CXViii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 

 Award of Merit. 



To Ceanothus rigidus verus (votes, unanimous), from Miss Willmott, 

 F.L.S., V.M.H., Great Warley. This plant is the true Ceanothus 

 rigidus, and differs considerably from the plant to which this name is 

 generally attached. It is a very much branched shrub, bearing crowded 

 bunches of rich purple-blue flowers in great profusion. The leaves 

 are small, dark green, glossy, roundish, nearly sessile, and the margin 

 is beset with a few short spiny teeth. The plant is generally found 

 to be hardy in this country, and is a native of California. 



To Clematis aphylla (votes, 10 for, 4 against), from Miss Willmott, 

 F.L.S., V.M.H., Great Warley. A hardy species suitable for walls. Its 

 whorls of pale yellow flowers are borne on long, leafless, rush-like stems. 



To Daphne arbuscula (votes, 17 for, 1 against), from Mr. G. Reuthe, 

 Keston. A dwarf species from Transylvania, bearing heads of rosy- 

 lilac flowers larger but less crowded than those of D. Cneorum. The 

 flowers are scented, and the narrow dark -green leaves are about 1 inch 

 long. (Fig. 93.) 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Barr, Taplow : alpine plants. 



Mr. J. Box, Haywards Heath : alpine plants. 



Messrs. Clark, Dover : hardy plants. 



Mr. C. Davis, Hayes : Viola ' Zelia.' 



Miss C. M. Dixon, Edenbridge : alpine plants. 



Mr. C. Elliott, Stevenage : Gentians. 



G. Ferguson, Esq., Weybridge : Geum ' Mrs. G. Ferguson.' 



Mr. W. C. Foote, Ticehurst : Carnation ' W. C. Foote.' 



Misses Hopkins, Shepperton : hardy plants. 



Lady Hunter, Haslemere : Lysichitum camtschatcense. 



Messrs. Jarman, Chard : Pelargoniums and Violas. 



Miss Jekyll, Godalming : Lunaria biennis ' Minstead Purple.' 



Mr. G. Kerswill, Exeter : Gentians. 



F. Lloyd, Esq., Croydon : Aubrietias. 



W. R. Lysaght, Esq., Chepstow : Primula ' Mrs. W. R. Lysaght ' 

 and Oxalis brasiliensis. 



Lieut. -Colonel Mainwaring, Upwey : Lonicera Griffithii. 

 Miss Mangles, Seale : Rhododendrons. 

 Messrs. Paul, Cheshunt : Hydrangeas. 

 Messrs. Reamsbottom, Geashill : Anemones. 

 Messrs. Young, Cheltenham : Carnations. 



Floral Committee, May 18, 1915. 

 At Chelsea. 



Mr. H. B. May, V.M.H., in the Chair, and eighteen members present. 



[For awards of cups and medals made by the Council after consultation 

 with the Judges, see p. lxxxvi.] 



