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Doucetti ; Codia?um Miss Lucien Linden, a handsome variety, with 

 broad, light green leaves, with golden-yellow midrib and veins ; 

 Nicotiana colossea, double Begonias, Caladiums, Ferns, Stro- 

 bilanthes Dyerianus, &c. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Mr. A. Rawlings, Old Church, Romford, for a large group 

 of Show and Fancy Dahlias. 



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

 new Begonia " Fashion," a tuberous variety, with single flowers 

 of a novel orange-yellow colour. They were prettily set up in 

 bunches arranged with Fern. 



First Class Certificate. 



To Nepenthes mixta (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. J. 

 Yeitch & Sons, Chelsea. This is a cross between N. Northiana 

 and N. Curtisii. It produces magnificent pitchers about nine 

 inches long ; ground colour pale red, irregularly blotched with 

 brownish red. The lower surface of the lid is marked with purple 

 spots, the upper portion having dark spots (fig. 36). 



To Aglaonema pumilum (votes, 3 for), from Messrs. J. Veitch 

 & Sons. This is a fine-foliaged stove plant of dwarf and compact 

 habit, with oblong-ovate pea-green coloured leaves, and distinctly 

 marked with irregular silvery-grey blotches. It was erroneously 

 named A. rotundum. 



To Datura cornucopia (votes, 11 for), from Messrs. Pitcher & 

 Manda, Hextable, Swanley. A handsome plant of bushy habit, 

 with large, broad, dull green leaves. The flowers, which measure 

 six inches in length, are funnel-shaped, semi-double, white 

 suffused with small reddish-violet dots, and delightfully scented. 



Award of Merit. 

 To Show Dahlia Cherub (votes, 9 for), from G. Pierre Harris, 

 Esq., Scad Hill House, Orpington, Kent. Flowers large ; colour 

 deep amber. 



To Veronica hybrida Purple Queen (votes, 8 for), from Messrs. 

 J. Veitch & Sons. A cross between V. Andersoni and V. 

 Traversii. Plant of dwarf habit, with shining green Box-like 

 leaves, and purplish-violet flowers, borne on spikes in the axils of 

 the leaves. 



To Heliopsis scabra major (votes, unanimous), from Mr. B. 

 Ladhams, Shirley, Southampton. Flowers very fine, of a deep 



