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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Mr* T. S. Ware, Hale Farm, Tottenham, for a group of 

 Carnations. 



Bronze Banksian Medal. 

 To E. H. Watts, Esq., Devonhurst, Chiswick (gr. Mr. Por- 

 teous), for a group of large Ferns — Platyceriums, Adiantums, 

 Davallias, &c. 



First Class Certificate. 

 To Lilium Lowii (votes, 8 for), from Messrs. Hugh Low & 

 Co., Clapton. Flowers medium-sized, white, spotted with 

 crimson. 



Award of Merit. 



To Alstrcemeria aurantiaca (votes, 8 for, 1 against), from 

 G. H. Cammell, Esq., Hathersage, Sheffield. Flowers large, 

 deep orange, the two upper petals striped with dark brownish 

 crimson. An old garden favourite. 



To Nicotiana colossea variegata (votes, 6 for, 2 against), from 

 Mons. J. Sallier, Neuilly, Paris. The plant exhibited was about 

 8 inches high, with handsome broad leaves, pale green in the 

 centre, with irregular creamy-white edges. 



To Dracrena indivisa aurea variegata (votes, 7 for, 1 against), 

 from Messrs. J. Laing & Sons, Forest Hill. Leaves long and 

 narrow, green, striped with creamy white. 



To Caladium Baronne de Maimore (votes, 6 for), from Messrs. 

 J. Laing & Sons. Leaves large and handsome, the ground 

 colour creamy white, with deep red veins and markings. 



Botanical Certificate. 

 To Ferraria antherosa (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. J. 

 Veitch & Sons, Chelsea. Leaves long and narrow ; flowers 

 borne on a spike 18 inches long, brown, with a yellow base and 

 deep brown blotches. 



Other Exhibits. 



G. H. Cammell, Esq., Hathersage, Sheffield, sent cut 

 blooms of Aster diplostephioides. 



Mrs. Blake, Duppas Hill Terrace, Croydon (gr. Mr. G. Lewry), 

 exhibited a new Lobelia named Lewry's Beauty. 



The Hon. G. M. Fortescue, Dropmore (gr. Mr. C. Herring), 

 sent cut blooms of a seedling crimson Clove Carnation. 



