CCviii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
themum indicum, L., a progenitor of the garden Chrysanthemum. The* 
plant exhibited (fig. 196) (about 24 inches high) was raised from seed 
collected in Yangtze by Mr. Grant Birch in 1899. The flower heads 
(figs. 197 and 198) are about half an inch across, and rich yellow. See 
Jour. ofB.H.S., Vol. xii. p. 111. 
Mr. James Douglas, V.M.H., Edenside, Great Bookham, sent Tree 
Carnation * Princess Alice of Monico.' 
Richardson Evans, Esq., Camp View, Wimbledon, sent hardy flowers. 
Mr. J. Forbes, Hawick, sent Begonia ' Caledonia.' 
Messrs. Barr, Covent Garden, sent hardy flowers. 
Messrs. Wills & Segar, South Kensington, sent a very fine plant of 
Stevensonia grandifolia. 
Chrysanthemums were exhibited by — 
1. The Rev. Marquis of Normanby, Mulgrave Castle, Whitby (gr. Mr, 
J. Corbett). 
2. Mr. G. Carpenter, West Hall, Byfleet. 
3. Mr. C. Crooks, Hadsor, Droitwich. 
4. Mr. C. Griffin, Walton Leigh, Addlestone. 
5. Mr. E. Chopping, Periwinkle Mill, Milton, Kent. 
6. Messrs. Robins, Guernsey. 
7. Mr. M. Silsbury, Shanklin, I.W. 
8. Mr. J. Godfrey, Exmouth. 
9. Mr. W. Seward, Hanwell. 
10. Messrs. Cannell, Swanley. 
11. Mr. F. C. Fowle, Teignmouth. 
12. Messrs. Wells, Earlswood, Redhill. 
Floral Committee, Novembee 20, 1900. 
W. Marshall, Esq., in the Chair, and fourteen members present. 
Awards Reeommended :— 
Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 
To J. P. Morgan, Esq., Dover House, Roehampton (gr. Mr. J. F, 
McLeod), for Begonias, Liliums, and foliage plants. 
Silver-gilt Banksian Medal. 
To Messrs. Jas. Veitch, Chelsea, for a group of winter-flowering 
Begonia * Ensign.' 
To Messrs. Wells, Earlswood, Redhill, for Chrysanthemums. 
Silver Flora Medal. 
To Messrs. Cannell, Swanley, for group of Begonia ' Gloire de 
Lorraine.' 
Bronze Banksian Medal. 
To Mr. J. H. Witty, Nunhead Cemetery, for Chrysanthemums. 
First-class Certificate. 
To Tacsonia militaris (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Sander,. 
St. Albans. A supposed natural hybrid from South Africa, between 
