CXliv PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Bronze Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Eeid & Bornemann, Sydenham, for a good group 

 of Early-flowering Chrysanthemums. 



Award of Merit. 



To Chrysanthemum (Pompon) Miss Lilly Stevens (votes, 

 13 for), from Mr. G. Stevens, The Nursery, Putney. Pretty, 

 small white flowers, very freely produced. 



To Laslia Eyermaniana (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Pitcher & Manda, The United States Nursery, Hextable, Swanley. 

 It had a peduncle bearing four pretty rose-coloured flowers, 

 which in construction resemble L. majalis and L. autumnalis. 



Other Exhibits. 



Mr. J. O'Brien, Harrow-on-the-Hill, sent Oxalis imbricata 

 n. pi. (fig. 46). Exceedingly pretty, producing rich rose-coloured 

 flowers, deepening to a more intense shade in the centre. 



Mr. C. B. Powell, Southborough, Tunbridge Wells, sent the 

 scarce white form of Crinum Powelli named album. Mr. Powell 

 also showed spikes of varieties of Gladiolus (Lemoinei), which 

 had been produced in five months from seed. 



Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, sent Gynerium argenteum 

 aureo-variegatum. The Committee expressed a desire to see 

 larger plants. 



A. H. Smee, Esq., The Grange, Wallington (gardener, Mr. 

 G. W. Cummins), sent the old and pretty Eucomis punctata. 



Mrs. Sherard Clay, Comyns Hill, Ilfracombe (gardener, Mr. 

 J. Dadds), sent a very fine specimen of Adiantum Daddsi ; also 

 A. variegatum, a seedling from A. cuneatum. 



Messrs. J. Laing & Sons, Forest Hill, sent two well-flowered 

 plants of Chrysanthemum Mrs. Alpheus Hardy. 



Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, sent beautiful cut flowers 

 of Javanese Rhododendrons, and several flowering shrubs, par- 

 ticularly noticeable being Abelia rupestris, producing delicate 

 pink flowers, 



Subsequently the Committee examined the collections of 

 Dahlias growing in the Garden (sent for trial). Three marks 

 (xxx), signifying ' * meritorious in the first degree," were 

 given to each of the following varieties, viz. : — 



Cactus vars. — Honoria, Panthea, Juarezi, Empress of India, 

 A. W. Tait, and Mrs. Hawkins from Messrs. Keynes, Williams 



