FLOKAL COMMITTEE, AUGUST 18, CCXV 



crispatissima cristata (Lees), a strong-growing Lady Fern with beautiful 

 fronds. 



Messrs. Jas. Veitch, Chelsea, sent Lantana salvicefolia, Fuchsia 

 1 Sylvia,' and Senecio clivorum. 



Mr. Anker, Kensington, sent cactaceous plants. 



Floral Committee, August 18, 1903. 

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



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 

 To Mr. May, Edmonton, for Bouvardias. 

 To Messrs. Kelway, Langport, for Gladioli. 



Silver-gilt Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Webb, Saffron Walden, for Hollyhocks 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Baron Schroder, V.M.H., Englefield Green (gr. Mr. Ballantine), 

 for a collection of Canadian hybrid Gladioli. 



To Messrs. Jas. Veitch, Chelsea, for hardy flowers. 

 To Messrs. Barr, Covent Garden, for hardy flowers. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Mr. Potten, Cranbrook, for hardy flowers. 



To Messrs. Cheal, Crawley, for Dahlias. 



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



To Messrs. Ladhams, Southampton, for hardy flowers. 



Award of Merit. 



To Gladiolus 1 The Nymph ' (votes, 17 for, 1 against), from W. C. 

 Bull, Esq., Ramsgate. Handsome spreading white flowers borne all 

 round the spike, lip touched with lemon and stained with purple at the 

 base of the throat. 



To Gladiolus 1 Lady Muriel Digby ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Kelway. Large pale yellow or primrose flowers with a deeper lip and 

 stained with crimson at the base. 



To Tuberous Begonia ' Bavaria ' (votes, unanimous), from Mr. Pfitzer, 

 Stuttgart. A lovely dwarf bedding variety of compact habit, and 

 wonderfully free-flowering. Flowers single ; magenta or cerise-scarlet. 



To Tamarix odessana (votes, 12 for), from Messrs. Paul & Son, 

 Cheshunt. A graceful shrub of free growth, and a first-rate subject for 

 seaside planting. The tiny pale mauve or pink flowers are borne in 

 great abundance on long slender drooping racemes. 



Other Exhibits. 



Leopold de Rothschild, Esq., Gunnersbury (gr. Mr. Hudson, V.M.H.), 

 sent Water Lilies, and amongst them a splendid flower of Nympluea 

 ' George Hunter,' a night-flowering variety. 



