FLOKAL COMMITTEE. AUGUST 29. 



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To Gladiolus 'Peace Envoy' (votes, 13 for), from Messrs. Kelway. 

 A charming variety with large flowers of a creamy-white shade, the 

 lower petals being almost of a sulphur colour, marked with blue. 



To Dahlia ' T. A. Havemeyer ' (votes, 10 for, 1 against), from Messrs. 

 Stredwick, St. Leonards. Flowers very large, with long, narrow petals, 

 incurved, and of a bright crimson colour. Cactus. 



To Dahlia 1 William Marshall ' (votes, 14 for, 2 against), from Messrs. 

 Stredwick. A medium- sized flower of good form, and a true Cactus type, 

 the petals being yellow at the centre and shading to salmon-buff at the 

 points. 



To Chironia ixifera (votes, 10 for, 4 against), from Messrs. Low, 

 Enfield. This cool greenhouse plant from South Africa is a pretty 

 addition to the older varieties, with similar growth and lovely bright pink 

 flowers with prominent yellow stamens. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Barr, Covent Garden, staged hardy cut flowers. 



Messrs. Gunn, Birmingham, brought Phlox. 



Messrs. Low, Bush Hill Park, sent miscellaneous plants. 



Messrs. Watkins k Simpson, Covent Garden, sent Sweet Peas. 



Messrs. Bull, Chelsea, brought Hydrangeas, &c. 



Messrs. Bunyard, Maidstone, sent Emjngium Bunyardii. 



Mr. Sanders, Halton Gardens, Tring, sent Phlox. 



J. Whitton, Esq., Glasgow, sent Valletta purpurea alba, which the 

 Committee desired to see next year. 



Miss V. Fellowes, Shotesham Park, Norwich, sent Carnations. 



Mr. J. Evans, Darley Dale, staged Gasteria Evansii. 



Mr. C. Friedrichsen, Hanworth, brought several varieties of Foajus. 



Mr. J. Edwards, Kensal Rise, sent a dwarf Tropa?olum. 



Mr. Gibson, Easby House, Richmond, brought Carnations. 



Mr. Cordingley, 85 Gracechurch Street, E.C., sent Pelargonium 1 Rose 

 Bud.' 



Mr. Wakefield, Belmont, Uxbridge, staged Dahlias and Rudbeckias. 

 Lord Rothschild, Tring Park, sent a few choice Nyinpha?as. 

 Mr. Shoesmith, Woking, brought Dahlias. 



Floral Committee, August 29, 1905. 

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

 Awards Recommended:— 



Gold Medal. 



To Lord Aldenham, Elstree, Herts, (gr. Mr. Beckett), for cut flowering 

 shrabs, Crotons, and Pentstemons. 



To Messrs. J. Yeitch, Chelsea, for Nepenthes and rare herbaceous 

 plants. 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. Cannell, Swanley, for Cannas, Ac. 



