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Mr. May, Edmonton, staged Bouvardias. 



Messrs. R. Veitch, Exeter, sent Cassias and Hypericums. 



Mr. Brown, Four Oaks, sent Carnation 'Marjorie.' 



The Hon. Walter Rothschild, M.P., sent a few choice Nymphreas. 



Floral Committee, September 20, 1904. 

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



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal 



To Messrs. W. Paul, Waltham Cross, for Roses. 

 Messrs. Cheal, Crawley, for Dahlias. 



Silver- gilt Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Cannell, Swanley, for Dahlias. 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Cutbush, Highgate, for Dahlias. 

 To Mr. West, Brentwood, for Dahlias. 

 To Messrs. Dobbie, Rothesay, for Dahlias. 

 To Messrs. Hobbies, Dereham, for Dahlias. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Mr. Jones, Lewisham, for Asters. 

 To Messrs. Barr, Covent Garden, for herbaceous plants. 

 To Mr. Prichard, Christchurch, for herbaceous plants. 

 To Messrs. Wallace, Colchester, for herbaceous plants. 



Bronze: Flora Medal 



To Messrs. Blackmore & Langdon, Bath, for Begonias. 

 To Messrs. Ware, Feltham, for Dahlias. 



Bronze Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Harkness, Hitchin, for Gladiolus. 



Award of Merit. 



To Aster ' Perry's Favourite ' (votes, 13 for, 5 against), from Mr. 

 Perry, Winchmore Hill. Flowers an inch across, of a deep rosy-lilac 

 colour, produced in great profusion. 



To Clematis 1 Grata ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Brown, Peter- 

 borough. A hard-wooded variety, with masses of small pale lavender 

 flowers, shading to nearly white, borne in abundance on long axillary 

 racemes. The exhibitor said that it flowered equally freely on plants that 

 had been cut back, and on those unpruned. (Fig. 221.) 



To Colletia spinosa (votes, unanimous), from Lord Aldenham, Elstree 

 (gr. Mr. Beckett). This plant was introduced from Chili and Peru nearly 

 a century ago, and as the specimen exhibited had been grown in a cool 

 and exposed position out of doors, it proves that it is much hardier than is 

 usually believed. The small white flowers are freely produced in scattered 



