FLORAL COMMITTEE, AUGUST 9. 



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Bronze Flora Medal. 



To W. Eobinson, Esq., Gravetye, for hardy Water Lilies. 

 To Messrs. Webb & Brand, Saffron Walden, for Hollyhocks. 



Bronze Banksian Medal. 



To Lord Hillingdon, Hillingdon Court, Uxbridge (gr. Mr. 

 Allan), for Border Carnations. 



To Messrs. W. Cutbush, Highgate, for cut flowers. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Nelumbium speciosum nuciferum (votes, unanimous), 

 from Her Majesty the Queen (gr. Mr. 0. Thomas). A very rarely 

 seen but most beautiful greenhouse aquatic with large cream- 

 white deliciously scented flowers. The Lotus of Egypt and 

 Japan. 



To Furcrsea (Fourcroya) Watsoniana (votes, 9 for), from 

 Messrs. Sander, St. Albans. A handsome foliage plant with 

 leathery lanceolate leaves, two feet long and three inches broad. 

 The colour of the central portion is bluish green, with a cream- 

 white band on either side, and irregularly bordered with deep 

 green striped with cream white. 



Aioard of Merit. 



To Nymphrea Marliacea ignea (votes, unanimous), from 

 A. B. Freeman Mitford, Esq., C.B., Batsford Park, Moreton-in- 

 the-Marsh (gr. Mr. J. Garrett). The large beautifully formed 

 flowers are of a rosy-crimson hue. 



To Chrysanthemum ' Madame Marie Masse ' (Jap.) (votes, 

 unanimous), from T. B. Haywood, Esq., Woodhatch, Beigate 

 (gr. Mr. C. J. Salter). A free flowering bedding variety of bushy 

 habit, with flowers of a lovely shade of rosy lilac shaded with 

 bronze yellow in the centre. Height 2 feet. 



To Gladiolus Lemoinei 1 Baron J. Hulot ' (votes, unanimous), 

 from Mr. M. Prichard, Christchurch, Hants. A very distinct 

 variety, with medium-sized flowers ; colour violet purple shaded 

 with blue. 



To Gladiolus Lemoinei 1 Vesuve ' (votes, 13 for), from Mr. 

 M. Prichard. A beautiful variety, with long spikes of crimson- 

 scarlet flowers striped with white down the centre of each 

 segment. 



