xl PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
FLORAL COMMITTEE. 
January 15, 1895. 
W. Marshall, Esq., in the Chair, and twenty-one members 
present. 
Awards Recommended:— 
Silver Flora Medal. 
To Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading, for an extensive and 
exceptionally well-flowered group of Primulas and Cyclamen in 
great variety. 
First Class Certificate. 
To Lachenalia quadricolor maculata (votes, 14 for), from 
F. W. Moore, Esq., Botanic Garden, Glasnevin. A very distinct 
variety with large flowers ; colour, orange and greenish yellowy 
purple-crimson at tips. Figured in the Botanical Magazine in 
1808, t. 1097. 
To Rhododendron ponticum foliis purpureis (votes, unani- 
mous), from Messrs. W. Paul & Son, Waltham Cross. A dwarf- 
growing variety of bushy habit, with rich, bronzy purple foliage. 
Distinct and handsome. 
Aioard of Merit. 
To Chrysanthemum L. Canning (votes, unanimous), from Mr. 
Owen Thomas, Royal Gardens, Frogmore. A very fine decora- 
tive variety ; flowers pure white, borne in great profusion. 
To Rose Mrs. Pierpont Morgan (votes, 15 for), from Mr. 
J. N. May, New Jersey, U.S.A. A sport from Madame Cusin. 
Flowers pretty rose-pink. The specimens exhibited had been cut 
twenty days. 
To Primula sinensis Giant Rosy Queen (votes, 10 for, 4 
against), from Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading. A distinct 
variety, of compact habit and large, soft, rose-coloured flowers. 
To Cyclamen, strain of (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 
Sutton & Sons. A very fine strain with large, well-formed, and 
richly coloured flowers. 
To Chrysanthemum Jeanetto Shcaham (as a late-flowering, 
decorative variety), from Mr. D. Sheaham, Wimbledon. A sport 
from Princess Blanche. Flowers sulphur-yellow, deeper centre. 
A very distinct variety. 
