Ixii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Mr. P. McArthur, 4 Maida Vale, W., sent Datura Knightii. 



Mr. E. Dean, Ealing, exhibited a group of Venidium calen- 

 dulaceum, a pretty annual with orange-yellow flowers ; also 

 Polyanthus and Primula Sieboldi laciniata. 



Mr. J. Forbes, Hawick, sent a basket of Polyanthus in great 

 variety. 



Floeal Committee, May 8, 1894. 



George Paul, Esq., in the Chair, and twenty-three members 



present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver Gilt Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Sutton & Sons, Reading, for a splendid group of 

 Calceolarias. Plants of dwarf habit, carrying immense heads of 

 blooms of many shades of colour, from pale yellow to deep 

 crimson and red. A superb strain. 



To Messrs. Barr & Son, Covent Garden, for a beautiful collec- 

 tion of hardy flowers, amongst which were Spmeas, Tulips (very 

 fine), Centaureas, Iris germanica major, I. Tolaneana, Pyrethrums, 

 and Doronicums. 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. J. Laing & Sons, Forest Hill, for an extensive 

 group of tuberous-rooted single and double Begonias, beautifully 

 arranged with Ferns, &c. Particularly good among the single- 

 flowered varieties were Mr. George Hicks, with large bright scarlet 

 flowers, and the Grand Duke of Hesse, flowers rich crimson ; 

 amongst the doubles W. Clifford (crimson-scarlet), LadyDorring- 

 ton, and Meteor. 



To Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, for a handsome display 

 of hardy shrubs, including splendid examples of Rhododendron 

 Helen Schiffner, with large pure white flowers borne in dense 

 trusses ; double Ghent Azalea Leibnitz, a rich variety with 

 orange-yellow flowers tipped with brown ; Clethra alnifolia, beau- 

 tifully flowered ; Paeonia Reine Elizabeth, flowers of large size, 

 colour bright pink, very fine ; large shoots of Cercis siliquastrum, 



