REPORTS OF THE FLORAL COMMITTEE, 35 
XL—REPORTS OF THE FLORAL COMMITTEE 
(Continued from Vol. 11. page 780.) 
December 9, 1869.— The Rev. Тознол Dix, in the Chair. 
The Committee which met on this occasion made the following Awards, viz. :— 
FIRST-CLASS CERTIFICATES. 
$ was much fine 
state, and was thought rthy of t he higher award, for its distinct character, and 
iat its adaptation for desta Pe purposes, It is of free- -lowering and dwarfish 
it, 
SECOND-CLASS CERTIFICATE. 
CHRYSANTHEMUM STRIATUM.— Mr. SrANDISH. A showy, large loose-flowered 
Japanese variety, remarkable for its variable-coloured flower-heads, the florets 
in some being elegantly striped with red on a w ground, in "aeneis wholly 
white, or союне wholly red. It was rewarded for its showiness and distinct- 
ness о 
Onnvaan жайы GRANDIFLORUM.— Mr. STANDISH. This, which was thought 
some members of the committee to be the same as the ‘‘Tasselled Yello 
formerly cultivated, was remarkable for its very large flower-heads, so hich 
Шу 5 inch ross. Mr. Fortune, by whom it 
sent measures en well grown. It was 
y sect ыр heads being loosely filled with long poin ped 
[gern of a brillian ow, rendering it а valuable decorative plant. 
= remaining sone: were as к — 
m Mr. STANDISH — nthemum japonicum, a very curious and interesting, 
вой May ornamental, ety of Chinese Сун шиши, imported from — 
It had peculiarly-cut Зена, чч the ба r-heads, which were of a brownish: 
tipped with yellow, were formed of slen tubular metier florets, and а re 
deal (miens those p Е Carthamus or “Seflower, only somewhat larger, 
were borne о —— er stalks. 
x Sox, Exeter and Che ger and ere т0зей v. соссітеп» 
dam: in 
till it should be tose ный lh. am Mlle Mts, 
From Messrs. Maure & Sons, Br а —Cypripedium i um v. Maulei, a hand- 
some variety, awarded 4 a first-class certificate two о years since again sh 
fully maintained Из character. 
rs. DOWNIE, LAIRD, & ЁБлтуа, Sydenham,— Gynerium pot 
This plant, one from amongst mañ ap was raised from seeds so 
February; it was plated out in May, and was now in eni lt is an нина! 
Осецггепсе for the Pampas Grass to bloom sre 80 pensa age, 
From Mr. ЕАВЬЕт, gardener to FELIX Pryor, Esq. Digswell House, Welwyn. 
—Cineraria Victoria, à white, which had appeared promising last spring, but was 
not now in condition. 
From Mr. N, Victoria Nursery, Rugby.— Primula sinensis - 
lings of the ‘ah Coloured “Fringed variety now frequently met with in ciation 
