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

 Keynes Williams. Large scarlet flowers, heavily tipped with white. 



To Cactus Dahlia ' Clarence Webb ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Keynes Williams. Large, handsome, orange-coloured flowers, heavily 

 shaded with salmon. 



To Show Dahlia ' Standard ' (votes, unanimous), from Mr. G. St. 

 Pierre Harris, Orpington. Large, substantial, maroon flowers, tipped with 

 purple. 



Other Exhibits. 



The Earl of Ilchester, Holland House, Kensington (gr. Mr. C. Dixon), 

 sent flowers of Sagittaria inontevidensis and Pontederia montevidensis 

 from an open-air pond. 



J. T. Bennett Poe, Esq., Holmewood, Cheshunt (gr. Mr. Downes), sent 

 Nerine Carrei. 



From J. Innes Kogers, Esq., Raggleswood, Chislehurst, came large 

 fruits of Xanthoceras sorbifolia, a rather uncommon deciduous shrub or 

 small tree bearing an abundance of white flowers streaked with red. It 

 is of easy culture, grows about 12 feet high, and was introduced from 

 China in 1870. 



W. H. Myers, Esq., Swanmore Park, Bishop's Waltham (gr. Mr. E. 

 Molyneux, V.M.H.), sent Aster ' Margaret Matthews.' 



From A. Pears, Esq., Spring Grove, Isleworth (gr. 'Slv. W. Farr), 

 came a small group of highly coloured CodijBums (Crotons). 



Mr. W. Davies, Bromham House Gardens, Bromham, Bedford, sent a 

 sport from Pelargonium ' IMaster Christine.' 



Messrs. Crane & Clarke, March, sent two varieties of Tree Carnations. 

 The Committee asked to see these again. 



Messrs. Low, Enfield, also sent Carnations. The Committee asked to 

 see these again. 



Messrs. R. Veitch, Exeter, sent Scabiosa caucasica mcujnifica and 

 Aster canescens. 



Messrs. Jas. Veitch, Chelsea, sent Diascla Barberce, a pretty annual 

 introduced from South Africa 30 years ago. 



Mr. Englemann, Saffron Walden, sent a sport from Chrysanthemum 

 ' Madame Zephir Lionnet.' 



Messrs. Wallace, Colchester, sent hardy flowers. 



Messrs. Wells, Earlswood, Redhill, sent Chrysanthemums. 



Dahlias were exhibited by : — 



1. Edward Mawley, Esq., Rosebank, Berkhamsted. 



2. Messrs. Keynes Williams, Salisbury. 



3. Mr. W. Parrott, Montreal, Sevenoaks. . 



4. Mr. G. St. Pierre Harris, Orpington. 



5. Mr. M. V. Seale, Sevenoaks. 



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