FLORAL COMMITTEE. 



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Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Cutbush, Highgate, for Gladiolus and miscellaneous 

 plants. 



To Messrs. Dobbie, Edinburgh, for Dahlias and Scabious. 

 To Messrs. May, Upper Edmonton, for Ferns. 

 To Messrs. Ware, Feltham, for hardy plants. 

 To Messrs. Wells, Merstham, for Phloxes &c. 



Bronze Flora Medal. 



To Mr. A. Perry, Enfield, for Delphiniums &c. 

 To Mr. G. Reuthe, Keston, for hardy plants. 



Bronze Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Cole, London, for Pelargoniums &c. 

 Award of Merit. 



To Agapanthus inapertus (votes, unanimous) , from A. Worsley, Esq., 

 Isleworth. A charming and very distinct variety, having drooping 

 tubular flowers measuring 2 inches long, borne in large umbels. The 

 colour approaches Dauphin's blue. The pedicels measure i| inch 

 in length, and are green, tinted with blue. (See p. 363.) 



To Caladium ' Madame Rene Ma rot ' (votes, 10 for, 1 against), 

 from R. Hoffmann, Esq. (gr. Mr. T. Tomlinson), Streatham, S.W. 

 A very handsome variety, with medium-sized leaves, having an old- 

 rose ground, mottled with varying shades of pink ; veins bright car- 

 mine ; edges spotted with green. 



To Dahlia ' Dungeness ' (votes, 13 for, 1 against), from Messrs. 

 Dobbie, Edinburgh. A good variety of the ' Collarette 1 type, having 

 broad, bright scarlet florets, and a collar of deep yellow. The diameter 

 of the flowers is 5 inches. 



To Gladiolus ' Craiganour ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Kelway, Langport. Flowers large, of fine form, rich salmon-carmine, 

 tinged with crimson in the lower petals, which also have a white 

 streak in the middle. Spike good and well furnished with blooms. 



To Lysionotus warleyensis (votes, 10 for, 1 against), from Miss Will- 

 mott.F.L.S., V.M.H. (gr. Mr. Fielder, V.M.H.), Great Warley. A charm- 

 ing dwarf shrub belonging to the Gesneraceae, introduced from China by 

 Mr. E. H. Wilson, V.M.H. The flowers resemble those of a Pentstemon 

 in shape, and measure if inch long. They are white in colour, streaked 

 with dull crimson inside the tube, along which run two pale yellow 

 ridges. The leaves are oblong-lanceolate, serrate, having the margins 

 tinted with crimson. The plant exhibited was not more than 9 inches 

 in height. Its hardiness in this country has not yet been tested. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Artindale, Sheffield : Bidens dahlioides. 

 Messrs. Baker, Codsall : Phlox. 



A. W. Chaplin, Esq., Great Amwell : Saxifraga floriilenta, F.C.C. 

 1872. 



