Hi PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



botany and geography of the Himalayas. It is unfortunately a dis- 

 appointing tree in the changeable climate of this country, because it only 

 flowers in favoured places in the south and west of England and in parts 

 of Ireland. Even under the best conditions it is a shy blossomer in a 

 young state ; consequently its value for outdoor garden embellishment is 

 greatly reduced. Its huge, cup-shaped, slightly fragrant flowers, from 6 

 to 10 inches in diameter, composed of pale, rose-coloured petals internally, 

 stained with rosy crimson externally, appear at the apex of the shoots in 

 advance of the large rich green leaves. 



To Jasminum primuUnum (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Jas. 

 Veitch, Chelsea. This is one of the best additions to hardy flowering 

 shrubs made for many years. At first sight it appears to be a vigorous 

 evergreen form of J. nudiflorum, with angular, deep green shoots, glossy 

 trifoliate leaves, and handsome yellow blossoms, 2 inches across, of which 

 a small percentage are semi-double. It produces a few flowers in autumn, 

 but the most and best are borne in spring ; and as the foliage is persistent 

 the effect is greatly enhanced. It is a native of China, and has with- 

 stood 16 degrees of frost at Coombe Wood. (Figs. 48 and 49.) 



Award of Merit. 



To Lachcnalia 1 Ruth Lane ' (votes, unanimous), from F. W. Moore, 

 Esq., V.M.H., Glasnevin, Dublin. A pretty variety with large rich orange- 

 coloured flowers, touched with green and tipped with reddish purple. 

 The upper part of the flower spike and unopened buds are heavily shaded 

 with orange -red. 



Pinguecula caudata supcrba (votes, 17 for), from J. T. Bennett-Poe, 

 Esq., V.H.M., Holmewood, Cheshunt (gr. Mr. Downes). This new Butter- 

 wort is perhaps best described as an improvement on the type, which is a 

 dainty and rather uncommon dwarf stove plant. The flat flowers, borne 

 on stems 7 inches high, are light purple or rosy-carmine, streaked with 

 deep purple towards the white centre. 



To Olivia miniata ' T. E. Arnold ' (votes, unanimous), from Lady 

 Bathurst, Cirencester House, Cirencester (gr. Mr. T. Arnold). A vigo- 

 rous variety with an unusually large truss of shapely apricot-coloured 

 flowers, the basal half of the segments light yellow. 



Other Exhibits. 



F. W. Moore, Esq., Glasnevin, sent seedling Lachenalias. 



Mrs. Ernest Hills, Redleaf, Penshurst, sent some lovely flowers of 

 Camellia reticulata introduced into this country about eighty years ago. 

 Its semi-double, rosy-carmine flowers, with a central cluster of yellow 

 stamens, are not only distinct but larger and superior to those of any 

 other species, and indeed to any of the garden varieties of Camellia 

 japonica. It is of upright habit with dull-green, reticulated leaves, and 

 flourishes in cool glasshouses. 



Dr. Bonavia, Richmond Road, Worthing, sent seedling Auriculas. 



From Mr. Anker, George Street, W., came cactaceous plants. 



Messrs. De Graatt', Leiden, Holland, sent Bichardia Childsiana. 



Mr. Kromer, Croydon, sent flowers of an unnamed Aristolochia. 



