XXXiv PROCEEDINGS OF THE EOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Floral Committee, March 8, 1898. 

 W. Marshall. Esq.,. in the Chair, and thirty members present. 

 Awards Recommended 



Silver Gilt Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. Hill, Edmonton, for Ferns. 

 To Messrs. TV. Paul, TValtharu Cross, for Camellias. 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Mr. Mount, Canterbury, for Roses. 



To Mr. J. May, Twickenham, for Cyclamen. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Purnell Purnell, Esq., Woodlands, Streatham Hill, for 

 Narcissi and Alpines. 



To Messrs. Cuthbert, Southgate, for hardy Azaleas. 

 To Messrs. -J. Yeitch, Chelsea, for hardy shrubs. 

 To the St. George's Nursery Co., Hanwell, for Cyclamen. 

 To Mr. H. B. May, Edmonton, for Clematis. 



Bronze Flora Medal. 

 To Mr. Bowles, Hanwell, for Cyclamen. 

 To Messrs. Laing, Forest Hill, for a group of plants. 



Award of Merit. 



To Hippeastrum 1 Princess Osra ' (votes, unanimous), from 

 Captain Holford, Tetbury (gr. Mr. Chapman). Very handsome 

 crimson-scarlet flowers, with a broad band of white down the 

 centre of each segment. 



To Hippeastrum 4 Navala ' i votes, 11 for. 7 against ), from 

 Messrs. Jas. Yeitch, Chelsea. Large bright red flowers of good 

 form and substance. 



To Azalea grandiflora alba (votes, 20 for), from St. George's 

 Nursery Co., Hanwell. A very fine variety. Flowers large, 

 white, the upper petals blotched and shaded with soft yellow. 



Botanical Certificate. 

 To Bryophyllum calycinum (votes, unanimous), from W. 

 Neild, Esq., Horticultural College, Holmes Chapel. This is a 

 very interesting South American member of the order Crassu- 

 lacea? with thick fleshy ovate leaves, bronze green in the 

 centre, paler towards the margins. Its tubular-shaped drooping 



