FLORAL COMMITTEE, JULY 25. 



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To Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons, Swanley, for a group of 

 Tuberous Begonias, grown from seed sown in February. The 

 plants were dwarf, and flowering very freely. 



To Mr. H. Eckford, Wem, Salop, for a collection of Sweet 

 Peas and seedling Pansies. Among the Sweet Peas the follow- 

 ing were noticeable : Novelty, flowers salmon-pink ; Mrs. Eck- 

 ford, very pale yellow; Blanche Burpee, white; W. E. Glad- 

 stone, rosy pink ; Lady Penzance, soft salmon-red ; Captain of 

 the Blues, light blue, &c. 



Bronze Banks ian Medal. 



To J. T. Hopwood, Esq., Ketton Hall, Stamford (gr. Mr. W. 

 H. Divers), for a group of Border Carnations, arranged in bunches 

 with foliage. Amongst them were good examples of Ketton 

 Rose, a beautiful free-flowering variety ; Fireman, scarlet ; 

 Duchess of Portland, Winter Cheer, &c. 



To Mr. P. McArthur, London Nursery, Maida Vale, W., for a 

 group of foliage and flowering plants, consisting of Palms, 

 Eucomis undulata, Cypripedium Volonteanum, C. Curtisii, On- 

 cidium praetextum, Ferns, Codiaeums, &c. 



First Class Certificate. 



To Cupressus macrocarpa lutea (votes, 9 for, 5 against), from 

 Messrs. Dicksons, Chester. A compact and slender-growing 

 Conifer, in which the young shoots are of a golden-yellow colour. 

 Very distinct and handsome. 



To Campanula (Platycodon) grandiflora Mariesi (votes, unani- 

 mous), from Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt. A very dwarf- 

 growing Campanula, with large bell-shaped flowers, measuring 

 about three inches across, of a pretty shade of blue. 



To Spiraea Bumalda Anthony Waterer (votes, unanimous), 

 from Mr. Anthony Waterer, Knap Hill, Woking. A splendid 

 dark crimson-scarlet variety of this pretty, free-flowering, hardy 

 Spiraea, of dwarf habit and compact growth. 



Award of Merit. 



To Tuberous Begonia Mrs. Bourne (votes, 12 for, 2 against) y 

 from Mrs. Darwin, The Grove, Huntingdon Road, Cambridge 

 (gr. Mr. Bourne). Flowers single, deep orange-yellow, the 

 sepals shading from yellow to green. 



To Carnation Esmeralda (votes, 12 for), from Mr. F. Bull, 



