FLORAL COMMITTEE, APRIL 23. 



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Bronze Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Hill, Lower Edmonton, for Ferns. 

 To Messrs. Ware, Feltham, for hardy flowers. 



Aiuard of Merit. 



To Arabis aiibrietioides (votes, unanimous), from Miss Willmott, 

 V.M.H., Warley Place, Essex. A compact free growing variety, with an 

 abundance of stout spikes of pretty pale pink flowers. 



To Iris Willmottiana (votes, 13 for, 4 against), from Miss Willmott, 

 V.M.H. An early flowering Iris about a foot high, with pale mauve 

 flowers with darker veinings, the lip blotched with white ; leaves long, 

 arching, glossy green, distinctly edged with white. (Fig. 134.) 



To Rhododendron Aucklandii hybrida ' Godman ' (votes, unanimous), 

 from F. D. Godman, Esq., F.R.S., South Lodge, Horsham (gr. Mr. 

 Moody). This differs from the type in bearing a larger and looser 

 truss, the individual flowers also being larger, and much more deeply 

 stained with pink in a young state. 



To Primula obconica ' Kenmore strain' (votes, unanimous), from 

 the Marchioness of Breadalbane, Taymouth Castle (gr. Mr. W. Wright ). A 

 very fine strain, with large trusses of variously coloured flowers borne on 

 long stiff stems. 



To Erythronium giganteum Har egi (votes, 12 for, 2 against), from 

 H. J. Elwes, Esq., F.R.S., Colesborr irk, Cheltenham. An uncommon 

 variety, with large white flowers wiu ^ sulphur-yellow centre. 



To Border Carnation ' May ' (votes, 7 for, 5 against), from Messrs. 

 James, Farnham Royal. Large beautifully shaped fragrant white flowers ; 

 the foliage is long and slender. 



To Berberis congestiflora hakeoides (votes, 10 for, 8 against), from 

 Messrs. Jas. Veitch, Chelsea. A rather rare evergreen hardy Barberry, 

 introduced from Chili exactly forty years ago. It forms a stout bush, 

 from 4 to 6 feet high, with arching shoots and pale green prickly leaves. 

 Its globular heads of small golden-yellow flowers appear in the axils of 

 the leaves in early spring, and last in good condition for a considerable 

 time. 



To Primula viscosa ' Mrs. J. H. Wilson ' (votes, unanimous), from 

 Mr. J. H. Wilson, Handsworth, Sheffield. A very pretty dwarf Primrose, 

 scarcely more than five inches high, with bold trusses of purple flowers 

 with a conspicuous white eye. 



Cultural Commendation. 



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To Mr. W. Bain, gr, to Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, Dorking, 

 for a very fine plant of Anthurium scherzerianum Burfordiense. 



To Mr. Moody, gr. to F. D. Godman, Esq., F.R.S., South Lodge, 

 Horsham, for Sarmienta repens. 



Other Exhibits. 



Mrs. Currie, Trinity Cottage, Edinburgh (gr. Mr. A. McMillan), sent 

 some beautiful hybrid greenhouse Rhododendrons. 



Mrs. Powys Rogers, Burncoose, Perranwell, sent flowers of Rhodo- 

 dendron Dalhousie, an interesting epiphytal species from the Himalayas. 



