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Colchester, and Messrs. Barr, Covent Garden. A. grand Iris, reminding 

 one of I. susiana and I. atrofusca, with large substantial flowers. The 

 standards and falls are dark brown suffused with purplish crimson and 

 beautifully netted. (Fig. 76.) 



To Darwin Tulip ' Pride of Haarlem ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Barr, Covent Garden. A bold cup-shaped flower with stout rosy-scarlet 

 petals. The centre or base is deep indigo-blue. 



To ThaUctrum orientale (votes, unanimous), from Mr. Amos Perry, 

 Winchmore Hill. A pleasing border plant between two and three feet 

 high, with glaucous much-divided, Maidenhair Fern-like leaves, and 

 white ball-like flowers borne in great profusion well above the foliage. 



Other Exhibits. 



Leopold de Rothschild, Esq., Gunnersbury House, Acton (gr. Mr. Jas. 

 Hudson, V.M.H.), sent a hybrid Water-lily named ' Mrs. Ward.' The 

 Committee asked to see this again. 



R. I. Farrer, Esq., King Edward Street, Oxford, sent Cineraria longi- 

 folia and Tiarella supcrba. 



Col. Rous, Worstead, Norfolk (gr. Mr. W. Chettleburgh), sent long 

 flowering growths of Bougainvillaea glabra 1 Maud Chettleburgh.' 



The Hon. Mrs. Evelyn Cecil, Lytchett Heath, Poole (gr. Mr. Cox), 

 sent flowers of Gloriosa superba lutea. 



Messrs. Cripps, Tunbridge Wells, sent some new Japanese Maples. 



Mr. E. Coppitters, Ghent, sent Dracana indivisa 1 King Edward VII.,' 

 a variety with narrow leaves margined with cream-white. 



Messrs. Hill, Lower Edmonton, sent new Ferns. 



Messrs. Cutbush, Highgate, sent seven varieties of bedding Begonias. 

 It was requested that plants might be sent to Chiswick for trial. 



Mr. J. J. Upton, Irlam, Manchester, sent a new Fern. 



Mr. B. Ruys, Moerheim, Dedemsvaart, Holland, sent Aubrietia 

 MoerJieimi. 



From Mr. W. J. Godfrey, Exmouth, came a small group of Oriental 

 Poppies. 



Mr. James Pike, Park Road, Acton, sent Carnation ' Queen Alexandra,' 

 a sport from the well-known ' Uriah Pike.' 



Floral Committee, June 10, 1902. 

 Mr. W. Marshall in the Chair, and twenty-four members present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Gold Medal. 



To Messrs. Jas. Veitch, Chelsea, for Gloxinias, Eremurus, Peonies, 

 and Primulas. 



Silver -gilt Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. Cutbush, Highgate for Eremurus, Carnations, and 

 Pyrethrums. 



