FLORAL COMMITTEE, MAY 31. 
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FLORAL COMMITTEE. 
Temple Gardens, May 31, 1899. 
Edwakd Mawley, Esq., in the Chair, and nineteen members present. 
Awards Recommended:— 
The list of Cups and Medals awarded by the Council will be found 
on p. xc. 
First-class Certificate. 
To Polystichum angulare divisilobum plumosissimum (votes, unani- 
mous), from Messrs. Birkenhead, Sale, Manchester. A handsome hardy 
Fern, with stout drooping fronds, densely clothed with small rich green 
pinnEe, the tips of which are touched with greenish-yellow. 
To Heliconia Sanderi (votes, 5 for), from Messrs. Sander, St. Albans. 
A variegated stove-plant, with oblong-elliptic leaves set on long petioles ; 
colour olive-green, streaked and shaded with creamy-white and greenish - 
yellow. 
To Acer pseudo-platanus elegantissima variegata (votes, 8 for), from 
Messrs. Perkins, Northampton. A Sycamore with conspicuously variegated 
foliage, shaded with bronze-pink, with a few splashes of green. 
To Ilex Wilsonii (votes, 8 for), from Messrs. Fisher, Son, & Sibray, 
Sheffield. A seedling Holly w^hich bears some resemblance to I. Hodginsi. 
The large, oval, shining, green leaves are leathery and supplied with long 
marginal spines. It is free in growth, very ornamental, and said to be 
an abundant berry-bearer, 
Atuard of Merit. 
To Phyllocactus ' J. T, Peacock Improved' (votes, 8 for, 2 against), 
from Messrs. J. Veitch, Chelsea. Large and shapely scarlet-crimson 
flowers, touched with orange-scarlet on the margins of the inner 
petals. 
To Phyllocactus ' Nysa ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. J. Veitch. 
Orange-scarlet flowers shaded with magenta, of good form and sub- 
stance. 
To Phyllocactus 'Admiration' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 
Veitch. Flowers pale pink, suffused with rose pink. 
To Tree P^eony * Cecil Ehodes ' (votes, unanimous), from Messr-. 
Kelway, Langport. Rosy salmon marked with crimson at the base of 
the petals. 
To Tree Pceony ' Miss Beatrice Jones ' (votes, 8 for, 2 against), from 
Messrs. Kelway. Large white flowers stained with rose pink at the base 
of the petals. 
To Dracaena cann^e folia variegata (votes, 5 for, 2 against), from Messrs. 
Laing, Forest Hill. The oblong leaves of this Dracaena are set on long- 
petioles, and are green, striped and streaked with pale yellow, margined 
with cream colour. 
To Juniperus Sanderi (votes, 8 for), from Messrs. Sander, St. Albans. 
A very compact growing Juniper with glaucous foliage. 
