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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



MEETING AT CHISWICK. 

 July 23, 1890. 



FLORAL COMMITTEE. 



W. Marshall, Esq., in the Chair, and nine members present. 



The Committee again inspected the collections of Carnations 

 and Picotees, also the Pelargoniums, growing in the Gardens, 

 and made the following awards— x x x signifying " Meritorious 

 in the first degree," x x " Meritorious in the second degree ": — 



Carnation x x x Mrs. Reynolds Hole (Yeitcli), terra-cotta. 



„ „ Gloire de Nancy (Veitch), white, large. 



„ „ Germania (Veitch-Benary), yellow. 



„ „ Baby Castle (Turner- Veitch), rose-pink, fine consti- 

 tution. 



„ „ Guiding Star (Ware), scarlet self. 



„ Will Threlfall (Paul), bright yellow. 



„ „ Edith (Fisher, Son & Sibray), pale pink, spotted scarlet. 



„ „ Canary „ pale yellow. 



„ „ Comtesse de Paris (Paul), pale blush. 



„ „ Penelope (Hooper), white self. 



„ „ Merlin (Lakin), deep crimson. 



„ „ Boadicea (Douglas), purple flaked. 



„ „ Caractacus „ crimson bizarre. 



„ „ Feuerball (Benary), deep scarlet self. 



„ „ Mirakel von Zerbst (Benary), very dark crimson. 



„ „ Albrecht Duesser „ deep rose, crimson flake. 



„ „ Orestes (R.H.S.), pale rose. 



„ „ Countess of Ellesmere (R.H.S.), pale flesh, spotted 



with crimson. 



„ „ Scarlet Premier (Storrie), scarlet self. 



„ „ Rose Celestial (Turner), rose self. 



„ xx Hypatia (Paul), white self. 



Pic:te3 x x x Grandiflora (Veitch), deep rose. 



„ „ Alice Ayres (Veitch- Ware), white, slightly streaked. 



„ „ Admiration (Veitch), dark purple edge. 



„ „ Agnes Chambers (Turner), yellow ground, lilac edge. 



„ „ Colonial Beauty „ terra-cotta, streaked. 



„ „ Dorothy (Turner), terra-cotta. 



„ „ Atalanta (Dodwell), yellow ground. 



„ „ Diana „ white self. 



„ . „ Ariel „ yellow. 



„ ,, Andromeda „ terra-cotta flaked. 



„ xx Grosteen (Veitch), purple edge. 



„ „ Alfred Grey (Dodwell), yellow ground. 



