XXX PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Other Exhibits. 



Mr. S. W. Shailer, Avenue Road. Brentford, exhibited a. 

 patent Cultivator, which was said to be greatly superior in its 

 action to ordinary Dutch hoeing. It was constructed on the 

 same principle for hand use as a farm scarifier for horse draught. 

 It was referred to Chiswick for trial. 



FLORAL COMMITTEE. 



January 11, 1S98. 



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

 present. 

 Awards Recommended :— 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Sutton, Reading, for Cyclamen, many of them 

 having semi-double flowers and some with fringed edges. 

 (Kgs. 4, 5.) 



To Mr. Box, Croydon, for Primulas. 



To Messrs. Laing, Forest Hill, for flowering and foliage 

 plants. 



To Messrs. Cannell, Swanley, for Primulas. 

 Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Low. Enfield, for Cyclamen and Carnations. 



Other Exhibits. 



E. W. Moore, Esq., Botanic Gardeu, Glasnevin, sent beautiful 

 flowering sprays of the Winter-sweet (Chimonanthus fragrant). 



Mrs. \Yingfield, Ampthill House (gr. Mr. Empson), sent a 

 Maranta, which the Committee asked to see again. 



Messrs. Jas. Veitch, Chelsea, sent a collection of hardy 

 shrubs and greenhouse Rhododendrons. 



Floral Committee, February 8, 1898. 

 W. Marshall, Esq., in the Chair, and twenty-eight members 



present. 

 Awards Recommended:— 



Silver Gilt Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. W. Paul, Waltham Cross, for Camellias. 



