NOTICES TO FELLOWS. 



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24. SPRING SHOW OF FORCED BULBS. 



A Special Spring Exhibition of Forced Bulbs will be held on March 5 

 and 6, 1912. The object of this Show is to demonstrate the varieties 

 best suited for gentle forcing, and exhibits of small and large collections 

 are invited from Amateurs and the Trade. R.H.S. Medals will be 

 awarded according to merit. 



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 Amatetirs. 

 Class 3.— Eighteen Hyacinths, distinct. 



1st Prize . . ^6 6s. 4th Prize .• . €3 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 „ . . £3 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. 



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. 



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

 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 

 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. 



