Xciv PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



of Norfolk cider. Mr. M. Smout, Hastings, displayed marine 

 decorations made from seaweed, shells, &c. 



Horticultural Sundries. 



Under this heading Messrs. W. S. lies & Co., Camberwell, 

 exhibited plain and ornamental pottery, red and brown rustic 

 ware, garden and flower-box tiles ; Mr. G. W. Riley, Heme Hill, 

 rustic summer-houses, garden-seats, &c. ; Messrs. Clark & Co., 

 Great St. Helens, E.C., the Vermorel knapsack pump; Mr. W. 

 Colchester, Ipswich, guano ; Mr. G. Fry, Lewisham, his patent 

 garden-pots; Mr. J. George, Putney, specimens of manures, &c. ; 

 Messrs. Green & Nephew, Queen Victoria Street, flower-glasses, 

 &c. ; Messrs. E. Newton & Co., Hitchin, specimens of patent 

 glazing ; Messrs. Seymour, Sidney & Co., Glasgow, Fern pottery, 

 fruit preservers, and African grass for floral decorations. Syringes, 

 sprayers, &c, were sent by the Stott Fertiliser and Insecticide 

 Co. ; Messrs. Toope & Son, Stepney, a model greenhouse fitted 

 with a patent fog annihilator ; Messrs. Wallers & Co., Leyton- 

 stone, Orchid baskets, cylinders, rafts, &c. ; and Messrs. Wood 

 & Son, Wood Green, samples of peat, loam, &c. 



New or rare plants examined by the various committees are 

 noticed below, as are also the prizes awarded to particularly fine 

 groups of plants. 



FLORAL COMMITTEE. 



INNER TEMPLE GARDENS. 

 May 28, 1891. 



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



Awards Recommended:— 



First Class Certificate. 



To Eremurus himalaicus (votes, unanimous), from Mr. John 

 J. Smyth, Rathcoursey, Ballinacurra, Ireland. A hardy border 

 perennial, bearing fine spikes of fragrant white flowers, 



To Cocos Pynasrti (votes, 6 for), from Messrs. F. Sander & 

 Co., St. Albans. A charming little Palm, in the way of C. 

 Weddelliana. 



To Dracaena australis variegata (votes, 7 for), from Messrs. J. 

 Laing & Sons, Forest Hill. An elegant variegated form of jD. 

 australis. 



