EXTRACTS FROM THE PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE 



ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



GENERAL MEETING. 



September 14, 1915. 



Dr. Frederick Keeble, F.R.S., in the Chair. 



Fellows elected (4). — W. K. Baker, Miss L. Pearson, C. Van den 

 Berg, Miss E. M. Winter. 



Fellow resident abroad (1). — W. Cowper Harris (Vancouver). 



A lecture on "Dahlias " was given by Mr. J. B. Riding (see p. 411) . 



THE CORY CUP FOR DAHLIAS. 

 Tuesday, September 14. 

 THE JUDGES. 

 Cory, Reginald, Duffryn, Cardiff. 



Cuthbertson, W., V.M.H., Maitland Lodge, Duddingston. 

 May, H. B., V.M.H., The Plas, Chingford. 

 Riding, J. B., The Nurseries, Chingford. 

 Turner, A., Royal Nurseries, Slough. 



This Cup is given solely with the object of encouraging raisers to 

 produce Dahlias, of any class or section, that would be of Decorative 

 value in the garden. 



The competition was open. Twenty-five feet run of 3 feet tabling, 

 not built up more than 8 feet in height from the ground level to the 

 top of the flowers, was allowed. 



First Prize : Seventy-five Guinea Challenge Cup, presented to the 



R.H.S. by Reginald Cory, Esq. — To Messrs. W. Treseder, Cardiff. 

 Silver-gilt Flora Medal. — To Messrs. Carter Page, 52 London Wall. 

 Silver-gilt Banksian Medal. — To Messrs. J. Cheal, Crawley, Sussex. 

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