FLORAL COMMITTEE, JUNE 9. 



CCV 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Peed, West Norwood, for Gloxinias. 



To Messrs. Ware, Feltham, for hardy flowers. 



To Mr. Prichard, Christchurch, Hants, for hardy flowers. 



To Messrs. Paul, Cheshunt, for Roses and hardy flowers. 



To Messrs. Watkins & Simpson, Covent Garden, for annuals. 



To the Guildford Hardy Plant Nursery, for Irises. 



To Messrs. Cannell, Swanley, for Aquilegias. 



Bronze Flora Medal. 



To Ronald Keep, Esq., Woollet Hall, North Cray (gr. Mr. Pym), for 

 Gloxinias and Ferns. 



To Mr. Prince, Longworth, Berks, for Roses. 

 To Messrs. Jackman, Woking, for alpine plants. 



Bronze Banksian Medal. 

 To Mr. Potren, Branbrook, for hardy flowers and cut shrubs. 



Aivard of Merit. 



To Adiantum scutum ramosum (votes, unanimous), from Mr. May. 

 A seedling from the type from which it differs in its fan -shaped fronds 

 and deep green pinnae. 



To Kalanchoe kewensis (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Jas. Veitch. 

 A vigorous hybrid between K. Bentii $ and K. flammea ? , and remark- 

 able for its pink or rosy-purple flowers borne in large branching corymbs. 

 The leaves are fleshy, long and narrow, and of a beautiful metallic or 

 glaucous green colour. 



To Calochortus pulchellus verus of Douglas (votes, unanimous), from 

 Messrs. Wallace. A hardy Mariposa Lily with drooping greenish-yellow 

 flowers, the inside of the petals being covered with short hairs. 



To Heuchera hybrida ' Rosamunde ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Wallace. This is the result of crossing H. micrantha rosea with H. san- 

 guinea. Its slender spikes 2-3 feet long bear a great number of small 

 terra-cotta flowers quite distinct from any other member of the genus. 

 (Fig. 181.) 



To Schoenia Cassiniana (as a greenhouse annual) (votes, 8 for, 1 

 against), from Messrs. Hurst, Houndsditch. A beautiful and uncommon 

 Australian composite closely allied to Helichrysum and introduced to this 

 country in 1845. It grows about 18 inches high, has lanceolate deep 

 green opposite leaves 4 inches long, and bears rosy-purple " everlasting " 

 flowers in terminal and axillary corymbs with great freedom. (Fig. 182.) 



To Pink ' Snowdrift ' (votes, unanimous), from Mr. Douglas, V.M.H., 

 Great Bookham. A large shapely white flower with a pale rosy-purple 

 zone near the base of the petals. 



Other Exhibits. 



Dr. Bonavia, Worthing, sent beautiful sprays of Bignonia grand iflora. 

 Martin R. Smith, Esq., Hayes (gr. Mr. Blick), sent Malmaison and 

 Border Carnations. 



From W. Shuter, Esq., Hampstead, came Hymenocallis (Pancratium) 



