dx PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



M. Vilmorin, Paris. Flowers double, brilliant crimson-scarlet ; 

 very dwarf. 



Commended ( x x ). 

 To strain of Dianthus Heddewigii (votes, 9 for), from M. 

 Vilmorin, Paris. 



Floral Committee, August 8, 1893. 



TV. Marshall, Esq., in the Chair, and nineteen members 

 present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver Gilt Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. de Eothschild, Gunnersbury House, Acton (gr. 

 Mr. J. Hudson), for a magnificent group of well-grown Cam- 

 panula pyramidalis and C. pyramidalis alba, arranged with 

 Ferns. 



To Messrs. Kelway & Sons, Langport, Somerset, for an 

 extensive collection of Gladioli, Gaillardias, Cannas, Amaryllis 

 Belladonna, Delphiniums, &c. Amongst the Gladioli the follow- 

 ing were very striking : Duke of Edinburgh, large salmon-pink ; 

 Maricanus, crimson ; Hermon, a beautiful salmon-red ; Leonard 

 Kelway, red ; Castro, James Payne, &e. 



To Messrs. J. Laing & Sons, Forest Hill, for a group of plants. 

 Specially noticeable were Begonia semperflorens, Vernon's variety 

 {see p. clxv), a pretty dwarf, free-flowering bedding variety, with 

 crimson flowers and bronzy-green foliage ; Codifeum Mortii, having 

 large green leaves with yellow midrib and veins ; Strobilanthes 

 Dyerianus, Caladiums, Ferns, Palms, &c. 



Silver Flora Medal. 

 To Mr. John Forbes, Hawick, N.B., for a large exhibit of 

 Hollyhocks, the spikes being remarkably fine, and the flowers 

 double ; the most noticeable varieties were Excelsior, James 

 Macdonald, Alba superba, &c. Antirrhinums and Pentstemons 

 were also shown. 



To Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, for a collection of 

 Polyantha and Hybrid Perpetual Roses, herbaceous flowers, 

 hardy shrubs, &c. (the Ptoses included good examples of 

 Bouquet d'Or, Her Majesty, Alfred Colomb, &c); Liliums, 



