinction unless satisfied and 

 assured that the exhibit is, in the main, due to the work and capability of 

 the exhibitor or his employees, and on this point the Council may consult 

 any expert not competing for the Cup. 



The attention of intending exhibitors is particularly directed to the 

 Society's 1911 Code of "Rules for Judging." 



31. INSPECTION OF GROWING DAHLIAS. 



In order to assist in the adjudication of the Cory Cup award (see 

 paragraph 30) it has been suggested to the Council that the Judges should 

 inspect a very large collection of Decorative Garden Dahlias which will be 

 growing in Mr. Reginald Cory's Garden at Cardiff, where the habit of the 

 respective plants can be observed, and their true value from the point of 

 view of garden decoration can be determined. Three Judges of the 

 R.H.S. Floral Committee are accordingly co-operating with three Judges 

 of the National Dahlia Society, with the Chairman of the Floral Com- 

 mittee as President, and a visit to Mr. Cory's Garden will be made in the 

 week preceding the date of the competition for the Cup. The object of 

 this inspection of the growing plants is to prevent the Judges for the 

 Cup being misled, as to a plant's value as a Decorative Garden Plant, by 

 blooms however intrinsically beautiful but gathered from a plant of littla 

 value as a Decorative Garden Plant. 



32. PRIMULA CONFERENCE. 



A Primula Conference has been arranged for April 16, 1913, when 

 Sir John Llewelyn, Bart., will occupy the Chair. The Papers to be read 

 are as follows : — " Himalayan Primulas," by Mr. Craib, of Kew; " European 

 Hybrids in Nature," by Mr. Reginald Farrer ; "Primulas from a Garden 

 Point of View," by Miss Jekyll ; "Chinese Species of Primula," by Pro- 

 fessor Bayley Balfour, F.R.S. ; "European Primulas," by Dr. John 

 MacWatt. 



33. EXAMINATIONS, 1913. 



1. The Annual Examination in the Principles and Practice of 

 Horticulture will be held on April 2, 1913. The Examination has two 

 divisions — viz. {a) for Candidates of eighteen years of age and over, 

 and (b) for Juniors under eighteen years. Particulars for 1913 may 

 be obtained by sending a stamped and directed envelope to the Society's 

 Offices. Copies of the Questions set from 1893 to 1912 (price 2s. post 

 free) may also be obtained from the Office. The Society is willing to 



