CXC PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



To Vitis inconstans Loivii (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Low, 

 Bush Hill Park. A very slender, graceful seedling form of V. inconstans 

 (Ampelopsis Veitchii). Leaves generally trifoliate, leaflets small, sessile, 

 round, coarsely toothed, tendrils clinging. The foliage takes the rich reds 

 of the type in autumn. 



To Vitis leeoides (votes, 12 for), from Messrs. Yeitch, Chelsea. A new 

 hardy ornamental vine from Western China. Leaves compound, with 

 three or five leaflets, glossy above, purple below. 



To Cactus Dahlias. The following show Cactus Dahlias were recom- 

 mended Awards of Merit by a joint committee of the Royal Horticultural 

 and the National Dahlia Societies : — 



'Chas. H. Curtis,' from Mr. Shoesmith, Woking. Flower intense 

 orange-crimson, large, with long, much-twisted, incurved, narrow quill- 

 petals. 



'Clara,' from Messrs. Stred wick, St. Leonards. Mauve-pink, yellow- 

 tipped, narrow incurved petals. 



'Etruria,' from Messrs. Stredwick. Terra-cotta red, with spirally 

 twisted narrow quill-petals. 



' Harold Peerman,' from Messrs. Stredwick. Flowers very large, lemon - 

 yellow, with much-twisted petals. 



' Helium,' from Messrs. Stredwick. Fawn with centre and tips of 

 yellow, broad twisted petals. 



' Saturn,' from Messrs. Stredwick. Pink, creamy-pink at the centre, 

 with light crimson splash ings. 



Other Exhibits. 



J. T. Bennett-P6e, Esq., Y.M.H., Cheshunt : a new Ncrine. 



Mr. Chapman, Camberley : single Dahlias. 



Lady Alice Dundas, Middleton Tyas : seedling Carnations. 



Mr. Draps-Dom, Brussels : Dracaena tricolor. 



Mr. Langdon, Hucclecote : a seedling Carnation. 



Mr. Mortimer, Farnham : a new Cactus Dahlia. 



Messrs. Peed, Mitcham Lane : alpines, &c. 



Mr. Reuthe, Keston : hardy plants. 



Mr. Riddell, Filey : a new Carnation. 



Messrs. Wells, Merstham : early Chrysanthemums. 



Floral Committee, October 15, 1907. 

 Mr. Marshall, V.M.H., in the Chair, and twenty-six members present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Gold Medal. 



To Messrs. Veitch, Chelsea, for Nepenthes and groups of shrubs and 

 greenhouse plants. 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 

 To Mr. Jones, Lewisham, for Chrysanthemums. 

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



