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To Dahlia 1 Flora ' (votes, unanimous), from Mr. West, Brentwood. 

 Cactus, with incurved, slightly twisted claws ; central florets yellow, 

 with white tips, the outer florets overlaid with soft pink 



To.Dahlia 'Monarch' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Burrell. Cactus, 

 large ; central florets lemon-yellow, abruptly changing to salmon in the 

 outer florets ; the twisting of the claws remarkably regular. 



To Dahlia 1 Nelly Riding ' (votes, unanimous), from Mr. West. Cactus, 

 much incurved, rather thin ; crimson, florets white-tipped. 



To Dahlia ' Satisfaction ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Stredwick, 

 St. Leonards. Cactus, very fine form with much incurved twisted quills, 

 rosy-pink, the outer florets paler at the tips and the central florets cream- 

 white. 



To Dahlia ' Snowdon ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Stredwick. 

 Cactus, with large bold spreading claws ; white. 



To Dahlia ' Teutonic ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Stredwick. 

 Cactus, large spreading claws ; carmine-crimson centre, shading to rosy 

 magenta at the floret tips. 



Other Exhibits. 



Mr. H. L. Brousson, New Eltham : new Dahlias. 



Messrs. Bull, Chelsea : stove plants. 



Messrs. Eggett, Thames Ditton : hardy ferns. 



W. H. B. Fletcher, Esq., Bognor : Vitis Coignetiae in fruit. 



Misses Hopkins, Shepperton-on-Thames : hardy plants. 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Dorking : Gleome gigantea. 



Mr. A. J. Lightfoot, Peckham : Dahlias. 



Mr. S. Mortimer, Rowledge, Farnham : new Dahlias. 



Messrs. Pennell, Lincoln : Hedera dentata variegata. 



Mr. W. Peters, Givons Gardens, Leatherhead : Aster ' Lena Peters.' 



Mr. H. Shoesmith, Woking : Dahlias. 



J. Smellie, Esq., Busby : Chrysanthemums. 



Mr. A. R. Upton, Guildford : hardy plants. 



Messrs. R. Veitch, Exeter : miscellaneous plants. 



Floral Committee. 

 Sub-Committee at Wisley, September 18, 1908. 

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



Dahlias highly commended (XXX) for garden decoration : — 



*24. < Flash,' from Mr. West, Brentwood. 

 50. ' May Carpenter,' from Mr. Carpenter, Byfleet. 



For description of these varieties, see Report, p. 291. 



* See footnote, p. 288. 



