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PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Floral Committee, December 12, 1893. 



W. Marshall, Esq., in the Chair, and twenty-four members 



present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. J. Laing & Sons, Forest Hill, for a very fine group 

 of foliage and flowering plants, consisting of Crotons, Palms, 

 Orchids, Anthuriums, Begonias, Cyclamen, Ericas, and Ferns. 



To Messrs. J. Yeitch & Sons, Chelsea, for a splendid exhibit 

 of Nepenthes, the plants of clean growth and carrying very fine 

 pitchers of great size. The plants were raised on stands, the 

 pitchers being thus shown to advantage. Conspicuous varieties 

 were N. Curtisii superba, Chelsoni, Mixta, Dicksoniana, and 

 "Wrigleyana superba. 



To Messrs. Hugh Low & Co., Clapton, for a remarkably fine 

 group of Cyclamen, the colours ranging from white to the 

 deepest shades of crimson. 



To Mr. May, Dyson's Lane Nurseries, Edmonton, for a 

 choice collection of Ferns arranged with effect, noticeable being 

 some very well grown Platyceriums, Pleopeltis Xiphias, Pteris 

 Victoria?, P. tremula densa, and Nephrolepis. 



To Mr. R. Owen, Maidenhead, for a very large collection of 

 cut Chrysanthemums, especially noticeable being Mount Shasta, 

 flowers pure white with creamy-yellow centre ; Mrs. E. D. 

 Adams, pink ; Mrs. A. Rogers, rich golden yellow ; Walter 

 Surman, Robert Owen, and Mrs. Smith Ryland. The Committee 

 asked to see the last-named again. 



First Class Certificate. 



To Costus igneus (votes, 11 for), from Sir Trevor Lawrence, 

 Bart., Dorking (gr. Mr. Bain). Plant of dwarf habit. Flowers 

 freely produced ; colour rich orange-yellow. 



To Nepenthes x Amesiana (N. Hookeriana $ x N. Raffles- 

 iana d) (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons. A 

 grand variety, with large round-shaped pitchers ; colour light 

 brown and pea-grcen. 



To Platycerium (Stemmaria) aothiopicum (votes, 10 for), from 



