xlii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



To Mr. R. E. Gill, Falmouth, for Rhododendrons. 

 To Messrs. Peed, Streatham, for Caladiums, &c. 

 To Mr. Reuthe, Keston, for alpines, &c. 

 To Messrs. Wallace, Colchester, for alpines. 

 To Messrs. Ware, Felthain, for alpines. 



Bronze Banksian Medal. 

 To the Misses Hopkins, Shepperton, for alpines. 



Award of Merit. 



To Iris sind-pur ' Amethyst ' (votes, 13 for, 4 against), from 

 Mr. C. G. van Tubergen, jr., Haarlem. One of a series of hybrids 

 resulting from I. sindjarensis x I. persica purpurea, resembling the 



Fig. 14. — Shortia uniflora. 



former in habit and in the size and form of flower. The plants shown 

 were very vigorous, bearing four to six flowers of a delicate translucent 

 mauve. The falls have a distinct creamy-yellow median ridge, and are 

 paler blue with a few more deeply coloured veins. (Fig. 13.) 



To Rhododendron 1 Purity ' (votes, 18 for, 1 against), from Mr. C.Turner, 

 Slough. A greenhouse variety, said to have been raised from B. Edge- 

 worthii x Ti. Gibsonii. Flowers large and pure white, with the exception 

 of a pale yellow blotch about the nectary. Habit dwarf and free- 

 flowering. 



To Shortia nni flora (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Wallace, 

 Colchester. A Japanese species, differing from the more common North 

 American S. galacifolia in its larger and more open flowers, which are of 

 variable shades of rose. Those exhibited were blush-pink, freely borne 

 among the scantily developed foliage. (Fig. 14.) 



