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Floral Committee, March 12, 19 18, 

 Mr. H. B. May, V.M.H., in the Chair, and twenty-three members present. 



Awards Recommended : — 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Allwood, Haywards Heath, for Carnations. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Gill, Falmouth, for Rhododendrons. 



To Messrs. May, Upper Edmonton, for ferns and miscellaneous plants. 



To Mr. G. W. Miller, Wisbech, for hardy plants. 



To Mr. G. Prince, Longworth, for Yellow Banksian Rose. 



To Mr. L. R. Russell, Richmond, for forced flowering shrubs. 



Bronze Flora Medal. 



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

 To Messrs. Tucker, Oxford, for alpines. 



Other Exhibits. 



Mr. H. Chapman, Rye : Freesia ' Twilight.' 



Commander L. A. de Sausmarez, R.N., East Molesey : seedling Camellias. 

 Misses Hopkins, Shepperton : hardy plants. 

 Messrs. Piper, Langley : hardy plants. 



Floral Committee, March 26, 1918. 

 Mr. H. B. May, V.M.H., in the Chair, and eighteen members present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver Flora Medal, 

 To Messrs. Allwood, Haywards Heath, for Carnations. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Gill, Falmouth, for Rhododendrons. 

 To Messrs. May, Upper Edmonton, for miscellaneous plants. 

 To Mr, G. W. Miller, Wisbech, for hardy plants. 



Bronze Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Bunyard, Maidstone, for flowering shrubs. 

 To Messrs. Tucker, Oxford, for alpines. 



Bronze Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Piper, Langley, for hardy plants and shrubs. 



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



To Mr. L. R. Russell, Richmond, for forced flowering shrubs. 



Award of Merit. 



To Primula Juliae var. ' Jewel ' (votes 11 for, 4 against), from Mr. B. D, 

 Webster, Newton Abbot. A remarkably fine form of Primula Juliae with large, 

 very bright purplish magenta flowers with a golden eye. The plant is very 

 vigorous in habit and is said to have been obtained by crossing Primula Juliae 

 and Primula vulgaris var. ' Hall's Blue.' 



To Rhododendron ' Ernest Gill ' (votes unanimous), from Messrs. Gill, Fal- 

 mouth. A very fine Rhododendron bearing compact bold trusses of large bright 

 cerise-pink flowers with a crimson blotch at the base. It is said to be the result 

 of a cross between R. Luscombei and R. Fortunei. 



Other Exhibits. 



F. Bibby, Esq., Shrewsbury : Imantophyllum luteum superbum. 

 Misses Hopkins, Shepperton : hardy plants. 



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