Cll PROCEEDINGS OF THE EOYAL HORTICULTl'RAL SOCIETY. 
neat metal stake, well adapted for supporting Carnations, &c. Towards 
the bottom there is a small loop, which acts as a holdfast when pressed 
into the soil, and prevents it from being blown over in windy weather. 
At the top there is a coil, in which shoots may be placed with safety, 
thus doing away with the trouble and bother of tying. In the middle of 
the stake (or at intervals) clips made of thin lead may be placed to keep 
the main growths in position. 
Floeal Committee, July 31, 1900. 
W. Marshall, Esq., in the Chair, and sixteen members present. 
Awards Recommended 
Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 
To Messrs. Hill, Lower Edmonton, for specimen Ferns. 
Silver-gilt Banksian Medal. 
To Mr. May, Upper Edmonton, for Campanula isophylla Mayi. 
To Messrs. Kelway, Langport, for Gladioli. 
Silver Flora Medal. 
To Messrs. Jones, Shrewsbury, for Sweet Peas. 
To Messrs. W. Paul, Waltham Cross, for Phloxes and Yuccas. 
To Messrs. Wills & Segar, South Kensington, for Alocasias. 
To Messrs. Ware, Feltham, for Begonias. 
To Messrs. Webb & Brand, Saffron Walden, for Hollyhocks. 
Silver Banksian Medal, 
To Welbore Ellis, Esq., Hazelbourne, Dorking (gr. Mr. W. Barrell), 
for a group of Exacum macranthum. 
To Lord Hiilingdon, Hillingdon Court, Uxbridge (gr. Mr. A. Allan), 
for Carnations and hardy flowers. 
To Mr. Periy, Winchmore Hill, for hardy flowers. 
To Messrs. Cutbush, Highgate, for Ivies. 
To Messrs. Barr, Covent Garden, for herbaceous flowers and Water- 
lilies. 
Bronze Bonksia.n Medal. 
To Messrs. Young, Stevenage, for hardy flowers. ^ 
First-class Certificate. 
To NymphsBa marliacea rubro-punctata (votes, unanimous), from 
Leopold de Rothschild, Esq., Gunnersbury House, Acton (gr. Mr. Jas. 
Hudson, V.M.H.). A very handsome Water-Hly, with large rosy-purple 
flowers, speckled and tipped with silvery pink. 
To Hedychium ' F. W. Moore ' (votes, unanimous), from F. W. 
Moore, Esq., V.M.PL, Glasnevin, Dublin. This was stated to be a cross 
between H. coronarium and H. coccineum. It produces a grand spike o 
