FLORAL COMMITTEE, JULY 4. 



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Floral Committee, July 4, 1905. 

 Mr. W. Marshall in the Chair, and nineteen members present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Award of Merit. 



To Eschscholtzia 1 Carmine King 1 (votes, unanimous), from Mr. 

 W. H. Gardiner, Mill Street, St. Osyth. A pretty variety, with rich 

 carmine flowers. 



To Delphinium ' Snowflake ' (votes, unanimous), from J. Bradshaw, 

 Esq., The Grange, Southgate (gr. Mr. Whitelegg). Flowers large and 

 well formed, and pure white, except for a small blotch of green at the 

 tip of each petal. 



To Hemerocallis x luteola (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Wallace, 

 Colchester. Raised from H. aurantiaca x H. Tliunbergi. Flower ex- 

 ceptionally large and of a deep orange colour, borne in large numbers on 

 each stem. 



To Erica einerea Boothii (votes, unanimous), from Mrs. S. Marshall, 

 Skelwith Fold, Ambleside. A very fine form of this handsome hardy 

 Erica, with dark purple flowers that are produced abundantly. 



To Carnation 1 The Pride of "West bury ' (votes, 14 for, 3 against), from 

 Sir Samuel Scott, Westbury Manor, Bucks (gr. Mr. Tapper). A very 

 sweet-scented border variety with large flowers of a bright red colour and 

 the petals serrated. There was no sign of any calyx splitting. 



To Carnation 1 Helen, Countess of Radnor ' (votes, unanimous), from 

 Mr. J. Douglas, Y.M.H., Great Bookham. Flowers sweetly scented, large, 

 of perfect form, and a brilliant scarlet colour. A most desirable border 

 variety. 



To Rose 1 Dandy ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Paul, Cheshunt. 

 A Hybrid Tea variety of medium size and beautiful shape, the colour 

 being a dark crimson suffused with a darker shade. A valuable acquisi- 

 tion to this class of rose for garden decoration. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To P. Waterer, Esq., Fawkham, Kent, for Passiflora quadrangular is 

 Bonapartii. 



To Mr. Clarke, gr. to Lady Plowden, Aston Rowant House, Oxon., for 

 splendidly flowered branches of Jacaranda mimosifolia. It is somewhat 

 rare for this plant to flower, and the sky-blue flowers were much admired. 



Other Exhibits. 



G. Ferguson, Esq., The Hollies, Weybridge (gr. Mr. Smith), sent 

 Delphiniums and Campanulas. 



Sir Cuthbert Quilter, Bart., M.P., Bawdsey Manor, Woodbridge (gr. 

 Mr. Fulford), brought Carnation 'Lady Quilter.' 



Mr. A. Fisher, Farningham Road, Tottenham, staged Ivy-leaved Pelar- 

 gonium 1 Miss Florence Fisher.' 



Mrs. Scott-Elliot, Teviot Lodge, Hawick, sent Aquilegias. 



Rev. Canon Ellacombe, Bitton Vicarage, Bristol, sent branches of 

 Picea orientalis covered with cones. 



