FLORAL COMMITTEE, SEPTEMBER 10. 



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To Acer Negundo aureum odessanum (votes, 11 for, 7 against), from 

 Mr. Kromer, Brandon Hill, Croydon. A free-growing sport with large 

 golden-yellow leaves flaked with green. 



Other Exhibits. 



Lady Ashburnham, Brooklands, Wellington, Salop, sent a new seed- 

 ling Zonal Pelargonium. 



A. Benson, Esq., Upper Gatton Park, Surrey (gr. Mr. W. Mancey), 

 sent Lapagerias. 



From Messrs. Cannell, Swanley, came Kochia scoparia and Alter- 

 nantheras. 



Mr. J. Bryson, Helensburgh, sent Carnation ' Dons White.' 

 Mr. G. St. Pierre Harris, Orpington, sent twelve seedling Dahlias. 

 Mr. G. Bethell, Uxbridge, sent Ptcris Bethdli. 

 Messrs. Low, Enfield, sent Hippcastrum procermn. 



Flobal Committee, September 10, 1901. 

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



Awards Recommended :— 



Gold Medal. 



To J. Gurney Fowler, Esq., Glebelands, South Woodford (gr. Mr. J. 

 Davis), for an extensive collection of Selaginellas. 



To Messrs. Cannell, Swanley, for magnificent Cactus Dahlias. 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Hill, Lower Edmonton, for choice and rare Ferns. 

 To Messrs. Ware, Feltham, for hardy flowers and Cannas. 

 To Mr. Kussell, Richmond, for stove and greenhouse plants. 



Silver Banhsian Medal. 



To Mr. Perry, Winchmore Hill, for hardy flow^ers. 



To Messrs. W. Paul, Waltham Cross, for new Roses. 



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



To Mr. Prichard, Christchurch, Hants, for hardy flowers. 



To Messrs. Laing, Forest Hill, for Chrysanthemums and Roses. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Nymphtea Devoniensis (votes, unanimous), from Sir Trevor Law- 

 rence, Bart., Burford, Dorking (gr. Mr. W. Bain). A tender and very 

 beautiful hybrid Water-lily with pale pink flowers 8 inches or more 

 across. It is a free and continuous bloomer, and the flowers exhibited 

 were cut from a plant which had been kept out of doors since the middle 

 of May. 



To Kochia scoparia (votes, 14 for, 2 against), from Messrs. Cannell, 

 Swanley. A very ornamental annual of good growth. It forms a freely- 

 branched upright bushy specimen, with linear deep-green leaves and a 

 profusion of tiny greenish flowers. . 



