CCxii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Bronze Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Barr, Covent Garden, for Nerines. 

 To Messrs. Clark, Dover, for Asters. 

 To Messrs. Harkness, York, for Roses. 

 To Mr. G. Reuthe, Keston, for miscellaneous plants. 



Award of Merit. 



To Aster Amelias 'Mr. Perry' (votes unanimous), from Mr. Amos 

 Perry, Enfield. Plant dwarf, much branched, densely flowered. 

 Flower violet purple, disc florets red brown ; diameter little over 

 an inch. 



To Carnation 'Alice' (votes 12 for), from Messrs. Stuart Low. 

 A perpetual-flowering variety ; petals rather long, wavy ; calyx 

 very stout ; colour pink. Bloom fairly large, of very good form and 

 substance. 



To Crocus pulchellus albas (votes 11 for), from Messrs. Barr, 

 Covent Garden, and Mr. G. Reuthe, Keston. Flowers small, milk 

 white, of delicate appearance, slightly splashed at the base with 

 gold ; stigma bright golden yellow. Cup about ij inch long, borne 

 on a pale slender stem. 



To Dahlia 'Anna Louise' (votes unanimous), from Mr. Jas. B. 

 Riding, Chingford. A Collerette variety. Flower 4 inches in diameter, 

 of good shape, reddish brown. Stem fairly stout. 



To Dahlia 'Leviathan' (votes unanimous), from Messrs. J. 

 Stredwick, St. Leonards. A giant Decorative variety. Flower 

 8 inches across ; petals long, rather loose, terra-cotta, shaded with 

 bronzy purple. Stem rather short, fairly stout. 



To Dahlia 'Rainbow ' (votes unanimous), from Mr. J. A. Jarrett, 

 Anerley Road, S.E. A Collerette variety with a pale-yellow collar. 

 Flower 5 inches in diameter. Centre yellow, passing through terra- 

 cotta to purple pink and fading off to white tips. 



Rose 'Mrs. John Foster' (votes 11 for, 4 against), from Mr. 

 Elisha Hicks, Twyford. A beautiful Hybrid Tea variety. Flower 

 of good shape, very fragrant, deep crimson. Stem fairly stout ; 

 foliage pale. 



To Rubus Veitckii (votes unanimous), from Messrs. J. Piper, 

 Bayswater. This was exhibited as a pot specimen, about 4 feet high. 

 Stem branched, spiny ; foliage pinnate, about 2 inches long, with 

 three pairs of pinnules, ending in a wedge-shaped petiole ; the whole 

 having a silver-grey tone. 



Phyllitis Scolopendrium plumosa ' Perry's var.' (votes unanimous), 

 from Mr. Amos Perry, Enfield. A crested variety of the native 

 Hart's Tongue Fern, bearing dark-green fronds which are beautifully 

 divided along the margins, with tasselled tips. (tig. 125.) 



Cultural Commendation. 



For spikes of Eucomis punctata exhibited by Reginald Cory, 

 Esq., Duffryn fer. Mr. A. J. Cobb). 



