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From Messrs. R. Gibson & Son, Tunstall Road, Sunderland, 

 came a small plant of a Calceolaria named Gloriosa. 



The Sunset Seed & Plant Co., San Francisco, exhibited a 

 new Sweet Pea named Red Riding Hood. 



Messrs. J. Laing & Sons, Forest Hill, sent a few Tuberous 

 Begonias. 



Mr. A. Perry, Winchmore Hill, staged a small group of hardy 

 flowers. 



Messrs. E. Sarjeant & Co., Stratton Vineries, Worthing, sent 

 a very pretty group of Seedling Coleus. 



Messrs. J. Peed & Sons, West Norwood, submitted a new 

 Carnation named Miss C. Measures. 



Prizes. 



Class 4. — Collection of Hardy Flowers, distinct kinds, not 

 less than 18 bunches ; open : 1st, £3, Mr. M. Prichard, Christ- 

 church ; 2nd, £2, Messrs. Barr & Son, Covent Garden. 



Class 5. — Twelve bunches of Hardy Flowers, distinct kinds ; 

 amateurs : 1st, £2, Mr. Herrin, Dropmore, Maidenhead ; 

 2nd, £1. 10s., Mr. Sage, Ham House Gardens, Richmond. 



Class 6. — Eight bunches of Hardy Flowers, distinct kinds ; 

 amateurs: 1st, £1. 10s., Miss Debenham. St. Peter's, St. 

 Albans. 



ORCHID COMMITTEE. 



January 14, 1896. 



Harry J. Veitch, Esq., in the Chair, and twenty-one members 



present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. (gr. Mr. W. H. White), for a 

 remarkable group of Orchids, the centre figure of which was a 

 superb plant of Lselia Gouldiana : and among other fine 

 specimens were Odontoglossum coronarium miniatum, Lycaste 

 plana Measuresiana, Cypripedium x Laurebel, and a good repre- 

 sentative collection of varieties of Laelia anceps and species of 

 Masdevallias. 



