PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
V 
SPECIAL SHOW. 
Competition for Prizes offered by Fellows. 
Thursday, June 14 tk, 1866. 
Prizes offered by His Grace the Duke of Buccleuch, 
President of the Societv. 
1. For the best 9 Plants sent out in 1865, 9/. 
2. Do. 9 do. in 1864 and I860, 5 1. 
3. Do. 36 Poses, single trusses, including Poses sent out in 1864 
and 1865. The number of new Poses exhibited will be taken into consideration 
in determining the Prize, 6/. 
4. For the best collection of new Poses of 1864 and 1865, 51 . 
Prize offered by Mr. W. Wilson Saunders, F.R.S., 
Member of Council and Secretary. 
5. For the best collection of healthy, well-grown, Exotic, Economic plants, 
such as the following: Tea (2 or 3 varieties), Sugar, Coffee, Cotton (several 
varieties), Cocoa, Indigo, Gutta Percha, Pice, Cinchona, Jute, Black Pepper, 
Nutmeg, Sago Palm, Arrowroot, Ginger, Cardamon, Vanilla, Allspice, 10/. 
N.B.—Preference will be given to plants in fruit or in flower, and exhibitors are 
recommended, to group them ,, as far as possible, according to their uses. 
Prizes offered by the Lady Dorothy Nevill, 
Fellow of the Society. 
6. For the best 10 specimens of Exotic Ferns, 10/. 
Prize offered by Major P. Trevor Clarke, 
Member of Council. 
7. For the best collection of Bromeliads, 51. 
Prize offered ry Dr. Robert Hogg, F.L.S., 
Fellow of the Society. 
8. For the best collection of Sub-Tropical Fruits grown in this country, 
such as Loquat, Pomegranates, Shaddocks, Oranges, Citrons, Dates, Cape 
Gooseberry, Guava, &c. &c., 5/. 
Prize offered by Mr. W. Wilson Saunders, F.P.S., 
Member of Council and Secretary. 
9. For the best collection of Tropical Fruits grown in this country, 10/. 
Prize offered by Mr. G. F. Wilson, F.P.S., 
Member of Council. 
10 . For the best 12 Strawberries in pots, grown in an orchard house, 51. 
Prizes offered by the Council for the Society. 
The Council will give a second prize, amounting to one-half the first prize, 
in each of the above classes. 
Prize offered by Mr. Alexander Scrutton, 
Fellow of the Society. 
11 . For the best 12 Filmy Ferns, for room culture, in glass shades and 
Wardian cases (such as Todeas, Hymenophyllums and Trichomanes), 51. 
