Xlii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Award of Merit. 



To Dracaena Princess May (votes, 11 for, 4 against), from 

 Messrs. B. S. Williams & Son, Upper Holloway. A distinct 

 variety. Leaves about 20 inches long, narrow, bronzy green 

 margined with bright red. A beautiful table plant. 



To Hippeastrum (Amaryllis) Major Wilson (votes, unani- 

 mous), from Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons. The plant exhibited had 

 one scape with several fully expanded flowers, each about 8 inches 

 across ; colour bright scarlet. 



To Dracaena Barroni (votes, 11 for, 1 against), from Mr. 

 Bause, South Norwood. A grand variety with broad leaves of 

 a deep bronzy green with crimson margins. In a young state 

 the leaves are bright red with a blotch of green in the centre. 



To a strain of Primulas (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Cannell & Sons, Swanley. Colours very varied, and of good 

 form. 



To a strain of Cyclamen (votes, unanimous), from Mr. J. 

 May, Twickenham. Flowers unusually large, and exceptionally 

 rich in colour. 



Other Exhibits. 



From the Director, Eoyal Gardens, Kew, came splendid ex- 

 amples of dried specimens of native plants and flowers from the 

 neighbourhood of Capetown. The colours of the flowers and 

 characters of the plants were remarkably well preserved. Those 

 specially noticed were Ixia maculata, Sparaxis tricolor, Babiana 

 stricta, Tritonia lineata, Gladiolus villosus, and Homeria collina. 



From G. F. Wilson, Esq., Weybridge, came a plant of Prim- 

 rose Brighteye, a seedling from Quakeress. Flowers purplish 

 blue with a red ring round the yellow eye. Also cut flowers of 

 a blue Asphodel, which had been grown in a cool greenhouse. 



Sir William Eden, Bart., Windlestone, Ferry Hill (gr. Mr. 

 Bethell), sent Bougainvillaea fastuosa. The Committee desired 

 to see this again. 



The Hon. P. C. Glyn, Rook's Nest, Godstone (gr. Mr. J. 

 Friend), exhibited a very free-flowering Clivia named Magnum 

 Bonum. 



Miss A. Balmer, Clapper Knap, Portlock Weir, Taunton, sent 

 a plant of a single Violet Adriana, laden with flowers, which had 

 been grown in the open air without protection. 



