Cxi PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Mr. C. Blick, Hayes. A good scarlet ' Border ' variety, with smooth- 

 edged petals and excellent form. 



To Carnation ' Thomas a Becket ' (votes, 10 for), from Mr. C. 

 Blick, Hayes. A large 1 Border ' variety, of fine form. The ground 

 colour is pale yellow, suffused with bright rose. 



To Gladiolus ' Queen of the Whites,' from Mr. B. Hoogstraten, 

 Sassenheim, Holland. This is an excellent variety, bearing large 

 pure white flowers in a magnificent spike. This award was recom- 

 mended by a joint committee of the R.H.S. and the Gladiolus Society. 



To Paeony ' Gismonda ' (votes, n for, 3 against), from Messrs. 

 R. H. Bath, Wisbech. A large and very full-flowered variety, of a 

 pale rose-pink colour. It has a very pleasing fragrance, and is said to 

 last well when cut. It is claimed that the plant is a good grower 

 and very free-flowering in habit. 



To Philadelphus 1 Norma ' (votes, unanimous), from Sir Trevor 

 Lawrence, Bart. (gr. Mr. Bain), Dorking. A charming flowering shrub, 

 bearing large, single, creamy-white flowers measuring 2 inches across. 

 The petals are broadly ovate in shape, and the blooms are borne very 

 freely all the way along the shoot. 



To Rose 'Mrs. George Norwood' (votes, 14 for), from Mr. E. J. 

 Hicks, Twyford. A new seedling Hybrid Tea, resulting from a cross 

 between ' Frau Karl Druschki ' and ' Madame Gabriel Luizet.' It is 

 of splendid form and of a deep rose-pink colour. It has a delicious 

 scent. The fine foliage and the growth resemble the former parent in 

 character. 



To Rose ' Paul's Lemon Pillar ' (votes, 14 for), from Messrs. Paul, 

 Cheshunt. A beautiful hybrid Noisette pillar rose. The flowers 

 are of lovely shape, pale sulphur-yellow in colour, and have a very 

 pleasing fragrance. The foliage is large and dark green. 



To Saxifraga Brunoniana (votes, 12 for), from Messrs. Fells, 

 Letchworth. A charming rock plant from the Himalayas. The 

 chief beauty of the plant lies in the numerous long, hair-like, red 

 stolons which almost cover the plant. In sunlight these stolons are 

 particularly attractive. The leaves are small, lanceolate, and arranged 

 in rosettes. The margins are spiny. The flowers are small, deep 

 lemon-yellow in colour, and are borne 3 or 4 inches above the foliage 



To Spiraea Sargentiana (votes, 10 for, 4 against), from Hon. 

 Vicary Gibbs (gr. Mr. E. Beckett, V.M.H.), Elstree. A new shrub, 

 raised from seed sent from China by Mr. E. H. Wilson, V.M.H. The 

 plant exhibited was about 3 feet high and of free-branching habit. 

 The flowers were small and sulphury-white in colour. They are 

 borne very freely in small flat corymbs. The leaves are small, dark 

 green in colour, and ovate in shape. 



To Statice Suworowi alba (votes, unanimous), from Mr. R. C. 

 Notcutt, Woodbridge. The flowers of this very decorative annual 

 plant are white, and are produced in dense, branched spikes. The 

 leaves are radical and oblong-lanceolate in shape. 



To Sweet Pea ' Dobbie's Frilled Pink ' (votes, unanimous), from 



