FLORAL COMMITTEE, JANUARY 13. 



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FLORAL COMMITTEE. 



January 13, 1903. 

 Mr. W. Marshall in the Chair, and twenty-eight members present. 



Awards Recommended 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Jas. Yeitch, Chelsea , for Coleus thyrsoicleus and winter- 

 flowering Begonias. 



Silver Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. Cannell, Swanley, for Primulas and Coleus thyrsoideus. 



Silver Banks ian Medal. 



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



Bronze Banks ian Medal. 

 To Mr. Russell, Kew Road, Richmond, for Aucubas. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Coleus thyrsoideus (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. J. Veitch, 

 Chelsea, and Messrs. Cannell, Swanley. A remarkably pretty free- 

 growing winter- flowering greenhouse plant, introduced from British 

 Central Africa, and flowered for the first time in this country in the 

 Royal Gardens, Kew, about five years ago. Unlike the once popular 

 ornamental-leaved Coleus, this species is conspicuous for its small but 

 showy Salvia-like blue flowers, borne in terminal racemes, often 10 inches 

 long. The leaves, set on long footstalks, are ovate, toothed, and pale 

 green. (Fig. 45.) 



Award of Merit. 



To Decorative Chrysanthemum ' Miss Edith Davy ' as a late-flowering 

 variety (votes, unanimous), from Mr. M. Hutchings, Hillingdon, Ux- 

 bridge. A sport from 4 Framfield Pink ' (syn. ' Madame Felix Perrin '). 

 The new variety is of excellent constitution, but a trifle dwarfer than its 

 parent. The flowers are of a lovely shade of pale chocolate or red 

 suffused with salmon. 



To Decorative Chrysanthemum ' Harry Whateley ' (votes, unanimous), 

 from Mr. Whateley, Kenilworth. A beautiful late-flowering sport from 

 the well-known variety 'niveus.' The flowers are pure white and the 

 fimbriated petals are long and narrow. 



To Decorative Chrysanthemum ' Ruby Martin ' (votes 16 for, 5 

 against), from Mr. Martin, Leighton Buzzard. A sport from 1 Matthew 

 Hodgson.' Plant 3 feet 6 inches high : sturdy habit and very free- 

 flowering ; colour old gold and chestnut red. The petals are distinctly 

 forked at the tips. 



