cvi PKOCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTUEAL SOCIETY. 



1^ inches long and about 2 inches across the mouth, of a very deep 

 orange and pale yellow colour. Although the flowers are of little value 

 in a cut state, they have a charming effect on the roof of a stove all 

 winter. 



To Cycas MicJiolitzii (votes, 10 for), from Messrs. Sander, St. Albans. 

 A very graceful and distinct Cycad that will prove valuable as a decorative 

 plant. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Gilbert, Bourne, staged anemones. 



Mr. A. R. Upton, Guildford, sent rock plants. 



Messrs. W. Paul, Waltham Cross, brought Rose ' Warrior.' 



Messrs. S. Paul, Cheshunt, staged flowering shrubs. 



Messrs. Peed, Streatham, sent alpine plants. 



Messrs. Waterer, Bagshot, brought Rhododendrons. 



Mrs. G. F. Wilson, Heatherbank, Weybridge, sent Blue Primroses. 



Mrs. W. H. Burns, North Mymms Park, Hatfield (gr. Mr. Fielder), 

 sent some beautiful seedling Hippeastrums, including a pure white one, 

 and others almost pure white. 



Mr. G. Riley, Oakfield, Walton-on-Thames, sent a curious Calceolaria 

 in which the flowers had sported two distinct colours on the same plant. 

 It was referred to the Scientific Committee. 



Mr. Milcham, Leatherhead, brought Hippeastrum ' Arthur T. Miller.' 



From the State Botanic Garden, Brussels, came two new plants from 

 the Congo, viz. Ficus Dryepondtiana and Sansevieria Laurentii, which 

 the Committee asked to see again. 



Mr. T. S. Timmis, Cleveley, Allerton, sent large blooms of Lapageria. 



Messrs. Cuthbert, Southgate, staged Magnolia cordata 



Floeal Committee", April 17, 1906. 



Mr. W. Marshall, V.M.H., in the Chair, and twenty-one members 



present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Gold Medal. 



To Major Holford, CLE., C.V.O., Westonbirt, Tetbury (gr. Mr. 

 Chapman), for a superb collection of Hippeastrums. 



To Messrs. Cutbush, Highgate, for a wonderful display of hardy 

 plants. 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 

 To Mrs. W. H. Burns, North Mymms Park, Hatfield (gr. Mr. Fielder), 

 for a unique group of white-flowered Hippeastrums. 

 To Messrs. Cuthbert, Southgate, for forced shrubs. 



Silver-gilt Banhsian Medal. 



To Leopold de Rothschild, Esq., Ascott, Leighton Buzzard (gr 

 Mr. Jennings), for Malmaison Carnations. 



