Cxlii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



To Magnolia Delavayi (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. J. Veitch, 

 Chelsea. A very handsome new species from Southern China. The 

 plant exhibited was growing in a tub and had reached about 4 feet 

 in height. It carried two large flowers about 6 inches in diameter, with 

 broad, rich cream-coloured petals. The leaves are most attractive. 

 They are evergreen, oval in shape, and measure about 10 inches long 

 by 6 inches broad. The margin is entire, but waved, and the upper 

 surface is dark green and slightly glossy. 



Award of Merit. 



To Adiantum Siebertianum (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. H. B. 

 May, Upper Edmonton. A very elegant new species, having over- 

 lapping wedge-shaped pinnules somewhat resembling those of A. 

 Wiegandii. It is more slender and graceful in form and is lighter in 

 colour than that form. The young fronds have a delicate reddish tint 

 shading through them which renders them very charming. 



To Carnation ' The Baron ' (votes, 15 for, 1 against), from Mr. J. 

 Douglas, Great Bookham. A large ' Border ' variety, having a clear 

 yellow ground flaked with lilac and rose. The petals are prettily 

 crinkled. 



To Carnation 1 Virginia ' (votes, 10 for), from Mr. J. Douglas, 

 Great Bookham. Another fine ' Border ' variety, having a buff ground, 

 suffused and edged with bright rose. The flowers are large and have 

 good non-splitting calyces and smooth-edged petals. 



To Erigeron hybrida 1 Pink Pearl ' (votes, 8 for, 4 against), from 

 Mr. A. Perry, Enfield. A very free-flowering hardy plant, growing 

 about 1 J foot high and bearing flowers which measure 1 inch across 

 and have the ray florets rosy-pink and the disc greenish yellow. It 

 is bushy in habit, and the flowers are said to last well in water when 

 cut. 



To Iris Kaempferi 1 Morning Mists ' (votes, 10 for, 2 against), from 

 Messrs. Wallace, Colchester. This is probably one of the largest, 

 and most beautiful forms of the Japanese Iris yet introduced. The 

 flowers measure 9 inches across, and have pure white falls 4 inches 

 broad, suffused in the upper half with pale blue, which gradually fades 

 as the flowers develop. The claw of the falls is blotched with greenish- 

 yellow. The standards are white. The foliage is broad and arching, 

 and the plants are of average height. 



To Nepenthes X atropurpurea (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. J. 

 Veitch, Chelsea. A very handsome plant, obtained as the result of 

 a cross between N. sanguinea and N. Curtisii superba. The pitchers 

 are about 9 inches long, dull crimson, with a pale green interior, blotched 

 with crimson. The rim is broad, ribbed, and of a dark red-crimson 

 colour. The ribs are narrow and ciliated. The plant carried three 

 pitchers. 



To Nepenthes ' Lewis Bradbury ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 J. Veitch, Chelsea. This beautiful variety was raised from N. san- 

 guinea and N. mixta. The magnificent pitchers are large and of 



