CCxlvi PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Cutbush, Highgate, for Begonias and Carnations. 

 To Misses Price & Fyfe, Lee, for Chrysanthemums. 

 To Mr. L. R. Russell, Richmond, for stove plants. 

 To Messrs. Ware, Feltham, for Dahlias and Alpines. 



Stiver Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Cheal, Crawley, for autumn foliage and Dahlias. 

 To Messrs. May, Upper Edmonton, for miscellaneous flowering 

 plants. 



Bronze Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. W.iitelegg & Page, Chislehurst, for Chrysanthemums. 

 Bronze Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Allwood, Hayward's Heath, for Carnations. 

 To Messrs. Low, Bush Hill Park, for Carnations. 

 To Messrs. Piper, Bayswater, for Dahlias. 

 To Mr. G. Prince, Longworth, for Roses. 

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

 To Wargrave Plant Farm, London, for Alpines. 



Award of Merit. 



To Carnation ' Champion ' (votes, 9 for, 2 against), from Messrs. 

 Wells, Merstham. A very bright scarlet perpetual-flowering variety, 

 of American origin. The slightly scented flowers are of medium size 

 and good form, and the calyx is non-splitting. This is considered to be 

 the best variety of its colour yet introduced. 



To Carnation 'Gorgeous' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. S. 

 Low, Bush Hill Park. A very fine American perpetual-flowering 

 Carnation, with broad petals. The large flowers are of excellent form 

 and are borne on stout stems. The colour is a bright shade of cerise. 

 (Fig. 204.) 



To Chrysanthemum 1 Daily Mail ' (votes, 12 for, 1 against), from 

 Messrs. Wells, Merstham. A very stiff, globular, incurved Japanese 

 variety, of large size. The colour is pale yellow, and the blooms 

 measure 8 inches across. 



To Chrysanthemum ' Golden Mensa ' (votes, 10 for), from Messrs. 

 Wells, Merstham. An excellent single variety, having several rows 

 of pale lemon-yellow florets of good substance. It is a sport from the 

 well-known variety ' Mensa, ' and is deeper in colour than ' Mrs. Loo 

 Thompson,' which also had the same origin. The blooms measure 

 4 inches in diameter. 



To Chrysanthemum ' Madame Theresa Morel ' (votes, 8 for), from 

 Messrs. Wells, Merstham. A Japanese variety, with broad florets. 

 The blooms measure 7 inches across and are of a pale golden yellow 

 colour, which deepens at the centre. 



To Chrysanthemum ' Pink Pearl ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Jones, Lewisham. A charming decorative variety, of good form, 

 6 inches in diameter. The florets are broad and delicate rose-pink. 



