lxxii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Floral Committee, May 31, 1904. 

 At the Temple Gardens. 

 Mr. Marshall in the Chair, and twenty-six members present. 



[The Cups and Medals awarded by the Council will be found at page 

 xxii.] 



Awards Recommended:— 



First-class Certificate. 

 To Gloriosa Bothschildiana (votes, unanimous), from Hon. Walter 

 Rothschild, Tring Park. A magnificent variety from Uganda, having 

 flowers of extraordinary size, with deep rosy-purple segments margined 

 with gold. (Fig. 116.) 



Award of Merit. 



To Pteris Binotii (votes, 9 for), from Messrs. Hill, Edmonton. A 

 distinct variety with thick robust palmate-lobed fronds. It was collected 

 and sent to Messrs. Hill by Monsieur Binot from Brazil. 



To Pelargonium ' Lady Decies ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Turner, Slough. A very pretty decorative variety with large trusses 

 of pale pink flowers with scarlet spots on the upper segments. 



To Wahlenbergia serpyllifolia (votes, unanimous), from R. Farrer, 

 Esq., Ingleborough. A very handsome rock plant with very deep blue 

 Campanula-like flowers borne in great profusion ; dwarf plants having 

 ]ong narrow leaves. A native of Dalmatia. 



To Begonia ' Mr. W. H. Edwards ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Ware, Feltham. Flowers very large and double, of a pretty shade of 

 salmon, with a distinct white margin to all the petals. 



To Begonia 1 Avalanche ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Blackmore 

 and Langdon, Bath. A very handsome and beautifully formed double 

 white variety. 



To Begonia ' Lady Curzon ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Blackmore 

 and Langdon. Flowers of great size and substance, double, and a rich 

 reddish-crimson colour. 



To Rose ' Perle de Neige ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. W. Paul, 

 Waltham Cross. This is described by the exhibitor as a perpetual 

 flowering multiflora. The flowers are perfectly white, very double, and 

 produced in great clusters. 



To Dodecatheon ' Dame Blanche ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Wallace, Colchester. A remarkably free-flowering variety with pure- 

 white blossoms borne in profusion. A bold and beautiful plant. 



To Campanula rupcstris (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Cutbush, 

 High gate. A most beautiful rock plant, the dwarf procumbent shoots 

 being covered with pretty violet-coloured flowers of medium size ; the 

 foliage is round and downy, forming a splendid ' setting ' for the blossoms. 



To the strain of Lupinus polyphyllus (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Barr, Covent Garden. A very line strain, ranging in colour from pure 

 white and pale yellow to mauve and deep blue. 



To Lupinus polyphyllus rosea (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Cheal, Crawley. A very handsome rosy-pink variety. 



