FLORAL COMMITTEE, MAY 22. 



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FLORAL COMMITTEE. 



Temple Gardens, May 22, 1901. 

 Mr. W. Marshall in the Chair, and twenty-four members present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Award of Merit. 



To Hippeastrum ' Lois ' (votes, unanimous), from Captain Holford, 

 C.I.E., Westonbirt, Tetbury, Gloucester (gr. Mr. A. Chapman). This 

 produces a stout scape of handsome bell- shaped flowers, 4 inches across 

 each segment ; white ground, veined, and shaded with orange-scarlet with 

 a green centre. 



To Tree Carnation * Sir Hector Macdonald ' (votes, 8 for, 1 against), 

 from Messrs. Cutbush, Highgate. A sturdy grower with broad * grass ' and 

 large, slightl fragrant white flowers striped with scarlet. 



To Tulipa mauriana . (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Wallace, Col- 

 chester. This is a native of Savoy and bears bright scarlet flowers with 

 a clear yellow base. The petals are long and sharply pointed, and in 

 general outline bear some resemblance to T. Gesneriana, one of the 

 parents of the common garden Tulips. 



To Tulip ' Van Poortvleit ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Barr, 

 Covent Garden. Large, well-formed flowers, with broad, rosy-scarlet 

 petals striped with blush-white, and a distinct indigo-blue base. 



To Tulip ' Dr. Hardy ' (votes, 8 for, 4 against), from Messrs. Barr. A 

 distinct variety with showy rich yellow flowers, feathered with crimson 

 and stained with brownish red. 



To Tulip 'Annie McGregor' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Barr. 

 A beautiful rich rosy-red flower with a band of white down each of the 

 broad segments. The base is white. 



To Tulipa Gesneriana ixioides (votes, unanimous), from Mr. Hartland, 

 Cork, and Messrs. Hogg & Robertson, Dublin. Flowers rich yellow, with 

 a very dark base. The petals are broad and substantial. 



To Tulipa Batalini ' Sunrise ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Hogg & Robertson. The flowers are of similar shape and size to those 

 of the type, and in colour a lovely shade of apricot flushed with salmon. 

 A rather indistinct blue zone surrounds the greenish-yellow centre. 



To Tulip ' La Tulipe Noire ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Hogg i*c 

 Robertson. Bold cup- shaped flowers, almost black, with a flush of 

 purple-brown towards the edge of the exterior of the stout petals. The 

 flowers are larger and deeper in colour than those of ' The Sultan,' and it 

 is probably the darkest Tulip ux cultivation. 



To Androsace chumbyiensis (votes, 11 for, 1 against), from Messrs. 

 R. Veitch, Exeter. A new and lovely plant for the rock garden, as it is 

 dwarf, hardy, easily grown, and very free-flowering. It seems to be 

 intermediate in character between A. sarmcntosa and A. villosa, and in 

 all probability is a hybrid between them. Its umbels of small rose- 

 coloured flowers are borne on erect slender stems about 5 inches hitrh. 



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