CCXxii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



FLORAL COMMITTEE. 



September 23, 1902. 

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



Awards Recommended :— 



Gold Medal. 



To Messrs. Burrell, Cambridge, for a grand collection of Gladioli. 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 

 To Mr. Prince, Longworth, Berks, for Roses. 



Silver-gilt Banks ian Medal. 



To Messrs. Cheal, Crawley, for Dahlias and sprays of ornamental 

 hardy trees and shrubs. 



To Messrs. Frank Cant, Colchester, for Roses. 



Silver Flora Medal. 



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

 Jas. Hudson, V.M.H.), for twenty-seven varieties of autumn-blooming 



Roses. 



To Messrs. Hobbies, East Dereham, for Dahlias. 



To Messrs. Blackmore and Langdon, Twerton-on-Avon, for Begonias. 



To Messrs. W. Paul, Waltham Cross, for Roses. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Mr. Ching, Forth Hill, Enfield, for Ferns. 



To Mr. Forster, Nunhead Cemetery, S.E., for early- flowering Chrysan- 

 themums. 



To Messrs. Paul and Son, Cheshunt, for herbaceous plants and Roses. 

 To Messrs. Wells, Earlswood, Redhill, for Chrysanthemums. 

 To Messrs. Wallace, Colchester, for hardy flowers. 



Bronze Banhsian Medal. 

 To Mr. West,' Brentwood, for Dahlias. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Poiypodium conjugatum (votes, 10 for), from Messrs. Bull, Chelsea. 

 A very handsome Australian Fein sometimes met with under the names 

 of P. coronans and Drynaria conjugata. Its general appearance reminds 

 one of P. Heracleum ; its fronds are from 4 to 5 feet long, and 1 foot to 

 18 inches broad with deep green leathery lobes or pinnas cut to the rachis 

 or midrib. 



Award of Merit. 



To Show Dahlia 1 A. M. Burnie ' (votes, unanimous), from Mrs. St- 

 Pierre Harris, Orpington (gr. Mr. H. Blundell). Large well-formed buff- 

 coloured flowers passing to yellow. 



