FLORAL COMMITTEE. 



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Floral Committee, April 13, 1915. 



Mr. H. B. May, V.M.H., in the Chair, and twenty-three members 



present. 



Awards Recommended : — 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. Carter, Raynes Park, for a spring garden. 



Silver Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. Cheal, Crawley, for flowering trees. 

 To Messrs. Cutbush, Highgate, for flowering shrubs. 

 To Mr. Russell, Richmond, for Clematis. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Mr. Burnett, Guernsey, for Carnations. 

 To Messrs. B. R. Cant, Colchester, for Roses. 

 To Messrs. Cuthbert, Southgate, for Azalea occidentalis. 

 To Messrs. Low, Bush Hill Park, for Carnations. 

 To Messrs. May, Edmonton, for Clematis &c. 

 To Messrs. Waterer and Crisp, Liverpool St., for rock plants. 



Bronze Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. Barr, Covent Garden, for spring flowers. 

 To Mr. Douglas, Bookham, for Auriculas. 

 To Mr. C. Elliott, Stevenage, for alpine plants. 

 To Mr. Prichard, Christchurch, for alpine plants. 

 To Messrs. Tucker, Oxford, for alpine plants. 



Bronze Banksian Medal. 

 To Mr. Allgrove, Langley, for herbaceous plants. 

 To Messrs. Allwood, Haywards Heath, for Carnations. 

 To Mr. Perry, Enfield, for rock plants. 



To Messrs. Whitelegg & Page, Chislehurst, for rock plants. 

 Award of Merit. 



To Auricula ' Edenside ' (votes, 12 for, 5 against) , from Mr. Douglas, 

 Bookham. A variety with flowers of medium size and substance. 

 Of a singular, dull lilac colour, with a shapely defined, densely farinose, 

 white eye. 



To Primula Reinii (votes, 14 for, 1 against), from Mr. E. H. Jenkins, 

 Surbiton. A rare and difficult species from Japan. The leaves 

 resemble those of P. mollis, and later in the year this resemblance is 

 much more marked. Flower stellate, each petal deeply notched, 

 bright pinkish-lilac, one inch in diameter, borne singly or in pairs 

 at the apex of a slender peduncle of about four inches. 



To Prunus {Cerasus) Chealii pendula (votes, unanimous), from 

 Messrs. Cheal, Crawley. A charming weeping tree with long slender 

 branches bearing numerous panicles of four to ten rose-pink double 

 flowers, about one inch in diameter. (Fig. 59.) 



To Saxifraga Vandellii (votes, 12 for, 2 against), from Messrs. 



