FLORAL COMMITTEE, SEPTEMBER 10. 



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To Pompon Dahlia ' Crusoe ' (votes, 11 for, 1 against), from Messrs. 

 Cheal. Beautifully formed white flowers, deeply edged with rose. 



To Cactus Dahlia ' Khaki ' (votes, unanimous), from Mr. Stredwick, 

 St. Leonards. A grand variety with broad orange-coloured petals. 



To Cactus Dahlia ' Alpha ' (votes, 14 for, 7 against), from Mr. Stred- 

 wick. A distinct variety with broad tapering petals, white ground 

 spotted and flaked with crimson. 



To Cactus Dahlia ' W. F. Balding ' (votes, 13 for, 3 against), from 

 Mr. Stredwick. Flowers with incurving orange-scarlet petals tipped with 

 white. 



To Cactus Dahlia ' Mrs. Winstanley ' (votes, 14 for), from Mr. Stred- 

 wick. A beautiful variety with narrow bright scarlet petals touched with 

 orange. 



To Cactus Dahlia 'Richard Dean' (votes, 17 for, 3 against), from 

 Mr. Stredwick. Large, beautifully shaped, bright orange-scarlet flowers 

 tipped with white. 



To Cactus Dahlia 'Lilac ' (votes, 10 for, 4 against), from Mr. Stredwick. 

 A dainty variety with incurving pale pink flowers, passing to white towards 

 the tips of the petals. 



To Show Dahlia ' Merlin ' (votes, 8 for, 4 against), from Mr. C. 

 Turner, Slough. Large, shapely, rich orange-scarlet flowers. 



To Cactus Dahlia ' Mars ' (votes, 14 for, 3 against), from Messrs. 

 Keynes Williams, Salisbury. A splendid large-flowered variety with 

 incurving scarlet petals faintly suffused with orange. 



To Cactus Dahlia ' Gabriel ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Keynes 

 Williams. A pleasing variety with narrow incurving white petals 

 margined with scarlet. 



To Cactus Dahlia ' Ophir ' (votes, 12 for), from Messrs. Keynes 

 Williams. Beautifully shaped orange-yellow flowers suffused with 

 rose. 



To Cactus Dahlia ' Genista ' (votes, 14 for), from Messrs. Keynes 

 Williams. This is another grand variety similar to the last named, but 

 of a deeper shade of the same colour. 



To Cactus Dahlia ' Mrs. H. J. Jones ' (votes, unanimous), from Mr. 

 West, Tower Hill, Brentwood. A handsome flower with large incurving 

 rich scarlet petals heavily tipped with white. 



To Cactus Dahlia ' Spotless Queen ' (votes, unanimous), from Mr. 

 West. This is undoubtedly the best white Cactus variety grown. The 

 flowers are borne on long wiry stems, and the petals are long and incurve 

 beautifully. 



Botanical Certificate. 



To Biarum eximium (syn. Ischarum eximium) (votes, unanimous), 

 from Messrs. Wallace, Colchester. A dwarf Aroid with a dark crimson 

 or maroon spathe 6 inches high. 



Other Exhibits. 



Lord Malcolm of Poltalloch, Lochgilphead, N.B. (gr. Mr. D. S. Melville), 

 sent flowering shoots of Eucrypliia pinnatifolia (Brush-bush), a very 

 beautiful and uncommon deciduous shrub, with pure white flowers and 



