45 6 EEPORTS OP THE FLORAL COMMITTEE, 



LIII.— REPORTS OF THE FLORAL COMMITTEE), 



June 11, 1862. 



{Ooiithiued from p. 382.) 



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CiAss XXV, — New or Eare Tender Plants in Flower. 

 Dendrobinm Falconer! : — from Mr. Sherratt, gardener to J. 



Bateman, Esq., Knypersley Hall. A finely bloomed plant of 

 this very beautiful orcbid, whose white flowers are tipped with 

 rich rose purple, aad marked on the lip with a deep sanguineous 

 purple spot, surrounded by yellow. It was awarded the Silver 

 Knightian Medal; and the special prize offered by the Bishop 

 of Winchester at the May show and not then awarded, was trans- 

 ferred to it by his Lordship's desire. 



Crinum sp. : — from Mr. Davis, gardener to Mrs. Speke, St. 

 George's Road, Eccleston Square. This was stated to have been 

 received from near the great central African lake, Victoria 

 Nyanza. It had broad lorate leaves slightly crisped at the edge, 

 and large wtite flowers, marked down the centre of the segments 

 with a broad deep-red streak. A Silver Banksian Medal was 

 given to it. 



Nolana lanceolata : — from Messrs Veitch & Son. A rather 



showy plant, with long-stalked lanceolate greyish radical leaves, and 

 trailing branches bearing lar^e pale blue convolvulus like flowers, 

 the throat of which was white marked with five greenish blotches. 



The pedicels and leaves were hairy. This was awarded a Bronze 



Medal. 



Oxalis valdiviana : — from Messrs. Veitch & Son. A free 



flowering and showy dwarfish tufted plant, with nUmeVoiis short 

 branched stems, smooth trifoliate leaves, and bright yellow flowers. 

 it received a Bronze Medal. 



There were shown besides in this class : — 

 T'rom Messrs. Vkitch & SoN : — 



Stenogastra gpeciosa, a dwarf plant with bluntly oval hairy leaves, and 



lilac flowers, very much like, if not identical with, Qloxinia Tiirsuta, 

 Pancratium sp, from the Philippines. 

 From Mr. Bull, Chelsea:— 



Greiilha Brummondu, a tall greenhouse strut with pinnate leaves, 

 formed of long whitish hnear leaflets, and bearing terminal spikes of 

 green flowers. 



Begonia impenalis and smaragdina. 

 From Messrs. Jackson & Son, Kingston : — 



Canna sp,, from Japan, a plant of very dwarf compact habit, with 



