FLORAL COMMITTEE, SEPTEMBER 24. 



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Miss Bridge, Headley Grove, Epsom (gr. Mr. H. Squelch), sent tree 

 Carnations. 



The Earl of Darnley, Cobham Hall, Gravesend, sent flowers of a 

 seedling Helenium. 



From Mr. M. Buysman, Hortus Plantarum, Middelburg, Holland, 

 came a collection of dried specimens. 



Messrs. Jas. Veitch, Chelsea, contributed the most representative 

 collection of sprays (in many cases great boughs), dried specimens, and 

 photographs of Japanese trees and shrubs ever seen at any one of the 

 Society's meetings, many of them being collected and distributed by the 

 exhibitors. (See page 857.) 



Messrs. Cutbush, Highgate, sent hardy flowers. 



Mr. Pfitzer, Stuttgart, Germany, sent some hybrid Gladiolus and 

 Montbretia ' Germania.' 



Mr. Carter, Willow Bank, Keighley, sent Populus ontariensis variegata, 

 a free-growing variety with yellowish leaves. 



Messrs. Bull, Chelsea, sent a group of uncommon foliage plants. 



Mr. Turner, Slough, sent Dahlias. 



Messrs. Thomson, Wimbledon, sent Gypsophila paniculata fl. pi. 

 Messrs. Barr, Covent Garden, sent hardy flowers. 

 Mr. Baxter, Woking, sent Dahlias. 



Messrs. Ladbams, Southampton, sent Gaillardias and Lobelias. 



Mr. Shawyer, Cranford, Hounslow, sent Decorative Chrysanthemums. 



F. A. E. Samuelson, Esq., Brackenbrough Hall, Thirsk (gr. Mr. 

 G. F. Brotherston), sent flowers of a large pure-white Sweet Pea named 

 1 Phyllis Samuelson.' The Committee asked to see this again next year. 



Messrs. Wade, Colchester, sent seedling Heleniums. 



Messrs. Stokes, Hilperton Marsh, Trowbridge, sent flowers of Chrysan- 

 themum 1 W. J. Stokes,' a cross between ' Moonlight ' and 'Mrs. Head.' 



Mr. Seal, Sevenoaks, sent Dahlias. 



Mr. Lowe, Hatton, Warwick, sent Chrysanthemums. 



Messrs. Keynes Williams, Salisbury, sent Dahlias. 



Messrs. Cayeux & Le Clerc, Paris, also sent Dahlias. 



Floral Committee, at Chiswick, September 24, 1902. 

 Mr. W. Marshall in the Chair, and ten members present. 

 Awards Recommended : — 



Award of Merit. 



To :— 



1. Aster 1 Top Sawyer.' 



2. A. <F. W. Burbidge.' 



3. A. 'Dorothy.' 



4. A. 'Celestial.' 



5. A. Icevigatus. 



6. A. paniculatus ' Edwin Beckett.' 



7. A. vimiueus perfectus, and to 



Phlox ' Sylphide.' 



A report on Asters and Phloxes will be found at pages 638, 649. 



