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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Other Exhibits. 



Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart., Burford, Dorking (gr. Mr. Bain), 

 staged a collection of Gladioli and Pentstemons. 



H. S. Bartleet, Esq., Shooter's Hill, sent Sweet Pea ' Pauline.' 



The Duke of Marlborough, Blenheim Palace, Woodstock (gr. 

 Mr. Whillans), sent four seedling Carnations. 



Mrs. Chilton, Wealdstone, Middlesex, sent Mesembryanthe- 

 mum Bolonsi. 



From Major Howey, The Grange, Woodbridge, came Begonia 

 ' Melton Beauty.' 



E. Hibbert, Esq., Ashby St. Ledgers, Rugby, sent a seedling 

 Carnation. 



Mr. A. W. Edwards, Elmeslae Gardens, Stamford, sent 

 Carnations. 



Messrs. Atlee Burpee & Co., Philadelphia, U.S.A., sent pot 

 plants of their new Sweet Pea ' Pink Cupid.' 



Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons, Crawley, sent a group of Dahlias. 



Messrs. W. J. Stokes & Son, Trowbridge, sent an everlasting 

 Pea named ' Her Majesty,' which the Committee considered to 

 be the same as * Delicata.' 



From Messrs. Hurst & Son, Houndsditch, came specimens of 

 everlasting Pea ' Pink Beauty.' 



Messrs. F. Sander & Co., St. Albans, sent a group of 

 \Yatsonia Ardernei. 



Prize. 



Class 3. — Collection of cactaceous plants. Amateurs. Prize, 

 Silver Flora Medal, to W. P. Bodkin, Esq., Westhill Place, 

 Highgate. 



Floral Committee, July 27, 1897. At Chiswick. 

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

 Awards Recommended:— 



Award of Merit. 



To Phlox 1 Beatrice ' (votes, unanimous), from M. Lemoine, 

 Nancy, and Mr. Forbes, Hawick. Plant of dwarf bushy habit, 

 very free flowering. Flowers borne in large trusses, rose pink 

 Suffused with salmon. 



