lxSXli PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



FLORAL COMMITTEE. 



W. Marshall. Esq.. in the Chair, and thirteen members 

 present. 



Awards Recommended 



Silver Gilt Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Kelway & Son. The Nurseries. Langport, for a 

 very tine bank (filling one side of the hall) of Peonies, Pyre- 

 thrurns, and other seasonable flowers. Amongst the single- 

 flowered Peonies, the most noteworthy kinds were — Aglaia, rich 

 crimson; Mercury, rose; Florentine, pink ; and Calliphon, rose- 

 Of the doubles, the best were — Agenoria. French- white centre and 

 pink-shaded outer segments ; Baroness Schroder, fine pink guard 

 petals; Lady F. Bramwell. rose; Miss Salway, pale yellow; and 

 Maria Kelway. rose. 



Pyrethrurns (double i : Empress Queen, blush ; Magician, 

 finely quilled, rose ; Virgo, white, yellow centre ; Omionde, bright 

 crimson ; Leonard Kelway, rose ; and Florentine, lilac-tinted. 

 Delphiniums were well shown, the finest being those referred to 

 in the list of certificated plants. 



Besides the flowers above mentioned was a series of Iris. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Barr £ Son, Covent Garden, for a fine collection 

 of cut hardy flowers, comprising the beautiful Iris Boissieri and 

 Sprekelia formosissima glauca, which has brighter flowers than 

 the type. Conspicuous were the bunches of L*is orientalis, spuria, 

 juncea, sibirica, and barbata types. Good flowers of the violet 

 and white flowered Grirfinia hyacinthina, Cyclobothra pulchella, 

 Scilla peruviana, and Anemone fulgens. 



Bronze Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Paul i- Son, Old Nurseries, Cheshunt, for a fine 

 series of single and double Pyrethrurns and Peonies. A very 

 beautiful blue-coloured Delphinium named Pierre Joigneaux was 

 also shown, as well as pot plants of Paul's single white Rose- -a 

 charming variety. 



To Mr. George Prince, Oxford, for some very fine Tea Roses 

 (cut blooms\ comprising Comtesse de Xadaillac, Princess of 



