CCxl PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY, 



was considered by the Committee to be the best one of this colour 

 yet introduced. It is an American seedling. 



To Carnation 'Salmon King' (votes, 14 for, 4 against), from 

 Messrs. S. Low, Bush Hill Park. Another excellent perpetual- 

 flowering variety, of medium size. The flowers are full and neat, 

 strongly scented, and have a good calyx. The colour is bright salmon- 

 rose. (Fig. 202.) 



To Chrysanthemum ' Olive ' (votes, 9 for), from Messrs. Wells, 

 Merstham. A very pretty early-flowering double variety. The colour 

 is bright chestnut-red, while the reverse of the florets is bronze. 

 The plants are about 2 to 2\ feet high, and flower very freely from the 

 middle of September. 



To Dahlia ' Dorothy Hawes ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Stredwick, St. Leonards. A very fine exhibition Cactus variety, with 

 long, twisted petals, of a rosy magenta colour. 



To Dahlia ' Herzogin von Braunschweig' (votes, 9 for), from 

 Messrs. Warnaar & Co., Sassenheim. A large Pseony-flowered 

 variety, having broad, rosy-orange petals. The flowers are supported 

 on very strong, erect stems. 



To Dahlia ' Homere ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Burrell, 

 Cambridge. A very fine Cactus variety, having twisted florets of a 

 deep crimson-maroon colour. 



To Dahlia 'Mrs. J. C. Vaughan ' (votes, 7 for, 3 against), from 

 Messrs. Warnaar, Sassenheim. A bright primrose-yellow Paeony- 

 flowered variety. The flowers are semi-double, with broad florets. 

 The stems are very strong. 



To Dahlia ' Reginald Cory ' (votes, 6 for, 3 against), from Messrs. 

 Cheal, Crawley. A good decorative Dahlia having two-thirds of each 

 floret scarlet, and the tips white. The flowers are 3 inches in diameter, 

 and are borne on good stalks. 



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

 Crawley. A very good Pompon variety of medium size and nice form. 

 The colour is rosy crimson. 



To Dahlia ' Rupert ' (votes, unanimous), from Mr. H. Shoesmith, 

 Woking. A garden Cactus variety, measuring 7 to 8 inches across. 

 The florets are deep yellow at the base and tips, and are of a pleasing 

 shade of apricot for the remainder of their length. The combination 

 of the colours is very attractive. 



To Primula vincaeflora (votes, unanimous), from Professor Bayley 

 Balfour, Edinburgh. A very remarkable species, collected by Forrest 

 in 1905 in the Lichiang Mountains of Yunnan. The plant exhibited 

 carried a solitary drooping flower, pale violet in colour and becoming 

 deep violet at the centre. It was a little over ij inch in diameter, 

 and very flat, with broad, full corolla lobes. The leaves, stem, and the 

 tube of the corolla are covered with hairs. (See p. ccxxii.) 



To Rose 'Moonlight' (votes, unanimous), from Rev. J. H. Pem- 

 berton, Havering, Essex. A charming semi-double Hybrid Tea Rose, 

 raised by the exhibitor in 1909. The flowers are white, flushed lemon, 



