CXXXvi PROCEEDINGS OF THE R( )YAL HORTICULTl'RAL SOCIETY. 
Floeal Committee, at Chiswick. August 25. 1899. 
W. Marshall. Esq., in the Chair, and six members present. 
Awards Recommended:— 
Highly Commended (x x x). 
To Pompon Dahlias : — 
(l i Annie Holton, (2) Bacchus, (3) George Brinckman. (4) Grace, 
(o) Hilda, (6) Irene (as a border flower), il \ Iseult, (8) Little Sweetheart, 
(9) Nancy, (10) Opal, (11) Phcebe. (12) Sunny Daybreak, (13) Vulcan. 
A descriptive report on Dahhas will be found on p. 175. 
Floeal Committee, August 29. 1899. 
W. Marshall, Esq., in the Chair, and twelve member^ present. 
Awards Recommended :— 
Silvcr-'jilt Flora ILedal. 
To Messrs. J. Veitch, Chelsea, for Nepenthes. 
Silver-gilt Banksian JJedal. 
To Messrs. "Wills iV Sefjar, Onslow Crescent, for foliage plants. 
Silver Flora J^Icdal. 
To Messrs. Paul Son, Cheshunt. for Roses. 
To Messrs. Ware, Tottenham, for Dahlias and hardy flowers. 
Silver Banksian Medal. 
To -Mr. May, Edmonton, for flowering plants. 
To Messrs. Barr, Covent Garden, for hardy flowers. 
Aiuard of Merit. 
To Canna ' Beaute Poitevine ' ( votes, 9 for, 3 against), from Messrs. 
Ware. Medium-sized scarlet flowers borne with great freedom on stout 
spikes. The plant dwarf in habit, and should prove useful for 
bedding. 
To Piobinia inermis alb. var. (votes. 7 for, 2 against), from Messrs. 
Cripps, Tunbridge Wells. A very ornamental, silver-leaved variety, quite 
hardy, constant in character, and of good growth. 
To Gladiolus ' James H. Veitch ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. J. 
Yeitch, Chelsea. A very fine variety, with large spreading rosy-scarlet 
flowers striped with white down the centre of each segment, the basal 
XDortion of the lower ones spotted with crimson on a creamy ground. 
To Cactus Dahlia ' Mrs. Stephenson Clarke ' (votes. 9 for), from Messrs. 
Cheal, Crawley. Flowers large and of excellent form : yellow, heavily 
tipped and shaded with orange- scarlet. 
To Cactus Dahlia ' Mrs. J. H. Luscombe ' (votes, s for), from Messrs. 
Cheal. Flowers with rather broad recurving rose-piiik florets, paler 
towards the centre. 
