lxvi PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Floral Committee, April 9, 1918. 

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



Awards Recommended : — 



Silver Flora Medal. 

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



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. B. R. Cant, Colchester, for Roses. 

 To Messrs. Gill, Falmouth, for Rhododendrons. 



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



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



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



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



Bronze Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Piper, Langley, for hardy plants. 

 To Mr. C. Turner, Slough, for flowering shrubs. 



Award of Merit. 



To Rose ' Golden Ophelia ' (votes unanimous), from Messrs. B. R. Cant, 

 Colchester. A beautiful golden apricot-yellow seedling from the well-known 

 H. T. Rose ' Ophelia.' Each bloom is of fair size and very compact and is 

 borne on long stiff upright stem which renders it very useful for decorative 

 purposes. The outer petals are slightly paler than the centre of the flower. 

 The variety is a good forcing rose. 



Other Exhibits. 



Mr. J. Ansaldo, Mumbles: Primula 'Mrs. J. Ansaldo.' 

 Misses Hopkins, Shepperton : hardy plants. 



Floral Committee, April 23, 1918. 

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



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. B. R. Cant, Colchester, for Roses. 

 To Messrs. Gill, Falmouth, for Rhododendrons. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. May, Upper Edmonton, for ferns. 

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



Bronze Flora Medal. 

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



Bronze Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Felton, London, for Roses and double Gerberas. 

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



Award of Merit. 



To Daphne ritpestris grandiflora (votes unanimous), from Messrs. Tucker, 

 Oxford. A very pretty small alpine shrub with an abundance of sweetly scented 

 deep rose-pink flowers of considerably larger size than those found in the type. 



Other Exhibits. 



A. K. Bulley, Esq., Neston : Primula Harroviana. 

 Misses Hopkins, Shepperton : hardy plants. 



