FLORAL COMMITTEE, APRIL 24. 



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To Alocasia Watsoniana (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 F. Sander & Co. A splendid variety with rich olive-green leaves 

 and prominent veins of a glaucous hue. The leaves measured 

 18 inches in width and 2 feet G inches across. 



To Phlox canadensis (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Paul & Son, Cheshunt. A lovely old garden plant of dwarf 

 habit, producing an abundance of pretty light slate-blue 

 flowers. 



Award of Merit. 



To Primrose Evelyn's Beacon (votes, unanimous), from 

 J. H. Arkwright, Esq., Hampton Court, Leominster. This 

 pretty variety was found growing wild in Herefordshire in 1889. 

 Flowers large ; colour sulphur-yellow, darker eye. 



To Rhododendron rhombicum (votes, 9 for, 4 against), from 

 the Director, Royal Gardens, Kew. A beautiful hardy early- 

 flowering deciduous Azalea from Japan, with rosy-lilac coloured 

 flowers, borne freely. 



To Rhododendron Rosy Bell (votes, 14 for), from the 

 Director, Kew. A dwarf hardy variety of the ciliatum type, with 

 pretty soft pink bell-shaped flowers, carried in clusters in great 

 profusion. 



To Pyrus spectabilis magnifica (votes, 13 for, 3 against), 

 from Mr. A. Major, Ditton Farm, Langley. A beautiful and ex- 

 ceptionally free- flowering hardy shrub, carrying rosy-pink flowers 

 of a darker shade than the type. 



To Canna Cheshunt Yellow (votes, 13 for, 2 against), from 

 Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt. Flowers rich deep golden- 

 yellow, lower segment orange-scarlet. 



To Exochordia Alberti (votes, 19 for), from Messrs. Paul & 

 Son, Cheshunt. A rare and pretty hardy flowering shrub, bear- 

 ing short racemes of small white flowers. 



To Rhododendron High Beech Hybrid (votes, 8 for, 1 against), 

 from Messrs. Paul & Son, Cheshunt. A cross between R. 

 Fortunei and R. Mrs. C. Butler. A sweet-scented hybrid, bearing 

 in profusion flowers of a delicate salmon-pink colour. 



To Phyllocactus Romeo (votes, 10 for, 4 against), from 

 Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea. A distinct variety with large 

 flowers, the outer petals bright scarlet, the inner having rosy- 

 purple margins. 



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