FLORAL COMMITTEE, JUNE 4. 



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Aioard of Merit. 



To Rosa rugosa germanica ' Conrad Ferdinand Meyer ' (votes, 7 for, 6 

 against), from Leopold de Rothschild, Esq., Gunnersbury House, Acton 

 (gr. Mr. Jas. Hudson, V.M.H.). A vigorous growing Rose, with stout 

 bright green foliage, and great quantities of large handsome silvery-pink 

 flowers. B,. rugosa is, however, scarcely discernible in either the foliage 

 or the flowers. It is a pity that beautiful plants should be so burdened 

 with names. 



To Papaver orientale ' Mrs. Marsh ' (votes, unanimous), from Mr. 

 Perry, Winchmore Hill. Large bright scarlet flowers, flaked and striped 

 wdth blush white, and heavily blotched with black at the base of each 

 petal. 



To Ivy-leaved Pelargonium ' Leopard ' (votes, unanimous), from Mr. 

 May, Upper Edmonton. A very free-flowering variety with large trusses 

 of semi-double pinkish-rose flowers, blotched and streaked with purplish- 

 crimson on the upper petals. (Fig. 251.) 



To Ivy-leaved Pelargonium ' Mrs. W. H. Martin ' (votes, unanimous), 

 from Mr. May. A seedling from ' Souvenir de Charles Turner,' and of 

 compact bushy habit ; very free-flowering ; large semi -double flowers 

 borne in great trusses ; colour bright pink, passing to silvery pink, the 

 upper petals shaded and striped with crimson. 



To Canna 'Oscar Dannecker ' (votes, 13 for, 2 against), from Messrs. 

 Cannell, Swanley. A purple-leaved variety with an enormous spike of 

 large rich orange flowers. 



To Canna ' Jean Tissot ' (votes, 10 for, 6 against), from Messrs. 

 Cannell. The flowers of this variety are large, bright scarlet, and very 

 substantial. 



To Canna ' Grossherzog Ernst Ludwig von Hessen ' (votes, unani- 

 mous), from Messrs. Cannell. Flowers a trifle deeper in colour than those 

 of the last-named. They are also larger and borne in greater trusses. 

 The leaves are purple. The name should surely teach growers to be 

 concise when they have to fix a name for anything. 



To Canna ' Elizabeth Hoss ' (votes, 15 for, 2 against), from Messrs. 

 Cannell. A magnificent truss of large canary-yellow flowers, heavily 

 spotted with crimson. 



To Lewisia Tweediei (votes, 17 for), from Messrs. Barr, Covent 

 Garden. A pretty little plant, but unfortunately not quite hardy. Its 

 bright green fleshy spathulate leaves are set on rather long stout petioles. 

 Flowers single, about the size of a four-shilling piece, borne on sturdy 

 stems ; colour pale salmon-pink with golden anthers. It should be 

 planted in rather dry soil and in a sunny position. (Fig. 252.) 



To Acer pictum (colchicum) aureum (votes, 9 for), from Messrs. 

 Cripps, Tunbridge Wells. A remarkably tine hardy tree for decorative 

 planting. It is not quite so free in growth as the type. Its golden 

 bronzy leaves, occasionally mottled with green, are set on bright red or 

 crimson footstalks. The bark on the young wood is crimson and very 

 eft'ective even after the leaves have fallen. 



To Meconopsis heterophylla (votes, 11 for, 1 against), from Mr. 

 Prichard, Christchurch, Hants. A new and quite distinct annual of 



