FLORAL COMMITTEE, MAY 9. 



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To Canna Sophie Buchner (votes, 14 for), from Messrs. Paul 

 ft Son, Cheshunt. Flowers large, bright crimson. 



To Phyllocactus Plato (votes, 13 for), from Messrs. J. Veitch 

 & Sons, Chelsea. Flowers crimson. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To F. W. Moore, Esq., Botanic Garden, Glasnevin, for 

 Pa^onia Emodi. Flowers single, white. 



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

 Dracaena Sander iana. 



Other Exhibits. 



Lord Foley, Ruxley Lodge, Esher (gr. Mr. J. Miller), sent 

 Hippeastrum solandraeflormn. Flower white, with a long tube, 

 on a scape about three feet high. 



Dr. Kirby, Kelsey Park, Beckenham (gr. Mr. Mark Webster), 

 exhibited a small group of Myosotis in pots. 



The Hon. E. H. Ellis, Rosenau, Datchet, Bucks, sent tvvo 

 plants of Kreinpferia rotunda. 



E. J. Lowe, Esq., F.R.S., Shirenewton Hall, Chepstow, ex- 

 hibited Centaurea montana "Monstrosity" (being a cross (?) 

 between C. montana and C. rosea) ; also Aquilegia " Royal 

 Marriage," a cross (?) between Clematis montana and Aquilegia 

 glandulosa var., which was referred to the Scientific Committee. 

 (See page 29.) 



W. Marshall, Esq., Auchinraith, Bexley, exhibited Sela- 

 ginella caesia, struck from a plant that stood out of doors during 

 the winter without protection. 



Mr. C. J. Van Tuber gen, Zwanenburg, Haarlem, sent six 

 varieties of Fritillarias. 



F. W. Moore, Esq., Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, sent Crinum 

 latifolium which had been grown in the open air without protec- 

 tion, planted against the wall of a stove. 



Mr. Smythe, The Gardens, Basing Park, Alton, sent cut 

 blooms of Tree Carnation Annie Smythe and Florence Smythe. 



Mr. C. Turner, Slough, exhibited the new Polyantha Rose 

 Turner's Crimson Rambler. Flowers borne freely in dense 

 clusters ; colour bright red. 



Mr. T. S. Ware, Tottenham, exhibited Border Carnation 

 Pride of Great Britain. Flowers large ; colour pale yellow. 



Messrs. H. Cannell <fc Son, Swanley, exhibited two single- 



