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To Geum ' Lady Stratheden ' (votes 9 for, 2 against), from Messrs. Baker, 
Codsall. A very free-flowering hardy plant about two feet high, bearing double 
goJden-yellow flowers measuring two and a half inches across. 
To Geum ' Orangeman ' (votes 13 for, i against), from Messrs. Grove, Sutton 
Coldfield. This very free-flowering hardy plant resulted from a cross between 
Geum Heldrcichii and G. monianum aurantiaciim. The flowers are double, deep 
orange, and measure two and a half inches across. The height of the plant is 
two feet. 
To Iris ' Ann Page ' (votes 12 for), from Messrs. Wallace, Colchester. This 
handsome variety was raised by Sir Arthur Hort, Bt., and has very large pale 
lavender-blue flowers with a yellow beard. The falls, which are very broad, are 
lined with a brownish shade at the base. 
To Iris ' Balaruc ' (votes 6 for, 3 against), from W. R. Dykes, Esq., M.A., 
Godalming. This is a seedling of Iris ' Mrs. H. Darwin,' raised by M. F. Denis of 
Balaruc-les-Bains. The flowers are of medium size, white, with a few purplish 
markings at the base of the falls, and have a pale golden beard. 
To Iris ' Prospero ' (votes unanimous), from Messrs. Wallace, Colchester. 
This variety was raised by Mr. Yeld, and is of large size with pale lilac standards, 
violet-purple falls, and a golden beard. 
To Iris Xiphium ' Voerman ' (votes 1 3 for) , from Messrs. Barr, Taplow. An 
early flowering ' Spanish ' Iris with white flowers streaked with gold. 
To Lilium Farreri (votes unanimous), from F. C. Stem, Esq., Goring-by-Sea. 
This beautiful lily of the Martagon section was raised from seeds collected in 
China. It grows from two and a half to three feet high, and bears pendulous 
white flowers prettily spotted with violet-blue at the base of the recurved seg- 
ments. The anthers are orange and are borne on inch-long filaments. The 
leaves are lanceolate and measure about four inches long by half an inch broad. 
To Papauer orientate ' Lord Lambourne ' (votes 10 for, 4 against), from Mr. 
A. Perry, Enfield. A large-flowered, bright-scarlet variety with black blotches 
at the base of each segment. The edges of the petals are deeply fringed. 
To Picea Albertiana (votes 9 for), from Messrs. Waterer, Sons & Crisp, Bagshot. 
A compact conical tree with pale-green acicular leaves about half an inch long. 
To Pink 'Mrs. G. Walker' (votes unanimous), from Mr. C. H. Herbert, 
Birmingham. The flowers of this variety are double and of a rosy-pink colour 
with darker centre. 
To Pink ' Victory ' (votes unanimous), from Mr. C. H. Herbert, Birmingham. 
A double crimson-pink with clove scent. 
To Polystichum angulare divisilobum plumosum densum No. 2 (votes 6 for, 
2 against), from Mr. A. Perry, Enfield. A very graceful hardy fern of strong and 
robust habit, with long and broad fronds, having very finely divided plumose 
pinnae. 
To Polystichum angulare divisilobum robustum (votes unanimous), from Mr. 
A. Perry, Enfield. A very beautiful hardy fern, having somewhat smaller fronds 
than the above, and ha\'ing the pinnae set a little less closely together. 
To Roscoea Humeana (votes unanimous), from Messrs. Bees, Chester. A 
very pretty Chinese species collected by Mr. George Forrest. The plant grows 
about six inches high and bears its hooded purplish-mauve flowers very freely. 
The foliage is broad. 
To Saxifrage ' Tumbling Waters' (votes unanimous), from Capt. B. H. B. 
Symons-Jeune, Henley-on-Thames. Ihis beautiful plant carried five long 
arching sprays of pure white flowers. It was raised by the exhibitor in 191 3 by 
crossing a very fine form of S. lingulata lantoscana $ with X 5. longifolia ^ . The 
former was collected on Monte Grammondo, and had longer and more untidy 
foliage and larger pure white flowers than the type. The beautiful hybrid is very 
vigorous and free-flowering, and will stand full sun. It makes off-shoots, which 
will easily root independently. 
To Schizanthus roseus compactus (votes 8 for), from Messrs. Dobbie, Edin- 
burgh. A very bushy, compact-growing variety, about one to one and a half feet 
high, covered with bright rosy-cerise flowers marked with yellow and brown in 
the centre. 
To Sweet Pea ' George Shawyer ' (votes unanimous) , from Messrs. Dobbie, 
Edinburgh. A very beautiful orange-pink variety, having the wings slightly 
deeper in colour than the standard. 
To Sweet Pea ' Hawlmark Lavender ' (votes 6 for), from Messrs. Alex. Dickson, 
Belfast. A fine lavender-blue variety of excellent form. 
To Sweet Pea ' Picture ' (votes unanimous), from Mr. R. Bolton, Halstead. 
This variety has a cream ground flushed with pale orange. 
To Sweet Pea 'Tangerine' (votes 12 for, 3 against), from Mr. R. Bolton, 
Halstead. The flowers of this variety are of a very striking shade of bhght 
orange-salmon. 
