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FLOKAL COMMITTEE. 

 July 8, 1869. 



Messrs. Veitch and Sons showed their beautiful hybrid Begonia Sedeni, 

 a crimson- flowered sort obtained from a cross with Boliviensis. First- 

 class Certificates were now awarded to the Messrs. Veitch for the hand- 

 some green- and purple-flowered Cypripedium Parishii and for Miltonia 

 Regnelliana purpurea, a fine variety with a deep purple lip ; to Mr. Edwards, 

 Nuthall, near Nottingham, for Pteris serrulata cristata magnifica, a splen- 

 didly tasselled free-growing form ; and to Mr. Williams, Holloway, for 

 Adiantum Capillus-veneris undulatum, a dwarfish variety with crispy fronds. 



July 19. Manchester. 



The novelties in the floral department were few, if we except a nume- 

 rous batch of new seedling British Ferns from E. J. Lowe, Esq., J. Map- 

 plebeck, Esq., and Messrs. Stansfield, some of which were very curious and 

 interesting. Mr. Williams had Cordyline indivisa latifolia, remarkable for 

 the great breadth of its leaves ; Todea intermedia, a New-Zealand Fern, 

 intermediate in character between T. superba and T. hymenophyUoides ; and 

 a forked form of Cibotium Schiedei, called furcans. Mr. Barron, of 

 Elvaston, showed Abies Douglasii acutifolia, a variety of distinct character. 

 These all obtained First-class Certificates, as did about forty of the new 

 ferns above referred to. Noble examples of Ixora Colei from Messrs. E. 

 Cole and Sons, of Anozctochilus Lowei from Mr. W. E. Dixon, and of 

 Alocasia Jenningsii from Mr. Stevenson, were, on the recommendation of 

 the Floral Committee, awarded Silver Medals. 



August 3. 



First-class Certificates were given to Athyrium Filix-fazmina Kallo- 

 thrix, a charming fringe-toothed variety of Lady Fern, from Mr. Howlett ; 

 to Trichotosiaferox, a singular drooping-spiked Orchid, everywhere clothed 

 with reddish hairs ; and to a species of Dieffenbachia from Brazil, exhibited 

 by W. Wilson Saunders, Esq. ; to Hcemanthus cinnabarinus from S. 

 Rucker, Esq. ; and to Calamus intermedius, an elegant pinnate Palm with 

 spiny stems, from Mr. W. Bull. 



August 17. 



A grand specimen of Lilium auratum was the leading feature of this 

 Meeting. It came from the garden of Lady Ashburton, Melchet Court, was 

 8 or 10 feet high, with numerous stems, and bore about 150 flowers. It 

 was deservedly recommended for a Lindley Medal. Mr. Bull made an in- 

 teresting display of Cycads, and First-class Certificates were awarded to 

 the following : — Macrozamia excelsa, a thick-stemmed plant in the way of 

 Zamia spiralis ; Encephalartns plumosus and E. grandis, both vigorous- 

 growing sorts, with spiny-toothed leaflets. The same award was made to 

 the new monster Aroid introduced by Dr. Seemann, and since named God- 

 winia gigas. Other First-class Certificates were on this occasion given to 

 Euonymus japonicus flavescens from Mr. W. Paul ; to an elegant climbing 

 Asparagus from W. W. Saunders, Esq. ; to Ageratum Imperial blue, a close 

 habit and free-blooming bedding plant of great merit from Mr. W. Chater. 



September 7- 



Messrs. J. and C. Lee obtained a First-class Certificate for Adiantum 

 Capillus-veneris magnijicum, a greenhouse variety almost equalling A. far- 

 leyense, being of remarkably vigorous growth, with drooping habit and 



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