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florets ; very large, sometimes 6 inches in diameter ; of remarkably firm 

 texture. The flowers exhibited had been cut a week, but the rays remained 

 rigidly horizontal. (Fig. 101, p. 459.) 



To Chrysanthemum ' Merstham Jewel ' (votes, unanimous), from 

 Messrs. Wells, Merstham. Single ; coral red, disc yellow, rays tipped 

 with yellow ; about 3^ inches in diameter ; peculiarly Gaillardia-like. 



To Primula malacoides (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Bees, 

 Liverpool. Inflorescence 1 to If feet of 3 to 5 whorls, each bearing about 

 six flowers on very slender pedicels about Hinch in length. Flowers f inch 

 in diameter, mauve-lilac, but showing some variation in depth of colour, 

 with small yellow eye ; petals deeply notched ; calyx tube short, with 

 spreading lobes, very mealy. Leaves ovate, slightly cordate at the base, 

 serrato-crenate, long-stalked, soft in texture, hairy, especially on the stalk 

 and veins, and slightly mealy beneath. The plants exhibited had been 

 raised under glass, and strongly suggested vigorous specimens of P. For- 

 besii, but seed having been gathered at an altitude of 9,000 ft. in Yunnan 

 the species should prove quite hardy. (Fig. 116.) 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Barr, Covent Garden : Nerines, &c. 



Miss Farrer, Acton : floral studies. 



Messrs. Heath, Cheltenham : Carnations. 



Misses Hopkins, Shepperton : alpines. 



Messrs. Paul, Cheshunt : Cannas and Chrysanthemums. 



Messrs. Peed, Streatham : alpines. 



Mr. J. C. Russell, Taunton : Chrysanthemums. 



Mr. M. Silsbury, Shanklin : new Chrysanthemum. 



Mr. A. Young, Oxted : Begonia. 



Floral Committee, December 8, 1908. 



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



present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 



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

 To Leopold de Rothschild, Esq., Ascot (gr. Mr. Jennings), for 

 Carnations. 



Silver-gilt Banksian Medal. 



To Mr. H. Burnett, Guernsey, for Carnations. 

 To Messrs. Cannell, Swanley, for Pelargoniums. 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Mme. Albert, Westbourne Gardens, for floral studies. 



To Messrs. Bell & Sheldon, Guernsey, for Carnations. 



To Messrs. W. Cutbush, Highgate, tor foliage plants and Carnations. 



To Frank Galsworthy, Esq., Chertsey, for floral studies. 



To Mr. G. Lange, Hampton, for Carnations. 



