1 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Floral Committee, February 24, 1903. 

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



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 



To Lord Aldenham, Aldenham House, Elstree (gr. Mr. E. Beckett), for 

 Tliyrsacanthus rutilans and Cyclamen. 



To Messrs. Cuthbert, Southgate, for hardy forced Azaleas. 



Silver-gilt Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Jas. Veitch, Chelsea, for Clivias and Loropetalum chinense. 

 To Mr. Odell, Colham Green, Hillingdon, for Cyclamen and Primulas. 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To W. M. Cazalet, Esq., Fairlawn, Tonbridge (gr. Mr. F. Cubberley), 

 for Begonia 1 Gloire de Sceaux.' 



To Messrs. Cannell, Swanley, for Cyclamen. 



To Messrs. Barr, Covent Garden, for spring flowers. 



To Mr. Russell, Richmond, for hardy flowering shrubs. 



Silver Banksian Medal. i 



To Messrs. Ware, Feltham, for Narcissi and spring flowers. 



To Mr. H. B. May, Edmonton, for greenhouse flowering plants. 



To Messrs. Jackman, Woking, for hardy flowers. 



To Mr. Mount, Canterbury, for Roses. 



To Mr. Reuthe, Keston, Kent, for hardy flowers. 



To Messrs. Wallace, Colchester, for bulbous plants. 



Bronze Flora Medal. 



To her Grace the Duchess of Bedford, Chenies, for Hellebores. j 

 To Mr. Drost, Richmond, for forced Lilacs and Azalea mollis. 



Award of Merit. 



To Iris x ' perpurs ' (votes, 25 for), from Miss Willmott, V.MjH., 

 Great Warley. This new Iris raised by Mr. Van Tubergen between 

 /. persica and I. p. purpurea grows about 4 inches high, is quite hardy, well 

 adapted for the rockery, and remarkable for its handsome flowers, the 

 colour of which reminds one of /. reticulata Krelagei. The falls are 

 broad, deep velvety purple, striped with yellow down the centre, and ithe 

 petaloid stigmas light purple touched with violet. The plant exhibited 

 had been placed in a cold frame in order to facilitate its flowering. 



Other Exhibits. 



The Dowager Countess of Harrowby, High Ashurst, Dorking (gr. Mr. 

 G. Bond), sent a beautifully flowered plant of Ranunculus cor tuscefolius, 

 an uncommon species with large rich yellow flowers. It was introduced 

 from Tenerifle in 182G. 



Mis. Sophia Miller, 1 Campden Hill Road, Kensington, sent some 

 excellent paintings of flowers. 



