xlii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



R. Burrell, [Esq., Westley Hall, Bury St. Edmunds (gr. Mr. 

 A. Bishop), sent an unnamed seedling Melon. 



Lord Howard, (ilossop Hall, Derby (gr. Mr. B. Ashton), sent 

 two varieties of Melons. 



Mr. H. S. Easty, Great Cornard, Sudbury, sent two varieties 

 of Melons. 



H. A. Simnionds, Esq., Kcd Rice, Andover (gr. Mr. C. Brooks), 

 sent Melon Supreme. 



FLORAL COMMITTEE. 



January 17, 1898. 



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



present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Clapton, for a fine group of 

 Cyclamen, numbering upwards of 150 plants, splendidly grown 

 and flowering profusely. 



Silver Banhsian Medal, 



To Leopold de Rothschild, Esq., Ascott, Leighton Buzzard 1 

 (gr. Mr. J. Jennings), for a large group of remarkably well- grown 

 plants of Begonia Gloire de Sceaux. An extremely handsome 

 stove-plant for winter decoration. Plants compact, leaves large, 

 of a rich bronze colour. Flowers in large trusses of a pale rosy- 

 pink colour. Mr. Jennings also showed plants of Tree Carnation 

 Sir Henry Calcraft. Flowers large, deep scarlet. 



To the Duke of Northumberland, Albury Bark, Guildford 

 (gr. Mr. W. 0. Leach), for a nicely arranged group of cut 

 Chrysanthemums, Euphorbias (Poinsettias), &c. 



Bronze Banhsian Medal, 

 To Messrs. W. Cutbush & Sons, Highgate, for a group of 

 Draoaina Massangeana and D. Lindenii, grown in small pots. 



First Class Certificate. 



To Begonia Gloire de Sceaux (votes, unanimous), from Leo- 

 pold do Rothschild, Esq., Ascott. 



