XXViii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
GENERAL MEETING. 
March 14, 1916. 
The Rev. Joseph Jacob in the Chair. 
Fellows elected (14). — G. C. Carley, J. Hudson Davies, Miss Deare, 
E. Denson, Miss M. French, Miss M. Goring, Mrs. H. Le M. Guille, 
Hon. Mrs. Geoffrey Howard, Mrs. E. T. Hudson, Miss P. Lebus, J. 
Northcott, Walter Rush, Owen H. Smith. 
Fellow resident abroad. — Mrs. Lionel Hood (Australia). 
A lecture on " Crocuses and their Species " was given by Mr. E. A. 
Bowles, M.A. 
SPRING SHOW OF FORCED BULBS. 
Tuesday and Wednesday, March 14 and 15, 1916. 
Class 2. — Twenty-four Hyacinths, eighteen distinct varieties. 
First Prize, £5 5s. ; Second, £3 3s. ; Third, £1 11s. 6d. 
1. Duke of Portland, Welbeck Abbey, Worksop (gr. J. Gibson). 
2. R. G. Morrison, Esq., The Hollies, Victoria Park, Wavertree 
(gr. E. Raper). 
3. Marquis of Ripon, Coombe Court, Kingston Hill (gr. T. Smith). 
Class 3.— Twelve Hyacinths, distinct. 
First Prize, £3 3s. ; Second, £2 2s. ; Third, £1 is. 
1. William Joyce, Esq., 53 Prince Alfred Road, Wavertree, 
Liverpool (gr. A. Hitchman). 
No other awards. 
Class 4. — Six Hyacinths, distinct. 
First Prize, £1 us. 6d. ; Second, £1 is. ; Third, 10s. 6d. 
1. J. Haslam, Esq., 12 Newcastle Avenue, Worksop. 
2. T. Crompton, Esq., Halfway House, Woolton Road, Wavertree, 
Liverpool (gr. J. Gilston). 
3. Not awarded. 
Class 5. — Six pans of 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 five pans ; the bulbs need not have been actually 
grown in the pans. 
First Prize, £5 5s. ; Second, £3 3s. ; Third, £1 us. 6d. 
1. Duke of Portland. 
2. Marquis of Ripon. 
No third. 
