CCXXX PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



To Pteris aquilina var. Nicholsonii (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 May, Edmonton. A distinct and beautiful dark-stemmed, loose-habited 

 evergreen bracken, of obscure origin, doubtfully placed under P. aquilina. 

 The original plant was raised by Capt. Pinwell, of Trehane, Cornwall, in 

 a sod of peat containing a Cape Table Mountain Orchid ; but a large 

 quantity of fern spores had been introduced from New Zealand, and the 

 plant was probably an escape from these, though no more germinated. 

 The fronds are tough and leathery persisting two to three years, and the 

 rhizomes are more superficial than those of our wild bracken. 



To Eose ' Mrs. Littleton Dewhurst ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Pearson, Lowdham, Notts. A white sport, faintly tinged, especially in the 

 buds, with pink, of the Wichuraiana rambler, 1 Lady Gay.' 



To Tritonia (Montbretia) 1 Hereward ' (votes, unanimous), from Major 

 Petre, Norwich (gr. Mr. Davison). Flowers pale orange-yellow, large; 

 spike tall, bold and free. 



To Tritonia {Montbretia) ' Norvic ' (votes, unanimous), also from Major 

 Petre. A dwarf, compact-habited, but freely-branched variety, with dark 

 stems and yellow flowers, tinged outside and in the bud with red. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. Bain (gr. to Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford) for Trichinium 

 Manglesii. An uncommon, difficult plant, that received a First-class 

 Certificate in 1865. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Barr, Covent Garden : hardy plants. 

 Mr. Brousson, New Eltham : new Dahlias. 

 Messrs. Bull, Chelsea : foliage plants. 



Messrs. Cheal, Crawley : crab apples and ornamental foliage. 



Messrs. Eggett, Thames Ditton : hardy ferns. 



Messrs. Jarman, Chard : annual Centaureas. 



Messrs. Low, Bush Hill Park : miscellaneous plants. 



Duke of Newcastle (gr. Mr. Barker) : Phlox 1 Clumber White.' 



Mr. L. R. Russell, Richmond : Ivies and Clematis. 



Mr. Shoesmith, Woking : new Dahlias. 



Capt. A. E. Speer, Esher : Dahlias. 



Mr. Tomlinson, Streatham : new Caladium. 



Mr. Turner, Slough : paeony-flowered Dahlias. 



Messrs. Watkins & Simpson, Tavistock Street : annual Asters. 



Floral Committee. 

 Sub-Committee at Wisley, September 4, 190S. 

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



Dahlias highly commended (XXX) for garden decoration : — 

 ' Emily Habgood ' (decorative) (Brousson). 

 •8. ' Avoca ' (Cactus) (Cheal). 

 9. 1 Brightness ' (Cactus) (Carpenter). 



* See footnote, p. 28*. 



