FLORAL COMMITTEE, JULY 24. 



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To Mr. H. B. May, Edmonton, for Ferns, Selaginellas, and 

 Gymnogrammas . 



To Mr. Ladhams, Shirley, Southampton, for hardy flowers — 

 Campanulas, Scabiosacaucasica, Coreopsis lanceolata, Eudbeckias, 

 single Chrysanthemums, Spirasas, Michauxia campanuloides, 

 Pinks, &c. 



To M. Louis van Houtte, Ghent, for new Sonerilas and 

 Bertolonias. 



To Messrs. H. Cannell & Sons, Swanley, for Carnations and 

 Picotees, together with some Stocks, dwarf Cannas, and 

 Begonias. 



To Messrs. J. Laing & Sons, Forest Hill, for Caladiums. 

 Besides the varieties certificated, the following were noteworthy, 

 viz. : W. Pfitzer, red, greenish yellow towards the margins ; 

 Madame Leon Sage ; Fairy Queen, white centre, green towards 

 the margins. Also for Antirrhinums, Crotons, Tuberous Begonias, 

 and Sonerilas. 



To Mr. T. S. Ware (Francis Fell), Tottenham, for Carnations 

 arranged with their own foliage, and several handsome Lilies. 



To Messrs. Dobbie & Co., Rothesay, for Violas and Sweet 

 Peas, set up in large bunches. The former included specimens 

 of Archibald Grant, purple, and Sylvia, creamy white. The 

 Sweet Peas contained many new and beautiful varieties — Firefly, 

 scarlet ; Venus, salmon shaded rosy pink ; Dorothy Tennant, 

 blue ; Emily Henderson, pure white ; Primrose, pale yellow ; 

 and Her Majesty, very bright rose. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. G. Bunyard & Co., Maidstone, for Spiraeas, note- 

 worthy being bumalda, callosa, crispifolia (bullata), a very 

 dwarf free-blooming variety suitable for rockeries ; Nobleana and 

 Lindleyana. 



To Messrs. J. Veitch & Sons, Chelsea, for Carnations, amongst 

 them were exceptionally good blooms of Mrs. Gifford, white ; 

 Ruby, bright rose ; William Robey, deep crimson ; and Joe 

 Willet, bright scarlet. 



To Mr. W. Rumsey, Waltham Cross, for Roses, including a 

 new variety named Mrs. Rumsey, of a lovely blush shade with 

 a pink centre ; A. K. Williams, Louis van Houtte, Marie 

 Baumann, &c. 



