PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



August 27, 1889. 



FLORAL COMMITTEE. 



Shikley Hibbeed, Esq., in the Chair, and fourteen members 



present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver Gilt Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Kelway & Son, Langport, for a superb collection 

 of some 200 spikes of Gladioli, together with Show and Pompon 

 Dahlias, Gaillardias, A:c. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Mr. T. S. Ware, Tottenham, for a beautiful collection of 

 Pompon and Single Dahlias, and cut flowers of Lilium auratum 

 rubro-Yittatum, L. speciosum-rubrum, L. pseudo-tigrinum ; Ti- 

 gridia conchiflora, Iceland Poppies in variety, Gaillardias, &c. 



To Mr. H. B. May, Edmonton, for a group of Crotons (well- 

 coloured), Ferns, and Bouvardias, including B. President CleYe- 

 land, B. elegans, B. Mrs. R. Green, B. Jasminoides, and double 

 varieties. 



Bronze Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshimt, for cut specimens of 

 Trees and Shrubs, hardy Herbaceous Plants, kc. Amongst these 

 Paul's Cheshunt Scarlet Rose, a hybrid China of a remarkably 

 fine character, was noteworthy. 



To Malcolm S. Cooke, Esq., Kingston Hill, for a pretty col- 

 lection of Laelia elegans. 



First Class Certificate. 



To Taxus adpressa variegata (votes, seven for, two against), 

 from Messrs. Fisher, Son, & Sibray, Sheffield. The young shoots 

 were entirely diffused with silvery yellow. 



To Pteris serrulata densa (Yotes, unanimous), from Mr. H. B. 

 May, Edmonton. Very striking and distinct, of dense habit, 

 with most elegantly cut pinnae. 



To Carludovica palmifolia (votes, unanimous), from Mr. B. S. 

 "Williams, Holloway. A free-growing and handsome plant, very 

 useful for decoratiYe purposes. 



To Sarracenia decora (votes, unanimous), from Mr. B. S. 



