XCV111 PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



castle, Hon. W. F. Barton Massy-Mainwaring, F. Pitman, 

 S. Pratt, P. Scott, M. E. Smith, Prof. S. H. Vines, F.R.S., 

 E. T. Whitaker, Rev. A. Thorold Wood. 



The following paper was read : — "On the Florist's Carna- 

 tion," by Mr. Shirley Hibberd, F.R.H.S. 



FLORAL COMMITTEE. 



Shirley Hibberd, Esq., in the Chair, and ten members 

 present. 



Awards Recommended : — 



Bronze Banhsian Medal. 



To Messrs. James Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, for an attractive 

 group of hardy trees, shrubs, and flowers, consisting of Ulmus 

 Montana Dampieri aurea, bright golden foliage : Astilbe Thun- 

 bergii, with white feathery inflorescence ; Cornus sibirica Spathi ; 

 Ceanothus azureus albicans, densely flowered shoots, whitish 

 flowers ; and Quercus macrophylla, the fine American Oak, yield- 

 ing in autumn rich tints of brown ; also flowers of a beautiful 

 hybrid Greenhouse Rhododendron. 



To Mr. W. Rumsey, Waltham Cross, for cut blooms of Roses, 

 of well-known sorts such as Ulrich Brunner, The Bride, Alfred 

 Colomb, Niphetos, &c. 

 First Class Certificate. 



To Cyrtomium falcatum Fensomi (votes, unanimous), from 

 Mr. G. Fensom, Tottenham. A sturdy-growing, very deep green 

 form of this well-known species, of great decorative value. 



To Spir ( TBa gigantea (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Paul & 

 Son, " Old" Nursery, Cheshunt. A stately plant, eight to nine 

 feet in height, with a branching head of white inflorescence. 



To Pteris serrulata plumosa (votes, unanimous), from Mr. W. 

 Coleman, Swiss Cottage, Tunbridge Wells. A remarkable droop- 

 ing form, the crested fronds hanging down a foot in length ; a 

 decidedly ornamental plant. 



To Bouvardia Mrs. Robert Green (votes, unanimous), from 

 Mr. H. B. May, Dyson's Lane Nursery, Upper Edmonton — bearing 

 dense trusses of rosy-salmon flowers. 



To Bignonia Cherere (votes, unanimous), from Sir George 

 Macleay (gardener, Mr. F. Ross). An old and extremely effective 

 conservatory climber, with deep crimson trumpet-shaped flowers. 



