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REPORT OF MISCELLANEOUS FLOWERING PLANTS 
AT CHISWICK, 1900. 
F.C.C.= First-class Certificate. 
S.C. = Second-class Certificate. 
A.M. — Award of Merit. 
XXX = Highly Commended. 
Alyssum. 
1. Maritimum 'Little Gem' (Veitch). — Height 6 inches; compact 
bushy habit ; free flowering ; flowers white, fragrant, borne in clusters at 
the tips of the growths. Useful for edgings. 
Antirrhinum. 
2. Mixed (Forbes). — Plants of bushy habit and very floriferous ; 
colours various. 
Brachycombe. 
3. Iberidifolia (Veitch). The Swan River Daisy. — Height 1 foot ; 
spreading habit, with deep-green narrow leaves, and an abundance of 
small Cineraria-like blue-and-white flowers. Very showy. 
Caladiums. 
4. Alice Van Geert (McLeod). — Leaves 20 inches long, 12 inches 
broad ; cream- white ground freely marked with white, occasionally 
touched with pink and bordered with green ; veins and midrib brownish- 
crimson, which intensify with age. 
5. Argyrites, F.C.C. July 31, 1884 (McLeod).— A well known decora- 
tive kind of dwarf habit, with small deep-green leaves blotched and speckled 
with white. 
6. B. S. Williams, A.M. May 28, 1891 (McLeod).— Leaves 22 inches 
long, 14 inches broad ; beautiful silvery-pink ground, stained with rose 
and edged with green ; the midrib and veins are rich crimson and very 
prominent. 
7. Duchesse de Mortemarte (McLeod).— Leaves 20 inches long, 
11 inches broad; pale green and white, eventually passing to bright 
green, and freely blotched with dark green. 
8. Duchess of Fife (McLeod, Veitch). — Leaves 20 inches long, 
12 inches broad ; lovely cream -white ground marked and edged with 
green ; veins and midrib very prominent, and in colour rosy crimson. 
Plant of dwarf, compact habit. 
9. Emile Verdier (McLeod). — Leaves 18 inches long, 8 inches broad, 
tapering to a sharp point ; white ground flushed with rose, veined and 
bordered with green. 
10. Gaston Chandon (McLeod). — Leaves 23 inches long, 12 inches 
broad ; creamy white shading to delicate green. 
11. Gerard Dow, F.C.C. July 31, 1884 (McLeod).— Leaves rather 
flimsy, 2 feet long, 18 inches broad ; delicate pinkish-white ground 
blotched and margined with green ; midrib and veins deep red. 
