REPORTS OF THE FLORAL COMMITTEE, AUG. 26. 671 



LXXXIL— REPORTS OF THE FLORAL 



COMMITTEE. 



{Continued from p. 622.) 



August HG, — 17te Rev, Joshua Dix, in the Chair. 



Rhododendron jasminiflorum superbnm : — from Messrs. 



Veitch & Son, Exeter and Chelsea. A very handsome shrub, 

 ■raised from i?, jasminiflorumj crossed with R. Lobbianum. It 

 had clean smooth firm lanceolate leaves of considerable size 

 and white flowers resembling those of jasminijiorum, but larger. 

 It was awarded a First-Class Certificate. 



Rhus verr icifera : — from Messrs. Veitch & Son. A shrub 

 or low tree introduced from Japan, and reported to be hardy. It 

 is that from which the celebrated Japanese lacquer is procured. 

 It forms a very elegant plant, with pinnate downy-surfixced leaves, 

 made up of oblong ovate acuminated bluntly serrated leaflets^of a 

 light green colour, turning brown ia ege, and having a red rachis 

 which is margined by an entire wing. A First-Ciass Certifi- 

 cate was awarded to it, on the ground of its being a fino addi- 

 tion to handsome-leaved hardy woody plants. 



Cryptomeria sp. : — from Messrs. Yeitch & Son. A Japanese 



Conifer, with light green needle-shaped spreading distant leaves, 



and a somewhat lax style of growth. Awarded a First-Class 

 Certificate. 



Bertolonia margaritacea : — from the Society's Garden. A 



very pretty spotted-leaved stove Melastomaceous plant, the ovate 

 dark green leaves of which were decorated with pearly white spots, 

 disposed in longitudinal lines. It received a First-Class Cer- 

 tificate. 



Achimenes Kauve Queen : — from Mr. Anthony Parsons, 



Gardener, Welwyn. A fine and showy large-flowered variety, the 

 flowers of which measured three inches across, and were of a 

 mauve-purple, somewhat redder about the eye, and thickly 

 spotted below the eye with crimson dots on yellow ground. The 

 flowers were larger than those of longiflora major^ more richly 

 marked about the eye, and of remarkable substance, rendering it 

 a most desirable addition to this family. It received a First- 

 Class Certificate, 



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