.FLORAL COMMITTEE, NOVEMBER 24. 



CCXXV 



Award of Merit. 



To Chrysanthemum ' W. A. Etherington ' (Jap.), from Messrs. Wells 

 (votes, unanimous). A very massive flower of the ' Viviand Morel ' type, 

 with very long narrow petals of a soft pink, with silvery- white centre. 



To Chrysanthemum ' Kitty Bourne ' (single), from Messrs. Wells 

 (votes, 11 for, 1 against). A plant of dwarf sturdy habit, and very free- 

 flowering. Flowers of medium size with a double ,row of narrow bright 

 yellow petals. 



To Nerine 4 Mrs. Moore,' from J. T. Bennett-Poe, Esq., V.M.H., 

 Homewood, Cheshunt (gr. Mr. Downes) (votes, 8 for, 4 against). This 

 plant carried a very tall scape with a very full corymb of rosy-crimson 

 flowers, with long undulating segments. 



To Nerine ' Miss Woolward ' from J. T. Bennett-Poe, Esq. (votes, 

 13 for). A fine large flower with broad segments, rosy-pink in colour, 

 with a broad line of deep crimson running down the. centre of each 

 segment. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Ware, Feltham, sent a collection of herbaceous plants. 

 From Mr. Reuthe, Keston, came a small but pretty collection of 

 Nerines. 



Messrs. Bull, Chelsea, sent a small collection of stove plants. 

 Messrs. Cutbush, Highgate, sent a collection of alpines. 

 From Messrs. Cheal, Crawley, came a collection of coloured foliage. 

 Mr. Ambrose, Cheshunt, sent a miscellaneous group. 

 Messrs. Clibran, Altrincham, sent single Chrysanthemums. 

 From Mr. Dean, Cassiobury Park, Watford, came Chrysanthemum 

 ' Distinction.' 



Messrs. Jas. Veitch, Chelsea, sent a very remarkable collection of leaves 

 from their new Chinese vines, showing the marvellously vivid autumn 

 coloration. 



Messrs. Hill sent Asplenium nidus corrugatum. 



From Messrs. Ware came Linaria triornithophora, Nerine ' Mrs. 

 Mercer,' Eccremocarpus scaber roseus, and Pentstemon Icevigatus var. 

 Digitalis. 



E. A. Bowles, Esq., Waltham Cross, sent three varieties of Crocus. 

 Mr. Carpenter, Byfleet, sent Chrysanthemum ' Mrs. James Dunn.' 



Flokal Committee, Novembek 24, 1903. 

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



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Jas. Veitch, Chelsea, for winter-flowering Begonias. 

 Silver-gilt Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Hill, Edmonton, for Ferns. 



To Messrs. Cannell, Swanley, for Chrysanthemums, Begonias, and 

 Pelargoniums. 



