EXTRACTS OF PROCEEDINGS. 



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Silver Banks ian Medal. 



To Messrs. Ryder & Son, Sale, Manchester, for an excellent 

 and well-flowered collection of Primula Sieboldi, containing many 

 fine varieties. 



Bronze Banks ian Medal. 



To Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, for a pretty collection of 

 Lardy herbaceous and Alpine plants in flower. 



To Mr. G. Phippen, Reading, for a collection of brightly 

 coloured Primroses, in rich variety. 

 Award of Merit. 



To Azalea indica Pharailde Mathilde (votes, 8 for), from 

 Mr. C. Turner, Slough. A double flower, white spotted with rose. 



To Azalea indica M. Labrousse (votes, unanimous), from 

 Mr. C. Turner. Single-flowered variety, having flowers of a rich 

 rosy- crimson colour. 



To Azalea indica Princess Clementine (votes, unanimous), 

 from Mr. C. Turner. A beautiful semi-double white flower, of fine 

 form. 



To Primrose Mary Erskine (votes, 10 for), from G. F. 

 Wilson, Esq., F.R.S., Weybridge. Lavender blue, small yellow 

 eye edged with pale red. 



To Primrose Covenanter (votes, 9 for), from G. F. Wilson, 

 Esq., F.R.S. Dark blue, golden eye. 

 Botanical Certificate. 



To Rhododendron Champions (votes, unanimous), from 

 Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, Chelsea. A species having long 

 wavy white petals, upper one being spotted with yellow. The 

 lanceolate leaves are dark green above, rusty- coloured beneath, 

 and fringed with bristly hairs. The plant was first discovered in 

 1849 by Captain and Mrs. Champion, growing abundantly among 

 rocks in a ravine at Fort Victoria, Hong Kong. It was figured 

 in the Botanical Magazine, t. 4609 (1851), but the flowers as 

 there depicted are of a much more rosy than white colour. 



Other Exhibits. 



Mr. R. Dean, Ealing, sent a small but interesting group of 

 double-flowered Auriculas. 



Mr. W. Melles, Sewardstone, sent well-flowered plants of Iris 

 fimbriata. 



Sir J. T. D. Llewelyn, Bart., Penllergare, Swansea, sent a 



