Clxvi PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



' Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Lady Nina Balfour, Newton Don, Kelso, for Malmaison Carnations. 

 To Messrs. Da\is, Yeovil, Somerset, for Begonias. 

 To Messrs. Spooner, Woking, for Decorative Roses. 

 To Messrs. Low, Enfield, for Carnations. 



To Messrs. Cheal, Crawley, for sprays of hardy flowering trees and 

 shrubs. 



To Messrs. Ware, Feltham, for hardy flowers. 



To Mr. H. J. Jones, Lew^ishani, for Begonias and Ivy-leaved Pelar- 

 sfoniums. 



To Messrs. Jackman, W^oking, for Roses. 



To Messrs. Barr, Covent Garden, for hardy flowers. 



To Mr. May, Upper Edmonton, for flowering plants. 



To Messrs. Peed, West Norwood, for Alpines and hardy Howlers. 



Aicarcl of Merit. 



To Gloriosa lutea (votes, 10 for, 5 against), from the Hon. Mrs. Evelyn 

 Cecil, Lytchett Heath, Poole (gr. Mr. Cox). This was discovered in 

 Rhodesia by the exhibitor about two years ago. It diflters from G. superba 

 in having pale yellow flowers without the slightest trace or suspicion of 

 scarlet. 



To Asplenium Trichomanes var. bipinnatum (votes, 10 for), from C. T. 

 Druery, Esq., V.M.H., Shaa Road, Acton. A dwarf and distinct hardy 

 spleenwort, with rich green deeply-cut fronds. 



To Border Carnation ' Duchess of Roxburg'.ie ' (votes, 11 for), from Mr. 

 J. Douglas, V.M.H., Edenside, Great Bookham. Plant of vigorous growth, 

 with large sulphur-yellow flowers flaked wuth rose and purple. (Fig. 254.) 



To Tea Rose ' Lady Roberts ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Frank 

 Cant, Colchester. A particularly handsome variety, wdth long reddish 

 copper-coloured buds, gradually passing to apricot or pale orange. The 

 foliage is deep green and very handsome. 



To Dictamnus caucasicus (votes, unanimous), from Mr. Perry, Winch- 

 more Hill. This is an improvement on the type. It is vigorous, and 

 bears a great profusion of large rose-coloured flowers freely streaked with 

 crimson. 



To Sedum kamtschaticum foliis variegatis (votes, unanimous), from 

 Mr. Perry. A pretty hardy plant, diftering from the type by its leaves 

 ;being suflused with red and margined with yellow and creamy white ; 

 flowers yellow. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. W. Bain, gr. to Sir Trevor Law^rence, Bart., Burford, Dorking, 

 for Allium pedemontanum. 



Other Exhibits. 



Lady A. Tate, Park Hill, Streatham Common (gr. Mr. W. Howe), sent 

 flowering and fruiting branches of Trachycarpu^ {Chamcerops) Fortunei. 



The Hon. Evelyn Hubbard, The Rookery, Dow^n, Kent (gr. Mr. E. S. 

 Wiles), sent a new Coleus. 



H. D. Mathias, Esq., Doone Cottage, Thames Ditton, sent Carnations. 



