FLOKAL COMMITTEE, JUNE 23. 



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To Messrs. Brown, Peterborough, for Roses. 



To Messrs. Cannell, Swanley, for Gloxinias, &c. 



To Messrs. Ben Cant, Colchester, for Roses. 



To Messrs. Dobbie, Marks Tey, for Spanish Iris. 



To Messrs. Godfrey, Exmouth, for Pelargoniums, &c. 



To Messrs. Hornan, Noordwijk, Holland, for Spanish Iris. 



To Messrs. Kelway, Langport, for Paeonies and Delphiniums. 



To Messrs. Laing, Forest Hill, for stove foliage plants. 



To Messrs. Low, Bush Hill Park, for Carnations, &c. 



Bronze Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Spooner, Woking, for Roses. 



Award of Merit. 



To Anthurium 1 President Viger ' (votes, 6 for, 1 against), from 

 Messrs. Truffaut, Versailles. A handsome variety of A. Andreanum with 

 orange-yellow spadix and large deeply-cordate, dark red spathe. 



To Begonia 1 Colonel Laussedat ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Veitch, Chelsea. A tuberous-rooted bedding variety of good habit, 

 bearing very double bright yellow flowers about 2 inches in diameter. 



To Campanula Baddeana (votes, unanimous), from Mr. Reuthe, 

 Keston. A recently introduced hardy perennial species from the Caucasus, 

 of slender habit, about a foot high. Leaves cordate, serrate, glabrous, 

 thin but firm in texture, little more than half an inch in length and 

 breadth ; the lower ones borne on long slender petioles. Flowers loosely 

 borne on spreading pedicels, broadly campanulate, cleft to about one- 

 third into five spreading lobes, about an inch in length and breadth, 

 violet-blue in colour with conspicuous yellow stigma protruding about 

 half an inch beyond the mouth of the corolla. The ciliate, auricled calyx 

 and flower stalks are brownish in colour ; corolla lobes with a few loose 

 hairs. (Fig. 49.) 



To Delphinium ' Cambyses ' (votes, unanimous), from G. Ferguson, 

 Esq., Weybridge (gr. Mr. Smith). Large pale Cornflower-blue flowers, 

 a little shaded with mauve, with pure white centre, rather loosely borne 

 in a very fine inflorescence about 2 feet long and 5 inches in diameter. 



To Eremurus Bungei magnificus (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Veitch, Chelsea. A fine seedling from E. Bungei, with lemon-yellow 

 corolla and orange anthers. In height, foliage, size of inflorescence and 

 time of flowering intermediate between E. Bungei and E. robustus. 



To Erica cinerea pygmaea (votes, 9 for, 1 against), from Mr. Reuthe, 

 Keston. A prostrate compact form of E. cinerea rosea. 



To Eschscholzia 1 Mikado ' (votes, unanimous), from Mr. W. H. 

 Gardiner, St. Osyth. Much deeper in colour than any other variety of 

 E. californica that has come before the Committee, the orange red 

 flowers, shaded with copper, having a wonderful effect when seen in 

 bright sunshine. 



To Kniphofia (=Tritoma) 1 Goldelse ' (votes, 10 for, 1 against), from 

 Messrs. Wallace, Colchester. K. pauciflora x K. rufa, with the bright 

 yellow flowers of the former species more freely borne. Inflorescence 

 3^ to 4 inches in length, terminating the to 2 feet stalk. 



