'CXCviii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Award of Merit. 
To Polygonum (Persicaria) orientale (votes, 10 for, 1 against), from 
Leopold de Eothschild, Esq., Gunnersbury House, Acton (gr. Mr. Jas. 
Hudson, V.M.H.). A free-growing hardy annual, with broad deep-green 
leaves and small red flowers, borne in terminal and axillary racemes 
with great freedom. It was introduced from the East Indies in the early 
part of the seventeenth century, and grows usually about 4 feet high. 
To Dracaena Offeri (votes, 9 for), from John Warren, Esq., Handcross 
Park, Crawley (gr. Mr. A. Offer). This is the result of crossing D. 
Gladstoni with D. Warreni. The plant is of graceful habit, with long, 
narrow, arching bronze-green leaves, distinctly margined with crimson 
and carmine. 
To Perennial Aster * Hon. Edith Gibbs ' (votes, unanimous), from 
Lord Aldenham, Aldenham House, Elstree (gr. Mr. E. Beckett). A 
seedling from A. ericoides elegans, of graceful habit, with small lavender 
flowers borne in great profusion. It grows 5^ feet high. 
To Perennial Aster ' Captivation ' (votes, 9 for, 1 against), from Lord 
Aldenham (gr. Mr. E. Beckett). This is a seedling from 'Pleiad,' 
and grows 3^ feet high. It is very floriferous, and the flowers are a 
pretty shade of blush-lilac or pink. 
To Perennial Aster 'Hon. Vicary Gibbs' (votes, 10 for, 3 against), 
from Lord Aldenham (gr. Mr. E. Beckett). Also a seedling from 'Pleiad.' 
It grows 3 feet high and bears medium-sized rosy-mauve flowers freely. 
To Kniphofia ' Triumph ' (votes, 10 for), from Messrs. Barr, Covent 
Garden. A very large substantial spike with rich yellow flowers and 
prominent anthers. 
To Kniphofia Leichtlini aurea (votes, 12 for), from Messrs Barr, Covent 
Garden. A small sturdy spike with bright canary-yellow flowers and 
conspicuous orange-scarlet anthers. 
To Tea Rose ' Morning Glow ' (votes, 10 for), from Messrs. W. Paul, 
Waltham Cross. A remarkably pretty free-flowering Rose with salmon 
coloured blossoms touched with orange. 
To Chrysanthemum ' Mrs. J. Williams ' (votes, unanimous), from Mr. 
J. Williams, Lewisham. A lovely primrose -yellow sport from ' Lady 
Fitzwygram.' The habit is identical with that of its parent. 
To Cactus Dahlia ' Mrs. H. AUcroft ' (votes, 9 for, 2 against), from Mr. 
S. Mortimer, Farnham. Flowers large, with long narrow twisted orange- 
yellow petals flushed with salmon. 
To Nerine ' Purple Prince ' (votes, 9 for) from Mr. H. Elliott, Hurst- 
pierpoint. This pretty seedling produces a short stout spike with medium- 
sized crimson flowers, slightly flushed with purple near the margins of 
the petals. 
To Cupressus Lawsoniana pygmaea argentea (votes, unanimous), from 
Messrs. Backhouse, York. A very dwarf-growing form of the well-known 
Lawson's Cypress with cream-coloured foliage. It is a grand miniature 
conifer for the rock-garden. 
Other Exhibits. 
Lord Aldenham, Elstree (gr. Mr. E. Beckett), sent a large collection 
of seedling Asters (Michaelmas Daisies). (Fig. 191.) 
