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Bronze Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Cheal, Crawley, for Dahlias. 

 To Messrs. Piper, Bayswater, for Dahlias. 

 To Mr. L. R. Russell, Richmond, for hardy Heaths. 



Award of Merit. 



To Chrysanthemum ' Improved Northern Star ' (votes, unanimous), 

 from Messrs. Dobbie, Edinburgh. A very useful hardy annual. 

 The flowers are large and measure 3J inches across. The ray florets 

 are white, and the dark disc is surrounded by a narrow ring of yellow. 

 The flowers are borne in great profusion on very strong stems. 



To Dahlia 'Aphrodite' (votes, unanimous), from Mr. C. Turner, 

 Slough. A Paeony-flowered variety, having very wide, sulphury- 

 white ray florets, surrounding a small golden-yellow disc. The flowers 

 are 6 inches in diameter, and are borne on very strong, erect stems. 

 A very useful variety for garden decoration or for cutting. 



To Dahlia ' Lily Reed ' (votes, 6 for), from Mr. H. Shoesmith, 

 Woking. A beautiful Cactus variety of nice form, with slightly 

 twisted florets. The colour is very deep yellow. 



To Dahlia ' Prince of Orange ' (votes, 6 for), from Messrs. Dobbie, 

 Edinburgh. This is one of the best of the Collarette type yet intro- 

 duced. The colour is reddish-orange, and the collar is of the same 

 shade, but a little paler, while the reverse of the petals is buff. The 

 flowers measure 5 inches across and are carried on strong stems. 



To Dahlia ' Regulus ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Cheal, 

 Crawley. A very neat, compact, and distinct Pompon variety. It 

 is purplish-crimson in colour. 



To Dahlia ' Tusca ' (votes, 6 for, 1 against), from Messrs. Dobbie, 

 Edinburgh. A useful Collarette variety, having the ray florets very 

 bright crimson, tipped with white. The golden-yellow centre is 

 surrounded by a band of yellow. The small florets forming the 

 collar are sulphury-white. The flowers measure 5 inches across and 

 are supported on stiff stems. 



To Gladiolus ' Lady Faire ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Kelway, Langport. Flowers very wide, white ; lower petals heavily 

 blotched with crimson. Spike medium. 



To Gladiolus ' Lady Northcote ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Kelway, Langport. Flowers large, amber-yellow, heavily suffused 

 and flaked with salmon, especially at the margins. The middle lower 

 petal is slightly streaked with crimson at the base. 



To Gladiolus ' Mrs. Bromet ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Kelway, Langport. Flowers, pale amber-yellow, slightly tinged with 

 salmon at the edges. The middle lower petal is a little deeper in 

 colour, and is tinged with crimson at the base. Spike good. 



To Montbretia 1 Queen Adelaide ' (votes, unanimous) , from Sydney 

 Morris, Esq. (gr. Mr. G. Henley), Earlham Hall, Norwich. A very 

 beautiful variety, resulting from a cross between ' George Henley ' 

 and ' Prometheus.' The flowers are slightly over 3 inches in width 



