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FLORAL COMMITTEE. 



January 14, 1919. 

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



Awards Recommended : — 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. May, Upper Edmonton, for ferns and Cyclamen. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Low, Enfield, for Carnations. 



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



To Messrs. Piper, Langley, for shrubs and alpines. 



Bronze Banksian Medal. 

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



First-class Certificate. 



To Cotoneaster serotina (votes 11 for, 4 against), from the R.H.S. Gardens, 

 Wisley. A very useful ornamental shrub from China growing from 4 to 6 feet high 

 and of graceful habit. The leaves are ovate, apiculate, from i|to 2 inches long 

 and nearly an inch broad. They have prominent midribs and the under sides are 

 glaucous. The small, round, scarlet fruits are borne in corymbs along the 

 long arching branches of the plant. 



Other Exhibit. 



R.H.S. Gardens, Wisley : Pyracantha Gibbsii to show the persistence of 

 the fruits. 



Floral Committee, January 28, 1919. 

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



Awards Recommended : — 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To R. L. Mond, Esq. (gr. Mr. C. Hall), Sevenoaks, for Primulas &c. 

 Bronze Flora Medal. 



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



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



Bronze Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Carter, Raynes Park, for Primula malacoides. 

 To Messrs. Felton, London, for Eucalyptus and Cytisus. 



Award of Merit. 



To Primula malacoides ' The President ' (votes 12 for, 1 against), from Messrs. 

 Carter, Raynes Park. A good, pale rosy-lilac, double form of this well-known 

 greenhouse Primula. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Chapman, Rye : Freesias. 



Misses Hopkins, Shepperton : hardy plants. 



Mr. G. Reuthe, Keston : hardy plants. 



Mr. Rosenheim, East Molesey : Primula ' Juliana.' 



