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Messrs. Fidler, Eeadiiig, sent Clirysantliemum ' Fidler's P'avourite,' a 
sport from ' Western King.' 
Mr. Warpur, IslewortL, sent Impatiens grandiflora. 
Messrs. Ker, Liverpool, sent a plant of Cyclamen persicum grandiflorum 
11. pi., bearing about a dozen large perfectly double flowers. The 
Cyclamen is not a Hower whose beauty seems likely to be increased by 
doubling. 
Messrs. Young, Cheshunt, sent a collection of Pansies. 
Flokal Committee, December 18, 1900. 
W. Marshall, Esq., in the Chair, and fifteen members present. 
Awards Recommended : - 
Silver Flora Medal. 
To Lord Aldenham, Aldenham House, Elstree, Herts (gr. Mr. E. 
Beckett), for Decorative Chrysanthemums. 
To Messrs. Jas. Veitch, Chelsea, for winter-flowering Begonias. 
To Messrs. Cannell, Swanley, for new Zonal Pelargoniums. 
Silver Banhsian Medal. 
To the Earl of Ancaster, Normanton Park, Stamford (gr. Mr. J. 
Butler), for Begonias, Violets and flowering shoots of Chimonanthus 
fragrans grandiflorus. 
Bronze Flora Medal. 
To Messrs. Sander, St. Albans, for a group of Coleus thyrsoideus. 
To Messrs. Cuthbert, Southgate, for forced Narcissi. 
Aivard of Merit. 
To Coleus thyrsoideus (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Sander, St. 
Albans, Messrs. Jas. Veitch, Chelsea. A new and very pretty free-grow- 
ing winter-flowering greenhouse plant, introduced from British Central 
Africa, and flowered for the first time in this country in the Royal Gardens, 
Kew, about three years ago. Unlike the once popular ornamental-leaved 
Coleus the species now under notice is remarkable for its showy Salvia- 
like small blue flowers, borne in terminal racemes often 8 inches long. 
The leaves, set on long footstalks, are ovate, toothed, and pale green. 
To Decorative Chrysanthemum ' Jessica ' (votes, 10 for, 1 against), 
from Lord Aldenham, Aldenham House, Elstree (gr. Mr. E. Beckett). 
An American variety of compact bushy habit and very floriferous ; 
flowers of excellent shape with narrow white petals. 
Othep Exhibits. 
F. W. Moore, Esq., V.M.H., Glasnevin, Dublin, sent an inflorescence 
of Dracaena reflexa. 
Mr. M. Jones, Undermount Gardens, Bonchurch, I.W., sent a seedling 
Chrysanthemum . 
Messrs. Paul, Cheshunt, sent Cratftgus chlorosarca, a vigorous hardy 
thorn, conspicuous in winter for its polished mahogany-like bark and very 
prominent buds. Also two hardy Hollies and a plant in flower of Senecio 
lilacina. 
Messrs. Wells, Earlswood, Redhill, sent Chrysanthemums. 
