I'LORAL COMMITTEE, MAY 16. 
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Floral Committee, May 1G, 1899. 
C. E. Shea, Esq., in the Chair, and twenty-four members present. 
Awards Recommended :— 
Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 
To Messrs. Hogg & Kobertson, Dublin, for Tulips. 
Silver Flora Medal. 
To Messrs. Veitch, Chelsea, for bulbous flowers and Richardia 
EUiottiana. 
To Messrs. Barr, Covent Garden, for Tulips and hardy flowers. 
To Messrs. W. Paul, Waltham Cross, for Roses. 
To Messrs. Cuthbert, Southgate, for hardy Azaleas. 
Silver Banhsia^i Medal. 
To Mr. May, Edmonton, for 36 species and varieties of Gymno- 
grammas. 
To Messrs. Paul, Cheshunt, for hardy plants and shrubs. 
To Messrs. Cutbush, Highgate, for hardy Azaleas. 
To Messrs. Ware, Tottenham, for hardy flowers. 
Bronze Flora Medal. 
To Messrs. Kelway, Langport, Somerset, for Pseonies. 
Bronze Banksian Medal. 
To F. D. Godman, Esq., F.R.S., South Lodge, Fareham, for Rhodo- 
dendrons and Irises. 
To Mr. Turner, Slough, for Malmaison Carnations. 
To Messrs. Jackman, Woking, for hardy plants and shrubs. 
First-Class Certificate. 
To Cerasus pseudo-cerasus * Jas. H. Veitch ' (votes, unanimous), from 
Messrs. Veitch, Chelsea. This recently introduced Japanese tree is a 
welcome addition to hardy spring-flowering trees and shrubs. It is quite 
a fortnight later in coming into bloom than ' Waterer's Cherry,' from 
which it difters in its greater floriferousness and its larger and deeper 
rosy-mauve coloured flowers, which are borne in dense pendulous trusses. 
The bronze-green foliage harmonises admirably with the peculiar colour 
of the flowers, and gives the plant great additional beauty. 
Award of Merit. 
To Lathyrus splendens (votes, unanimous), from the Director of the 
Royal Gardens, Kew. This is a climbing greenhouse perennial from 
Southern California, with four-angled stems and pale green pinnate leaves 
and numerous rosy purple pea-shaped flowers borne on erect axillary 
peduncles. 
Other Exhibits. 
Martin R. Smith, Esq., Hayes, Kent (gr. Mr. C. Blick), sent Border 
Carnation ' Lady Hermione.' 
