CCxiv PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Messrs. Barr, Covent Garden, sent hardy flowers. 

 Messrs. Bull, Chelsea, sent Fuchsias. 

 Messrs. Phillips & Taylor, Bracknell, sent Carnations. 

 Messrs. Peed, West Norwood, sent Carnations. 



Floral Committee, August 4, 1903. 

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



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 



To Mr. May, Edmonton, for 36 species and varieties of Nephrolepis. 

 To Messrs. Cuthbert, Southgate, for Hydrangeas, Crinums, and 

 Liliums. 



Silver-gilt Banhsian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Cannell, Swanley, for cactaceous plants. 



Silver Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. Cheal, Crawley, for shrubs and Dahlias. 



Silver Banhsian Medal. 



To Messrs. Paul, Cheshunt, for Roses. 



To Messrs. Dobbie, Rothesay, for Pentstemons and Poppies. 



To Messrs. Bull, Chelsea, for Dracaenas. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Nephrolepis exaltata Piersonii (votes, unanimous), from Mr. May. 

 A handsome fern raised in America, with long broad dense fronds cut 

 to the midrib, the pinna? again subdivided with beautifully undulated 

 margins. The colour is polished green, passing to a paler shade towards 

 the tips of the stout pinna?. 



Award of Merit. 



To Gladiolus ' Ellington Belle ' (votes, unanimous), from W. C. Bull, 

 Esq., Ramsgate. A grand spike with large shapely cream- or delicate 

 sulphur-coloured flowers flaked with rosy-purple towards the edges of the 

 stout segments. The base of the flower is stained with purple. 



Other Exhibits. 



H. Dart, Esq., Thornton Heath, sent bedding Carnation ' His Majesty.' 



Mrs. Bramwell, King's Worthy, Winchester, sent two flowers each of 

 three varieties of Petunias. The Committee drew attention to the rule 

 thai three flowers of each variety must be shown. Mrs. Bramwell also 

 sent a seedling Pelargonium named ' Dorothy Brown,' which was damaged 

 in transit, but resembled one named ' Oliver.' 



W. 0. Bull, Esq., sent some very promising seedling Gladioli. 



Lawley Parker, Esq., Chad Road, Edgbaston (gr. Mr. Sclaney), sent 

 a well-grown plant of Pteris Victoria elegans. 



Mr. W. Lees, Midston Hall, Hamilton, sent Athyrium filix fozmina 



