FLORAL COMMITTEE, AUGUST 18. 



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' Siebold,' from Messrs. Barr, Dobbie, Forbes, and Perry. Flowers 

 scarlet, with darker eye. Truss large, much branched. 2 feet. 



' Sesostris,' from Messrs. Dobbie and Forbes. Flowers rosy magenta, 

 lasting. Truss large. Habit very vigorous. 2\ feet. 



These varieties will be further described in the Report on Phloxes 

 in 1909. 



Floral Committee, August 18, 1908. 

 Mr. W. Marshall, V.M.H., in the Chair, and nineteen members present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. May, Edmonton, for Crotons. 



Silver-gilt Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Kelway, Langport, for Gladioli. 



To Messrs. Carter Page, London Wall, for ornamental grasses, 

 Dahlias, &c. 



To Messrs. Peed, Streatham, for Caladiums. 



To Messrs. Russell, Richmond, for hardy heaths, Fuchsias, &c. 



Silver Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. Cannell, Swanley, for Dahlias and Cannas. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Mr. F. Eames, Frome, for Phloxes. 



To Messrs. Laing, Forest Hill, for Caladiums. 



To Messrs. Veitch, Chelsea, for miscellaneous flowering plants. 



To Messrs. Ware, Feltham, for herbaceous and alpine plants. 



Bronze Flora Medal. 



To Sir E. G. Loder, Bart., Leonardslee (gr. Mr. W. A. Cook), for 

 hardy flowering plants. 



Award of Merit. 



To Pink ' Princess Christian ' (votes, 13 for, 5 against), from 

 Messrs. Ladhams, Shirley, Southampton. A profusely flowering perpetual 

 pink, with good habit and scented flowers with crimson centre and edge, 

 and white ground. 



To Thalictrum .dipterocarpum (votes, 14 for, 1 against), from 

 Messrs. Veitch, Chelsea. A newly introduced species from China closely 

 resembling T. Delavayi and T. Chelidonii, but apparently of a more 

 robust habit and from its free-seeding qualities likely to prove a more 

 useful garden plant. Flowers, \ inch in diameter, drooping, in large, 

 loose, terminal erect panicles ; perianth segments pale purple, at length 

 recurving ; anthers numerous, pale yellow, in the specimen as long as 



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