FLORAL COMMITTEE, MAY 25. 



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Mr. Stevens, Putney, sent five varieties of Carnations. 

 Messrs. James, Slough, sent an interesting group of hybrid 

 Cinerarias. 



Mr. Tulett, Swanley, sent Pelargonium 'A. Tulett.' The 

 Committee requested that a plant might be sent to Chiswick for 

 comparison with those on trial there. 



Mr. James Bryson, Helensborough, sent specimens of a very 

 fine Rose named 1 Day-dream.' The Committee thought highly 

 of it, and expressed a wish to see flowers from plants grown in 

 the open ground. 



Messrs. Cheal, Crawley, sent sprays of flowering trees and 

 shrubs. 



From Messrs. Balchin, Hassocks, came splendidly flowered 

 specimens of Boronia serrulata, Erica perspicua nana, and 

 Browallia major. 



Messrs. Miller, Fulham Road, sent East Lothian Stocks and 

 Pyrethrums. 



Floral Committee, May 25, 1898. 



Temple Gardens. 



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



present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



The list of Cups and Medals awarded by the Council will be 

 found on p. lvi. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Lilium rubellum (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Wallace, 

 Colchester. A new hardy Japanese species, of slender habit, 

 growing to a height of about 18 in., with small rich green 

 lanceolate leaves and funnel-shaped rose-pink flowers. (Fig. 38.) 



To Acalypha Sanderi (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Sander, St. Albans. A distinct and attractive stove plant, with 

 deep green ovate leaves and long pale green petioles. The con- 

 spicuous spikes of blossom, often 20 in. in length, composed of rich 

 crimson flowers, are somewhat similar to those of the popular 

 ' Love Lies Bleeding.' 



