FLORAL COMMITTEE. NOVEMBER 24. 



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F. C. Hill, Esq., Sandown, Isle of Wight : Begonia semper flor ens alba. 



Misses Hopkins, Sbepperton : hardy plants. 



Mr. W. Pingo Horton, Seaford : Chrysanthemums, &c. 



Air. F. Lilley, Guernsey : Chrysanthemums. 



Mr. W. H. Page, Hampton : Carnations and new Rose. 



Mr. A. H. Peters, Tenterden : Chrysanthemum. 



Mr. E. Potten, Cranhrook : double Pelargonium. 



Mr. C. Robinson, Bletchley : Chrysanthemum. 



Mr. L. R. Russell, Richmond : berried shrubs. 



F. C. Stoop, Esq., Bytfeet : Chrysanthemums. 



Floral Committee, November 24, 1908. 



Mr. W. Marshall, V.M.H., in the Chair, and twenty- four members 



present. 



Awards Recommended. 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 

 To Mr. Norman Davis, Framfield, Sussex, for Chrysanthemums. 

 To Mr. H. J. Jones, Hither Green, Lewisham, for Chrysanthemums. 



Silver-gilt Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Cutbush, Highgate, for Carnations and foliage plants. 

 To Messrs. May, Upper Edmonton, for filmy ferns, &c. 

 To Messrs. J. Veitch, Chelsea, for Begonias. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Adeline Duchess of Bedford, Chenies, Rickmansworth (gf. Mr. 

 Dickson), for Primula obconica. 



To Messrs. Cannell, Swanley, for Pelargoniums and Chrysanthemums. 



To Mr. L. R. Russell, Richmond, for Bamboos. 



To Messrs. T. S. Ware, Feltham, for alpines. 



To Messrs. Wells, Merstham, for Chrysanthemums. 



Bronze Flora Medal. 



To E. J. Johnstone, Esq., Groombridge (gr. Mr. Paskett), for Begonias. 

 To Messrs. Low, Bush Hill Park, for Cyclamen, &c. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Aspidium (Polystichum) aculeatum gracillimum (votes, unanimous), 

 from Mr. C. Druery, Shaa Road, Acton. Pinnules rather distant, irregu- 

 larly serrate, linear, sometimes as much as 1^ inch long ; fronds broad, 

 very slender, arching. Derived from Aspidium aculeatum pulchcrrimum 

 (F.C.C. 1907) this is, perhaps, the most beautiful form of the common 

 hard shield-fern that has come before the Committee. 



Award of Merit. 



To Chrysanthemum ' Caledonia ' (votes, 16 for, 4 against), from Mr. 

 G. Williams, Cardiff. Single ; bright mauve-rose, with yellow disc en- 

 circled by a ^-inch wide band of white, derived from the bases of the ray 



