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Awards Recommended : — 



Award of Merit. 



To Anemone rupicola (votes, 9 for), from Messrs. Bees. Liverpool. 

 A hardy species introduced by Forrest from China, suitable for the 

 rock garden. The flowers are single, white, with the outer sepals 

 tinged with lilac, about inches in diameter when fully open, slightly 

 drooping. The foliage is finely cut and shiny. The plant grows 

 about 9 inches high. (Fig. 94.) 



To Carnation ' Bookham Clove' (votes, 9 for, 3 against), from 

 Mr. J . Douglas, Great Bookham. A dark crimson ' Border ' variety, 

 with a very strong scent. The flowers are large and have perfect 

 non-bursting calyces, while the stems are very strong and rigid. 



To Carnation ' Daisy Walker * (votes, 12 for), from Mr. J. Douglas, 

 Great Bookham. A fancy ' Border ' variety having a pure white 

 ground lightly marked with rose-scarlet. 



To Lewisia cohimbiana (votes, 7 for, 3 against), from Miss Willmott, 

 F.L.S., V.M.H., Great Warley. An erect and very free-flowering 

 species, growing about 9 inches high. The flowers are white, streaked 

 with bright rose-pink, and are tinged with orange-buff in the young 

 state. The flower-stems are reddish, and the leaves are narrow and 

 spathulate. (Fig. 95.) 



To Pyrus Mains Sargentii (votes, 14 for), from Messrs. G. Paul, 

 Cheshunt. A very free-flowering and much-branched hardy tree 

 from Japan. Its flowers are creamy white in colour, and are borne 

 much later than those of other Crabs. (Fig. 96.) 



To Rose ' Dewdrop ' (votes, 7 for, 1 against), from Messrs. Hobbies, 

 Dereham. A dwarf Polyantha variety, bearing bright rose-pink 

 double flowers with rounded petals. 



To Rose ' Paul's Scarlet Climber ' (votes, unanimous) , from Messrs. 

 W. Paul, Waltham Cross. A strong-growing climber, bearing clusters 

 of semi-double scarlet flowers in great profusion. Many of the clusters 

 consist of about fifteen blooms, which last in good condition for a 

 considerable period. 



To Senecio multibracteatus, 1 Clare Lodge ' variety (votes, unanimous), 

 from Mr. E. Novell, Clare Lodge Gardens, Ipswich. A beautiful 

 greenhouse plant, raised from seed sent from the Cape. The flowers 

 are borne in great abundance, and measure 2^ inches across. I he 

 ray florets are rosy mauve and the disc golden yellow. The plant 

 grows about 3 feet high. 



To Viola septentrionalis (votes, unanimous), from Miss A. Leonard, 

 Hitchin. A scentless species, bearing white flowers with blue markings 

 at the base of the petals. 



Other Exhibits. 



Mr. J. C. Allgrove, Slough : Primula sibirica, Anacyclus formosus, 

 Aquilegia ecalcarata. 



Messrs. Baker, Codsall : Pentstemon Roezlii, Primula Bulky ana 

 magnifica. 



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