xcvi PKOCEEDINGS OF THE EOYAL HORTICULTUKAL SOCIETY. 
Award of Merit, 
To Heliotrope ' Picciola ' (votes, unanimous), from Leopold de 
Rothschild, Esq., Gunnersbury House, Acton (gr. Mr. Jas. Hudson, 
V.M.H.). Plant of bushy habit and moderately free-flowering ; flower 
heads very large, about 6 inches across and very fragrant. The colour is 
dark heliotrope, with a blush-white eye. 
To Delphinium ' Blanche Fitzmaurice ' (votes, unanimous), from 
Messrs. Kelway, Langport. This produces a strong much-branched spike 
of fine semi-double mauve-coloured flowers shaded with blue. The centre 
is white. 
Other Exhibits. 
J. B. Fortescue, Esq., Dropmore, Maidenhead, sent hardy flowers. 
J. T. Bennett-Poe, Esq., Homewood, Cheshunt (gr. Mr. J. Downes), 
sent flowers of Rose ' Duchess d'Auerstadt.' 
Leopold de Rothschild, Esq., Gunnersbury House, Acton (gr. Mr. Jas. 
Hudson, V.M.H.), sent Water-lilies. 
Mrs. Bulteel, Sefton Park, Slough, sent Roses. 
Messrs. Paul, Cheshunt, sent flowers of bedding H. T. Rose ' Lady 
Battersea.' The Committee asked to see a plant. 
Mr. Gilbert, Dyke, Bourne, sent Sweet Peas. 
C. B. Powell, Esq., Tunbridge Wells, sent Lilies. 
From Messrs. Veitch, Chelsea, came Sweet Peas and sprays of flowering 
shrubs. 
Mr. R. Dean, V.M.H., Ealing, sent Stock ' Mauve Beauty.' 
Mr. W. Warner, Hellands Road, Stevenage, sent flowers of Ivy-leaf 
Pelargonium ' Joseph Warner.' The Committee asked to see a plant. 
Messrs. Jones, Shrewsbury, sent three new varieties of Sweet Peas. 
The Committee requested that seed might be sent to Chiswick. 
Messrs. Boyes, Aylestone, Leicester, sent Carnation ' Lord Roberts.' 
Messrs. Young, Cheshunt, sent a collection of new Pinks. 
Messrs. Sutton, Reading, sent a group of Sweet William ' Pink 
Beauty.' 
Mr. Turner, Slough, sent flowers of three seedling Roses. The 
Committee asked to see plants. 
Messrs. Laxton, Bedford, sent Lily of the Valley ' Fortin's variety.' 
Messrs. Brown, Stamford, sent Heliotrope ' Lord Roberts.' 
Mrs. Soames, Daventry, sent Gloxinias. 
Messrs. W. Paul, Waltham Cross, sent flowers of three vars. of 
Roses. The Committee asked to see plants. 
ROSE SHOW, July 3, 1900. 
JUDGES. 
Open Classes. — Rev. A. Foster-Melliar, Rev. J. H. Pemberton, Mr. 
0. G. Orpen. 
Amateur Classes. — Mr. G. Paul, Mr, J. 1). Pawle, Mr. C. E. Cant. 
Garden Roses.— Mr. E. Mawley, Mr. A. Paul, Mr, G. W. Cook. 
