civ PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



FLORAL COMMITTEE. 



May 13, 1919. 



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

 Awards Recommended : — 



Silver Flora Medal. 



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

 To Mr. E. J. Hicks, Twyford, for Roses. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Cheal, Crawley, for flowering trees and shrubs. 



To Messrs. Gill, Falmouth, for Rhododendrons. 



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



Bronze Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Reamsbottom, Geashill, for Anemones. 

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



Bronze Banksian Medal. 



To Mr. C. Elliott, Stevenage, for hardy plants. 

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



A ward of Merit. 



To Primula Auricula Obristii (votes unanimous), from Mr. T. Temple West, 

 Redhill. A beautiful clear yellow Auricula with large flowers borne in a bold 

 truss. 



To Ramondia Nataliae alba (votes 17 for), from Mr. T. Temple West, Redhill. 

 A very pure white form of this well-known rock-garden plant. 



To Rhododendron Gillii (votes 17 for), from Messrs. Gill, Falmouth. This 

 very fine bright carmine-red Rhododendron is the result of a cross between R. 

 Aucklandii and R. Thomsonii. The flowers are large, widely open and are borne 

 in trusses of 8 to 12. The tube is somewhat paler than the rest of the flower. 



To Trifolium uniflorum (votes unanimous), from Mr. W. Wells, Junr., Merst- 

 ham. A neat trailing plant from Italy and Greece and other parts of Europe. 

 The pink-and- white flowers are axillary, solitary and on short peduncles studded 

 profusely over the plant. The leaves are prettily marked and have long petioles. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Buffard and Patrick, Ditchling : Primula obconica. 

 Mr. A. G. Gentle, Colchester : Hippea strum ' George Gentle.' 

 A. Grove, Esq., Henley : Moraea spathacea. F.C.C., 1878. 

 Misses Hopkins, Shepperton : hardy plants. 

 Rev. J. H. Pemberton, Romford : Roses. 

 Messrs. Smith, Guernsey : Rhododendrons. 



Messrs. Tucker, Oxford : Daphne petraea grandiflora. A.M., 1918. 

 Messrs. W. S. Watney, Bexley Heath : Geranium ' Victory.' 



Floral Committee, May 20, 1919. 

 At Chelsea. 



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

 Awards Recommended : — 



First-class Certificate. 



To Paeonia Willmottiana (votes unanimous), from Miss E. Willmott, V.M.H., 

 Great Warley. A new herbaceous species from China growing about i\ feet 

 high. The flowers are about 6 inches across and pure white. The prominent 



