FLOEAL COMMITTEE, NOVEMBER 10. 



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Silver -gilt Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. May, Edmonton, for ferns and flowers. 



Silver-gilt Banksian Medal. 



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

 To Rev. H. Buckston, Etwell, Derby (gr. Mr. Shambrook), for 

 Cyclamen. 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Miss Grace Layton, Bournemouth, for floral studies. 

 To Messrs. Wells, Merstham, for Chrysanthemums. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Cannell, Swanley, for Pelargoniums. 

 To Messrs. Cutbush, Highgate, for Carnations, &c. 

 To G. Ferguson, Esq., Weybridge (gr. Mr. F. W. Smith), for Chrys- 

 anthemums. 



To Messrs. Peed, Streatham, for Chrysanthemums. 

 To Messrs. Veitch, Chelsea, for Begonias. 



Bronze Floral Medal. 

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



Bronze Banksian Medal. 



To P. Purnell, Esq., Streatham, for flowers and foliage. 

 To Mr. Simpson, Chelmsfcrd, for single Chrysanthemums. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Nejjhrolepis amabilis (votes, 15 for, 2 against), from Messrs. Hill, 

 Edmonton. Fronds gracefully arching, dark green, tough, rather narrow, 

 densely clothed with the overlapping, repeatedly forked, broad pinnules. 

 Several fronds also were branched or tasselled at the tips. The fern is a 

 garden form said to have originated from N. rufescens, but no other 

 variety of Nejihrolepis has so complicated a forking of the pinnules. 



Award of Merit. 



To Begonia 1 Clibrans' Pink '(votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Clibrans, 

 Altrincham. This was the best of a series of seedlings raised from 

 B. socotrana x a double summer-flowering tuberous variety. Flowers 

 bright rose-pink, double, 2 x H inch, freely borne in pendent clusters, 

 four or five flowers to a spray. (Fig. 114.) 



To Chrysanthemum 1 Hetty Wells ' (votes, 10 for, 2 against), from 

 Messrs. Wells, Merstham. A decorative or market variety ; flowers 

 yellowish-buff, with the outer florets of a deeper colour, 6 inches in 

 diameter. 



To Chrysanthemum ' Hon. Mrs. Lopes ' (votes, unanimous), from Mr. 

 Martin Silsbury, Shanklin, Isle of Wight. A very large exhibition 

 Japanese variety ; pale yellow. 



To Chrysanthemum ' Purity ' (votes, 13 for), from Mr. Silsbury. A 

 Japanese exhibition variety ; white. 



