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which had been planted in the open in April ; they flowered in 

 September, without protection. 



From T. W. Girdlestone, Esq., Sunningdale, came a number 

 of Single Dahlias. 



Captain Le Blanc, Potter's Bar, sent a box of double white 

 Dahlias named Mrs. Le Blanc. 



Mr. G. P. Darby, Watford, exhibited a new single Dahlia r 

 Watford Beauty. 



Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, staged a very interesting- 

 group of Streptocarpi hybrids in various shades of colour. Also 

 blooms of Rhododendron javanico-jasminiflorum hybrids, note- 

 worthy being Lord Wolseley, having a very fine truss of a rich 

 orange-yellow colour. 



Floral Committee, September 2G, 1893. 

 W. Marshall, Esq., in the Chair, and thirteen members present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. J. Cheal & Sons, Crawley, for a splendid exhibit 

 of Dahlias, arranged with great taste, Asparagus and Fern being 

 freely used. Harry Freeman, a good white ; Honoraria, rich 

 canary-yellow ; Delicata, creamy yellow, with pink guard-petals ; 

 and Kaiserin were especially noticeable. 



To Messrs. Keynes, Williams & Co., Salisbury, for an equally 

 fine display of Dahlias ; conspicuous varieties being Lady Gros- 

 venor, orange-yellow ; Bertha Mawley, violet-crimson ; Countess 

 of Radnor, Countess of Gosford, &c. 



To Mr. B. Ladhams, Shirley Nurseries, Southampton, for an 

 excellent collection of hardy flowers, amongst which were somo 

 very good examples of Liatris pyenostachya, Anthemis pallida, 

 Rudbeckias, Delphiniums, Gaillardias, Echinops ruthenicus, and 

 a splendid lot of the new Pink Ernest Ladhams. 



To Mr. A. Waterer, Knap Hill Nursery, Woking, for a group 

 of Abies pungens argentea and Cedrus atlantica glauca, two of 

 the handsomest and most beautiful Conifers we have, with leaves 

 of a pleasing glaucous hue. Also a few large specimens of 

 Pieris japonica. 



To Messrs. J. Laing k Sons, Forest Hill, S.E., for a very fine 

 group of foliage and flowering plants, noteworthy being Dracama 



