CCX PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL IK >R TKTLTURAL SOCIETY. 



Messrs. Low, Enfield, sent new Carnations. 



Mr. Townsend, Bloxham, Oxon., sent Pelargonium 'Victoria.' 



Messrs. Ware, Feltham, sent hardy flowers. 



Mr. Bradley, Chingford, sent Pinks. 



Floral Committee, July 7, 1903. 

 Mr. H. B. May in the Chair, and eighteen members present. 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Jas. Veitch, Chelsea, for Cannas, Carnations, Sweet Peas, 

 and Campanulas. 



To Mr. May, Upper Edmonton, for 112 varieties of Crotons. 



Silver Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. Wallace, Colchester, for hardy flowers. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Miss Willmott, V.M.H., Warley Place, Essex, for a group of 

 Verbena 'Warley.' 



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

 To Messrs. Ware, Feltham, for hardy flowers. 

 To Messrs. B. R. Cant, Colchester, for new Roses. 

 To Messrs. Peed, West Norwood, for Carnations. 

 To Mr. Perry, Winchmore Hill, for hardy flowers. 



Award of Merit. 



To Nephrolepis cordifolia crispata congesta (votes, 7 for), from Mr. 

 May. A sturdy little plant with fronds 6 inches long, and deep green 

 undulated wavy pinnae. 



To Campanula peregrina (votes, 12 for, 1 against), from Messrs. Jas. 

 Veitch. An old but little-known biennial species from Asia Minor, with 

 upright spikes of pale lavender-blue flowers about an inch in diameter. 

 Leaves small, green, serrated, and very hairy. 



To Border Carnation ' Diadem ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Cutbush, Highgate. Large yellow flowers flaked and edged with rose. 



To Border Carnation 'Merlin' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Cutbush. Large substantial pale yellow flowers flaked and margined 

 with scarlet or crimson. 



Other Exhibits. 



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

 Hudson, V.M.H.), sent beautiful flowers of Nymphcea Mooreana. 



Lord Aldenham, Elstree (gr. Mr. Beckett), sent flowers of Inula 

 glandulosa with fringed petals. 



A. Dodd, Esq., Godington Park, Kent (gr. Mr. Ward), sent shapely 

 flowers of Tree Carnation 1 Mrs. Ashley Dodd.' 



From Sir Weetman Pearson, Bart., M.P., Paddockhurst (gr. Mr. 

 Wadds), came Plumeria bicolor, an old-fashioned stove plant with white 

 flowers. 



