lviii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Bronze Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. Carter, Holborn, for Cinerarias. 

 To Messrs. Wallace, Colchester, for hardy flowers. 

 To Mr. Upton, Millmead, Guildford, for alpine plants. 



Bronze Banksian Medal. 

 To Mr. Box, West Wickham, Kent, for alpine plants. 



Award of Merit. 



To Hippeastrum 1 Black Prince ' (votes, unanimous), from Captain 

 Holford, C.I.E., Westonbirt, Tetbury, Gloucester (gr. Mr. A. Chapman). 

 A very large flower with dark crimson reflexing segments, deepening into 

 maroon in the throat. 



To Hippeastrum ' Fair Lady ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Jas. 

 Veitch, Chelsea. A medium-sized shapely delicate pink or apple-blossom- 

 coloured flower, the upper segments rather deeper and streaked with 

 crimson. This variety received an award under the name of 1 Apple 

 Blossom,' but it being discovered that an award had been given to a 

 variety bearing the same name in 1889 the name was changed to ' Fair 

 Lady.' 



To Caladium 'Mossamedes ' (votes, 12 for, 4 against), from Messrs. 

 Bull, Chelsea. Unusually large cream-white leaves beautifully marked 

 with green. The whole surface is suffused with pink, reminding one of 

 ' Silver Cloud.' 



To Rosa polyantha 1 Madame Levavasseur ' (votes, unanimous), from 

 Mr. Turner, Slough. A dwarf and exceedingly floriferous form of the 

 well-known 1 Crimson Rambler ' adapted for bedding or as an edging to 

 Rose beds. Its semi-double flowers do not appear to be quite so deep in 

 colour as those of ' Crimson Rambler.' 



Other Exhibits. 



Leopold de Rothschild, Esq., Gunnersbury House, Acton (gr. Mr. Jas. 

 Hudson, V.M.H.), sent a strong branch 6 feet long of Primus Pseudo- 

 cerasus Watcreri laden with pale pink flowers. 



A. P. Nix, Esq., Mount Challis, Truro, sent Hippeastrum Islandri- 

 ilorum. 



C. W. Parker, Esq., J. P., Faulkbourne Hall, Witham, Essex, sent 

 Anemone fulgens and seedling Polyanthuses. 



Colonel Baskerille, Crowsley Park, Henley-on-Thames, sent flowers 

 of a new Violet. 



From the Earl of Ilchester, Abbotsbury Castle, Dorset (gr. Mr. J. 

 Benbow), came Rhododendrons and flowering shoots of Edwardsia 

 microphylla, now recognised as Sopliora tetraptera microphylla, an 

 exceedingly beautiful but unfortunately rather tender shrub or small 

 tree with racemes of rich yellow pendent flowers in spring. It is a 

 native of New Zealand and was discovered by Sir Joseph Banks. 



A. W. Sutton, Esq., Bucklebury Place, Berks, sent Primrose sports. 



Messrs. Ladhams, Shirley, Southampton, sent Trachelium flavum 

 * Illuminator,' a pretty plant with golden-coloured leaves. 



From Messrs. Jas. Veitch, Chelsea, came a very remarkable collection 

 of dried specimens of new and rare Chinese trees and shrubs. 



