78 REPORTS OF THE FLORAL COMMITTEE, 



ftueen Mab, bright red, heavily tipped with white ; Mrs. Col. Vyse, 

 white, tipped with rosy purple; this last was considered to 

 maintain the character given to it by a previous award. 



From Mr. IvEUY, Dorking: Fuchsia, Distinction ; a variety 

 with short tube, and bright coral-red broad expanded sepals, 

 but chiefly remarkable for the wide expansion of its purple 

 corolla. — From Mr. Wheelek, Warminster : Fuchsia — Lord of 

 the Isles, Marquis of Bath, Hero of Wilts, and Robin Hood, 

 all double-flowered varieties. That named Marquis of Bath, had 

 large deep coral-red flowers of great substance, with a full double 

 compact deep purple corolla ; it was altogether a variety of fine 

 character, and was considered the best of the double-flowered 

 varieties that had come under the notice of the members present, 

 but a sprig of cut blooms only being exhibited, no award could be 

 made to it. The others were inferior, having the flowers smaller 

 with longer sepals, and the double corollas irregular and con- 

 fused. Mr. Wheeler also sent Verbena, Rosalie, delicate pink, 

 with carmine ring around the eye ; a pretty variety, but not suffi- 

 ciently distinct to merit an award. 



September 23. Dr. Sakkey in the Chair. 



The subjects exhibited were as follows : — 



Gonatanthus cupreus :— from Messrs. Low & Co., Clapton. 

 This fine Caladium-Hke plant, which was regarded as one of the 

 most strikingly beautiful among the ornamental-foliaged plants 

 introduced to this country, is a native of Kina-Baloo, in Borneo. 

 It was sturdy, but dwarf and compact in habit ; the leaves, which 

 were about a foot long, were supported by green stalks of about the 

 same length, and were oblong-ovate, peltate, pui-ple behind, of a 

 deep greeu in front, having a strong, reddish coppery or bronzy 

 tint in different lights ; the surface was quite smooth, but raised 

 slightly between the veins. The central rib was very stout, dull 

 green, its two branches, extending up the basal lobes which are 

 scarcely at all separated, were nearly parallel, and the lateral ones 

 were curved forwards. It was awarded a First-Class Cebt[fi- 

 CATE OF Merit, as one of the most valuable of recent introductions 

 to this class of plants. 



Sphserostema sp..-— from Messrs. Low & Co. This is also 

 a native of Borneo. It is a climbing plant of the Schizandraceous 

 family, and had large ovate, acuminate, distantly toothed leaves, 

 which were green, blotched all over in moderate-sized irregular 



