FLORAL COMMITTEE, APRIL 16. 



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To Primula Gockburniana (votes, 17 for), from Messrs. J. Veitch, 

 Chelsea. A new and very dwarf species from Western China. Foliage 

 small and greyish, serrated at the margins, flower stalk slender, with a 

 small truss of deep orange-red flowers, rather less than 1 inch across. 



To Kose ' Pharisaer ' (votes, 20 for, 2 against), from Mr. W. E. 

 Wallace, Eaton Bray, Dunstable. A very pretty pink rose, valuable for 

 bedding, and well known. 



To Auricula ' Miss Berkeley ' (votes, unanimous), from Mr. J. Douglas, 

 V.M.H., Great Bookham. An alpine variety of large size with a clear 

 white eye surrounded by intense dark purple. 



To Auricula 1 Brightness ' (votes, 10 for, 5 against), from Mr. J. Douglas, 

 V.M.H., Great Bookham. A very handsome alpine variety with rosy- 

 purple flowers. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. S. Kevan, gr. to Lady Emlyn, Frensham Hall, Haslemere, for 

 Tchihatcheivia isatidea. A very rare and difficult plant to grow, and said 

 to succeed best on the rockery. Flowers rosy-lilac or shading to red on a 

 much-branched corymb ; leaves 3 inches long, linear and hairy. Perennial. 

 The plant exhibited was admirably grown 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. F. Cant, Colchester, staged Roses. 



Messrs. Dobbie, Rothesay, brought Violas, Pansies, &c. 



Mr. J. Douglas, V.M.H., Great Bookham, staged Auriculas. 



Miss Hopkins, Barming, sent hardy flowers. 



Messrs. Jackman, Woking, brought alpine plants. 



Lady Hindlip, Hindlip, Worcester, sent Sweet Peas. 



Mr. G. Kerswill, Exeter, staged Gentiana acaulis. 



Miss Kipping, Hutton, Essex, brought alpine plants. 



Messrs. H. B. May, Edmonton, sent flowering plants and Ferns. 



Messrs. Peed, Streatham, sent alpine plants. 



Mr. A. Quarrell, Brecon, staged Asters and Chrysanthemums. 



Mr. G. Redman, Clapham, Lancaster, brought alpine plants. 



Mr. R. Sydenham, Birmingham, sent Lilies- of -the- Valley. 



Mr. A. R. Upton, Millmead, Guildford, staged alpine plants. 



Messrs. Wallace, Colchester, brought hardy flowers. 



Messrs. Barr, Covent Garden, sent Daisies &c. 



Mrs. Brocklehurst, Sudeley Castle, Gloucester, sent Tritonia crocata 

 1 Prince of Orange.' 



Lady Montagu of Beaulieu, Brockenhurst, Hants, sent Epimedium 

 rubrum. 



Lady Tress Barry, Windsor, sent Camellias. 



Mr. E. M. Holmes, Ruthven, Sevenoaks, brought Oxalis acetosella. 

 The Countess of Bathurst, Cirencester, sent Clivia ' Countess of 

 Bathurst.' 



Mr. T. Leslie, Trinity Cottage, Edinburgh, staged Rhododendron 

 seedlings. 



Mr. C. E, Wilkins, South Croydon, brought zonal Pelargonium ' Coral.' 



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