FLORAL COMMITTEE, NOVEMBER 18. 



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y. Messrs. Brown, Peterborough, 



6. Mr. M. Silsbury, Shanklin, I.W. 



7. Mr. Carpenter, West Hall, Byfleet, Surrey. 



8. Mr. J. W. Cole, Peterborough. 



Floral Committee, November 18, 1902. 

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



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Hill, Lower Edmonton, for a grand group of Platycerium. 

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



Silver-gilt Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Jas. Veitch, Chelsea, for winter-flowering Begonias. 

 To Mr. Jones, Lewisham, for Chrysanthemums. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Cannell, Swanley, for Begonias and Chrysanthemums. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Jacobinia chry so Stephana (votes, 16 for), from Messrs. Jas. Veitch, 

 Chelsea. A pretty and uncommon stove or intermediate greenhouse 

 Aeanthaceous plant, introduced from Mexico in 1870. It is of sturdy 

 growth, with square stems and deep green opposite ovate acuminate 

 leaves, shaded with reddish-purple on the lower surface. Its orange- 

 yellow narrow tube- shaped flowers are borne in terminal clusters during 

 winter, and remain attractive for about six weeks. It is an easily grown 

 plant, and cuttings struck in spring will, under ordinary care, yield an 

 abundance of flowers the following winter. It is sometimes met with 

 under the name of Gyrtanthera chrysostephana. (Fig. 279.) 



Award of Merit. 



To Decorative Chrysanthemum ' Belle of Weybridge ' (' Annie 

 Holden ' x ' Framfield Beauty ') (votes, 18 for), from G. Ferguson, Esq., 

 The Hollies, Weybridge (gr. Mr. F. W. Smith). A distinct and pleasing 

 semi-double variety, with broad dull crimson petals and a bright yellow 

 disc. 



To Begonia Agatha compacta (B. socotrana $ B.natalensis £) (votes, 

 15 for), from Messrs. Jas. Veitch, Chelsea. A very dwarf, compact, 

 floriferous variety, with pink flowers similar to those of 1 Gloire de 

 Lorraine.' 



To Japanese Chrysanthemum ' F. S. Vallis ' (votes, unanimous), from 

 Messrs. Wells, Earlswood, Redhill. Flowers large, with long, narrow, 

 drooping, canary-yellow petals. 



To Japanese Chrysanthemum ' Leila Filkins ' (votes, 15 for, 4 against), 

 from Messrs. Wells, Earlswood. Flowers of good size and substance, 

 colour lilac pink or pale purple, with a paler reverse. An improvement 

 on 1 Vi viand Morel.' 



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