Ixxviii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Division I. — For Amateurs. 

 Class 3. — Eighteen Hyacinths, distinct. 



1st Prize . . £6 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 



2nd „ . . £4 4s. 5th „ 



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 „ . . £3 3s. 4th „ . . £1 Is. 



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Division II. — For Trade Growers. 



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

 blooms of each variety grown in pots or glasses. 



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

 of Haarlem. 



Class 8. — Collection of 120 Hyacinths in twelve varieties in pans, ten 

 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. ! 



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

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

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

 classes numbered 3, 4, and 5. All bulbs must have been forced entirely ! 

 in Great Britain or Ireland. All varieties should be correctly named.; 

 Points will be deducted for all incorrect names. /i 



25. EXAMINATIONS, 1912. I 



1. The Annual Examination in the Principles and Practice OB 

 Horticulture will be held on March 27, 1912. The Examination has twol 

 divisions, viz. (a) for Candidates of eighteen years of age and overJ 

 and {h) for Juniors under eighteen years. Particulars for 1912 maj; 

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

 Offices. Copies of the Questions set from 1893 to 1910 (price 2s. pos] 

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

 hold an Examination wherever a magistrate, clergyman, schoolmasteis 

 or other responsible person accustomed to examinations will consent 

 supervise one on the Society's behalf. n 



£2 2s. 

 £1 Is. 



