cii PROCEEDINGS OF THE EOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



FLORAL COMMITTEE. 



May 26, 1903. 

 Temple Gardens. 

 Mr. H. B. May in the Chair, and twenty-six members present. 



The Cups and Medals awarded by the Council will be found at 

 page cviii. 



Awards Recommended :— 



First-class Certificate. 

 To Poly podium Knighta (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Sander, 

 St. Albans. A handsome Australian Fern with drooping fronds 3 feet to 

 4 feet in length and fringed rich green pinna? 4 inches long. A splendid 

 basket Fern. 



To Ficus pandurata (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Sander. A 

 free-growing species of upright habit well adapted for lofty greenhouses. 

 Its obovate-oblong thick dark green alternate leaves are 15 inches long by 

 12 inches broad with prominent light green veins. 



Award of Merit. 



To Phyllocactus 1 Deutsche Kaiserin ' (votes, 11 for, 2 against), from 

 Mr. Kohlmannslehner, Berlin. A variety with semi-double shell-pink 

 flowers, deeper than those of Epiphyllum delicatwn, borne along the 

 edges of the flat stout leaflike growths. 



To Tea Rose 1 Queen of Sweden and Norway' (votes, 6 for, 1 against), 

 from Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt. A fragrant shapely yellow flower 

 passing to a lighter shade. 



To Richardia hybrida ' Solfatara ' (votes, 10 for), from Mr. Borne- 

 mann, Blankenburg, Germany. The leaves of this variety are spotted 

 with creamy-white like those of B. Elliottiana, and the large leathery 

 pale sulphur spathes are blotched with purple at the base. 



To double Begonia 'Mrs. Portman Dalton ' (votes unanimous), from 

 Messrs. Blackmore & Langdon, Twerton-on-Avon. Beautifully shaped 

 flesh-coloured flowers with a raised rose-pink centre. (Fig. 166.) 



To double Begonia ' Sir Thomas Lipton ' (votes, 10 for, 4 against) 

 from Messrs. Blackmore & Langdon. Large deep orange flowers of 

 gor.d form and substance. 



To double Begonia 1 Hon. Lady Neeld ' (votes, 7 for, 1 against), from 

 Messrs. Blackmore & Langdon. Unusually large deep rose flowers touched 

 with pale salmon. (Fig. 165, p. ex.) 



To double Begonia ' Mrs. W. P. Neal ' (votes, unanimous), from 

 Messrs. Blackmore & Langdon. Large shapely white flowers suffused 

 with salmon-pink on the exterior of the young petals. 



To double Begonia ' Mrs. Moger ' ( votes, 9 for, 1 against), from 

 Messrs. Blackmore & Langdon, and Messrs. I)a\is, Yeovil. A pleasing 

 variety with medium-sized soft salmon flowers of great substance. 



