FLORAL COMMITTEE, NOVEMBER 14. 



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or wires for support admissible. Amateurs. First Prize, Silver 

 Flora Medal and £2, to Mr. G. Wythes, gardener to the Duke 

 of Northumberland, Syon House, Brentford. Second Prize, 

 £1. 10s., to Mr. Thomas Osman, Ottershaw Park, Chertsey. 

 Extra Prize, Ids., to Miss K. Debenham, St. Peter's, St. Albans. 



Class 2. — Eight new Chrysanthemums, cut blooms, distinct, 

 sent out in the years 1890, 1891, or 1892. Amateurs. First 

 Prize, Silver Flora Medal and £1, to Mr. W. Slowgrove, gar- 

 dener to Mrs.. Crawford, Gatton Cottage, Eeigate. Second 

 Prize, Ids., to Mr. Wythes, Syon Gardens, Brentford. 



Floral Committee, November 28, 1898. 



W. Marshall, Esq., in the Chair, and sixteen members 

 present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver Flora Medal. 

 To the Duke of Northumberland, Syon House, Brentford 

 (gr. Mr. Wythes), for a very pretty group of flowering and foliage 

 plants, amongst them being some very well flowered Calanthes 

 and Cypripediums ; also some good examples of Codiseums, 

 Palms, Dracaenas, and Ferns. 



Silver Banhsian Medal. 



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

 brilliantly coloured Zonal Pelargoniums, and some very fine 

 Chrysanthemums. 



To Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Clapton, for a group of 

 Cyclamen and greenhouse plants, amongst which were some 

 small but well-flowered plants of Correas, Chorizemas, Croweas, 

 Grevilleas, and standard Solanums. 



First Class Certificate. 

 To Acalypha Macafeeana (votes, unanimous), from Mr. 

 H. B. May, Upper Edmonton. A very bright, ornamental 

 foliage plant. Leaves of a bronzy green ; in some cases half of 

 the leaf was bright red, w T hilst others were almost entirely 

 crimson, with irregular bronzy-green spots and blotches. 



