FLORAL COMMITTEE, APRIL 10. 



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A. C. Bartlemew, Esq., Park House, Beading, exhibited a 

 large plant in flower of Iris Eobinsoniana, a variety with white 

 flowers and yellow spots at the base of the segments. 



0. J. Lucas, Esq., Warnham Court, Horsham, sent a plant of 

 Scilla sp. 



Captain A. Torrens, Baston Manor, Hayes, Kent, exhibited 

 a plant in flower of Wistaria sinensis purpurea. 



J. Mackrell, Esq., High Trees, Clapham Common, submitted 

 cut blooms of a very fine unnamed yellow Auricula. 



J. Bateman, Esq., Home House, Worthing, sent examples 

 of Rhododendron campylocarpum, a distinct Sikkim species 

 with sulphur-yellow flowers. 



From Dr. T. Beaumont, Palmerston Park, Dublin, came cut 

 examples of a winter-flowering seedling Carnation named Eblana. 

 The Committee asked to see the plant. 



F. W. Moore, Esq., Botanic Gardens, Glasnevin, sent cut 

 flowers of Brownea macrophylla grandiceps, Banksia marcescens, 

 and Dryandra floribunda. 



Mr. Thomas Acton, Rathdrum, Ireland, exhibited cut Rhodo- 

 dendrons. 



Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt, submitted Rose Paul's Early 

 Blush. The Committee asked to see this again. 



From Messrs. Fisher, Son & Sibray, Sheffield, came Rhodo- 

 dendron Handsworth Early White, which had flowered in the 

 open ground. 



Mr. A. Waterer, Knap Hill, Woking, sent a plant of the 

 golden Cedrus atlantica. 



. Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, staged some fine Hippe- 

 astrums (Amaryllis) and Epiphyllum Gartneri. 



. Messrs. J. Laing & Sons, Forest Hill, sent a plant of the 

 variegated Nicotiana affinis. 



Mr. G. May, Upper Teddington, staged a group of plants 

 and cut flower3 of Carnation Uriah Pike. 



Mr. W. Newport, Hillingdon Heath, Uxbridge, exhibited 

 Nicotiana alba variegata. 



From Messrs. R. Veitch & Sons, Exeter, came a group of cut 

 sprays of hardy trees and shrubs, noteworthy examples being 

 Exochordia (Spiraea) grandiflora, a beautiful plant bearing white 

 flowers ; Spiraea arguta, a graceful variety with small pure white 

 flowers ; S. Thunbergi ; Cytisus spinosus, a deciduous shrub 



