CXXXviii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Silver-gilt Banhsian Medal. 



To Messrs. J. Carter, High Holborn, for Sweet Peas and Eschscholzias. 

 To Mr. Button, Tver, Bucks, for Carnations. 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To E. H. Brown, Esq., Roehampton (gr. Mr. Bradford), for stove 

 plants and Carnations. 



To Messrs. Cutbush, Highgate, for Carnations. 



To Messrs. Hugh Low, Enfield, for Carnations, kc. 



To Messrs. May, Edmonton, for Fuchsias, kc. 



To Mr. Amos Perry, Enfield, for hardy Nymphaeas, kc. 



To Mr. Maurice Prichard, Christchurch, Hants, for hardy plants. 



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



Silver Banhsian Medal. 



To Messrs. G. Bunyard, Maidstone, for herbaceous plants. 

 To Mr. J. Douglas, Great Bookham, for Carnations. 

 To Messrs. Ware, Feltham, for herbaceous plants. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Nelumbium speciosum var. ' Osiris ' (votes, unanimous), from 

 Leopold de Rothschild, Esq., Gunnersbury House, Acton (gr. Mr. J. 

 Hudson, V.M.H.). A magnificent colour form of the Sacred Lotus, from 

 Japan. Flowers bright cerise, deeper in colour at the margin, paler at 

 the centre, whence spring the yellow stamens and stigma. (Fig. 52.) 



Award of Merit. 



To Astilbe Arendsii var. ' Ceres ' (votes, unanimous), from Mr. G. 

 Arends, Ronsdorf, Germany. A fine hybrid 3 feet high, with large 

 plumes of lilac-rose flowers. 



To Astilbe Arendsii var. ' Pink Pearl ' (votes, 9 for, 3 against), from 

 Mr. Arends. Astilbe japonica compacta x A. Davidiana. The inflores- 

 cence is not so fine as that of ' Ceres,' but the colour is coral pink and is 

 retained for a longer period. 



To Begonia hewensis (votes, 13 for, 6 against), from Messrs. J. Veitch, 

 Chelsea. Flowers cream-white freely produced in drooping clusters from 

 the dense green foliage : an admirable basket plant. 



To Carnation 1 Cardinal ' (votes, unanimous), from Mr. J. Douglas, 

 V.M.H., Great Bookham. A bright scarlet self border variety of good 

 form. 



To Carnation ' Hercules ' (votes, unanimous), from Mr. Douglas. 

 A huge, fragrant, crimson-maroon flowered Malmaison with good calyx 

 and long stout stems (Malmaison x American Tree variety). 



To Carnation 1 Splendour ' (votes, unanimous), from Mr. Douglas. 

 A bright purple self border variety of good form. 



To Coriaria japonica (votes, unanimous), from Mr. Maurice Prichard, 

 Christchurch, Hants. A branching shrub introduced from Japan in 

 189G which is generally proving quite hardy and is everywhere worth a 

 trial. Flowers small, red, in short racemes springing from opposite leaf- 

 scars, succeeded by coral red berries ripening to purplish-black. The 



