CXXxiv PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Floeal Committee, August 15, 1899. 
W. Marshall, Esq.. in the Chair, and fifteen members present. 
Awards Recommended :— 
Silver Gilt Flora Medal. 
To Mrs. Abbott, South Villa, Regent's Park (gr. Mr. G. Keif), for a 
beautifully arranged group of flowering and foliage plants. 
Silver Flora Medal. 
To Mr. Mortimer, Farnham, for Cactus and show Dahlias. 
To Messrs. Laing, Forest Hill, for Caladiums. 
To Messrs. Hill, Lower Edmonton, for 60 species and varieties of 
Adiantums. 
To Messrs. Kelway, Langport, for Gladioli. 
To Messrs. W. Paul, Waltham Cross, for Roses and Phloxes. 
Silver Banksian Medal. 
To Messrs. Paul c^- Son, Cheshunt, for hardy flowers.' 
To Messrs. Ware, Tottenham, for Begonias and Dahlias. 
To Mr. H. B. May, Upper Edmonton, for Campanula isophylla 
Mayi. 
To Messrs. Webb & Brand, Saffron Walden, for Hollyhocks. 
To Messrs. Wallace, Colchester, for hardy plants. 
Bronze Banksian Medal. 
ToPurnell Purnell. Esq., Streatham Hill, for flowering plants. 
First-class Certificate. 
To Nepenthes Balfouriana (N. Mastersiana ^ N. mixta $ ) (votes, 
unanimous), from Messrs. J. Veitch, Chelsea. A handsome pitcher plant, 
partaking largely of the first-named parent. It is sturdy in growth, with 
deep-green leaves touched with bronze-green towards the edges. The 
large deep-red pitchers are slightly spotted with green and irregularly 
splashed with crimson-brown. 
Aiuard of Merit. 
To Gladiolus nanceianus ' Henri Vaudrier ' (votes, 9 for), from Messrs. 
J. Veitch. A variety with large spreading purple flowers, the lower 
segments feathered with white and striped with violet. 
To Cupressus Lawsoniana Wisselii (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 
J. Veitch. An elegant plant with erect growths close to the main stem, 
the points of which droop gracefully. It is neat in growth, somewhat like 
C. L. erecta viridis, and should prove serviceable for small gardens. The 
foliage is a lovely shade of glaucous grey. 
To Double Hollyhock * Black Knight Improved' (votes, 11 for), from 
Messrs. Webb & Brand, Saffron Walden. Large and shapely deep 
maroon flowers. 
To Gladiolus Lemoinei 'Jane Die ulaf oy ' (votes, unanimous), from 
Messrs. Wallace, Colchester. Medium-sized salmon-pink flowers 
blotched with scarlet-crimson on the lower segments. 
