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Floral Committee, September 9, 1919. 

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

 Awards Recommended : — 

 Silver Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. Allwood, Haywards Heath, for Carnations. 

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

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



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Cheal, Crawley, for shrubs and herbaceous plants. 



Award of Merit. 



To Dahlia ' Adallus ' (votes 6 for, 3 against), from Messrs. Burrell, Cambridge. 

 A crimson-magenta Decorative variety with a silvery reverse to the florets. 

 The flowers are of medium size and are borne on stiff erect stems. 



To Dahlia ' Cassiope ' (votes unanimous), from Mr. C. Turner, Slough. A 

 good white and scarlet Decorative variety. 



To Dahlia ' Iliad ' (votes unanimous), from Messrs. Burrell, Cambridge. A 

 large and beautiful variety of the Pa^ony- flowered section. The colour is 

 sa mon suffused with buff. 



To Dahlia ' Jazz ' (votes 6 for, 3 against), from Messrs. Stredwick, St. Leonards. 

 A well-shaped Collerette variety with cream-coloured ray florets and a white 

 collar. 



To Dahlia 'Mrs. D. B. Crane' (votes unanimous), from Messrs. Stredwick, 

 St. Leonards. An excellent pure-white Cactus variety. 



To Dahlia ' Nanette' (votes 6 for, 2 against), from Mr. C. Turner, Slough. 

 A neat cream-and-yellow variety belonging to the Star section. 



To Dahlia ' Raider ' (votes unanimous), from Mr. H. Brown, Luton. A 

 yellow Pompon variety of excellent form. 



To Dahlia ' Royal Sussex ' (votes unanimous), from Messrs. Stredwick, St. 

 Leonards. A good Cactus variety of reddish-scarlet colour. 



To Gentiana Farreri (votes unanimous), from Mr. W. Wells, Junr., Merstham. 

 A new Chinese species with large clear pale-blue flowers, measuring ^\ inches 

 across at the top. The inside of the tube of the flower is white tinged with green, 

 and the outside is streaked with dark blue and green. The plant is of spreading, 

 prostrate habit and the foliage is very narrow. 



Other Exhibits. 



F. J. Hanbury, Esq., East Grinstead : hybrid Meconopsis (M. cambrica X 

 M . quintuplinervis) . 



Mr. G. W. Miller, Wisbech : hardy plants. 



Floral Committee, October 21, 1919. 

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

 Awards Recommended: — 

 First-class Certificate. 



To Pyracantha Rogersiana forma flava (votes unanimous), from the R.H.S. 

 Gardens, Wisley. A free -branching graceful shrub of spreading habit, bearing 

 bunches of roundish bright golden-yellow fruit in great abundance. The leaves 

 are slightly notched at the margin and are dark olive-green in colour. 



Award of Merit. 



To Aster ' Rose Queen ' (votes 15 for, 3 against), from Messrs. Baker, Wol- 

 verhampton. A good rose-pink variety with double flowers. 



To Berberis orthobotrys (votes 14 for), from Hon. Vicary Gibbs (gr. Mr. E. 

 Beckett, V.M.H.), Elstree. A very ornamental shrub, bearing bunches of scarlet, 

 elongated, oval fruits. Each bunch has from 4 to 5 fruits, and each individual 

 fruit is about £ inch long and \ inch in diameter. The leaves are ovate in shape, 

 with a spiny margin and have a pleasing bronze tint in autumn. 



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