xliv PROCEEDINGS OF THE EOYAL HOETICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Silver-gilt Banksian Medal. 
To Messrs. Hill, Lower Edmonton, for Ferns. 
To Mr. J. May, St. Margaret's, Twickenham, for Cyclamen. 
Silver Flora Medal. 
To Messrs. Cannell, Swanley, for Primulas. 
Silver Banksian Medal. 
To Mr. H. B. May, Upper Edmonton, for Adiantum Farley ense and 
Begonia ' Gloire de Lorraine.' 
To Messrs. Yeitch, Chelsea, for Prirnulas. 
To Messrs. Collins, Hampton, for Tulips. 
Aicard of Merit. 
To Hippeastrum ' Sir William' (votes, unanimous), from the Director, 
Royal Gardens, Kew. The plant exhibited was raised from seed sown in 
June 1896. The flowers are very distinct and meritorious by reason of 
then' great size and rich crimson- scarlet colour. 
To Narcissus * Trimon ' (votes, 17 for), from Messrs. Barr, Covent 
Garden. The small milk-white flowers of this charming variety are 
intermediate in character between its parents X. triandrus and 
X, monophyllus. 
Other Exhibits. 
Sir Trevor Law^rence, Bart., Dorking (gr. Mr. Bain), sent Helleborus 
' Stephen Olbrich.' 
J. I. Rogers, Esq., Raggieswood, Chislehurst, sent Helleborus 
' Dawn.' 
Leopold de Rothschild, Esq., Gunnersbury House, Acton (gr. Mr. J. 
Hudson), sent Lourya campanulata, a plant wuth Aspidistra-like leaves 
and short spikes of campanulate flowers, creamy white blotched with 
violet-purple in the centre. The flowers are sometimes succeeded by 
pretty blue berries. The plant is rare, and was introduced from Cochin 
China ten years ago. (Figs. 7 and 8.) 
A. Kingsmill, Esq., The Holt, Harrow Weald, brought sprays of 
Skimmia Foreman! with berries of the last and previous years' growth. 
Sir Robert Wright, Headley Park, Hants, sent a flov\'er of Arum 
dracunculus. 
From Lord Suffield, Gunton Park (gr. Mr. Allan), came magnificently 
flowered specimens of Lachenalia X^elsoni. 
The Marquis of Downshire, Easthampstead Park, Wokingham (gr. 
Mr. Lowe), sent a highly-coloured Codineum (Croton) named ' Lord 
Hillsborough.' 
Mrs. Cazalet, Greenhurst, Ockley (gr. Mr. Shepherd), brought a new 
white Primula. 
Messrs. Wallace, Colchester, sent L'ises. 
Messrs. Barr, Covent Garden, sent Daffodils. 
Mr. Turner, Slough, sent Malmaison Carnation ' Princess ^lay.' 
Messrs. Miller, South Kensington, sent cut flowers. 
Mr. Ware, Tottenham, sent hardy flowers. 
