Cxviii PEOCEEDINGS OF THE KOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



A. Gordon Russell, Esq., Islip, Oxford, sent Petunias. 

 Mrs. A. E. Sprier, Belair, Dulwich, sent a double-flowered sport of a 

 Trop^olum, with claret-coloured flowers. 



Mr. F. H. Bradley, Peterborough, brought Rose ' Kathleen Burdock.' 



Messrs. W. Bull, Chelsea, staged English and Spanish Irises. 



Messrs. Cripps, Tunbridge Wells, brought flowering and foliage trees. 



Miss Hemus, Upton-on- Severn, sent Sweet Peas. 



Miss Hopkins, Knutsford, staged hardy flowers. 



Mr. H. B. May, Edmonton, brought Zonal Pelargoniums. 



'Messrs. Peed, Streatham, staged alpine plants. 



Mr. L. R. Russell, Richmond, sent Dimorphanthus. 



Mr. R. Farrer, Clapham, Lanes., brought alpine plants. 



Floeal Committee, July 10, 1906, at Holland House. 

 Mr. W. Marshall, V.M.H., in the Chair, and thirty members present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



First-class Certificate. 



To Osmtinda Mayi (votes, unanimous), from Mr. H. B. May, 

 Edmonton. A very handsome form of Osmunda jMlustris. The pinnules 

 are more crowded than in the type, and are lined with white marks. 



Award of Merit. 



To Rose ' Queen of Spain ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Bide, 

 Farnham. A Hybrid Tea raised from seed of ' Antoine Rivoire.' Flowers 

 largo, well shaped, with substantial petals of a soft pale pink shading to a 

 paler shade with age. Apparently a good vigorous variety. 



To Begonia ' Miss May Sutton ' (votes, unanimoas), from Messrs. 

 Blackmore & Langdon, Bath. A tuberous variety with large double 

 flowers of a pleasing pale pink shade of colour. 



To Begonia * Purity ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Blackmore & 

 Langdon. A medium-sized double white-flowered variety, of perfect form. 

 This is one of the best tuberous varieties we have seen. 



To Pelargonium ' Hector Piacomelli ' (votes, 10 for, 4 against), from 

 Messrs. Cuthbert, Southgate. An Ivy-leaved variety with large semi- 

 double flowers, with pinkish ground colour, marked with deep red. 



To Chrysanthemum maximum var. * Mrs. Charles Lowthian Bell ' 

 (votes, unanimous), from Mr. Dowson, Middlesbrough. The finest variety we 

 have seen. The flowers are of the usual type, but very large without being 

 coarse. 



To Davallia Mayii (votes, unanimous), from Mr. H. B. May, 

 Edmonton. A seedling from D. elegans, but having larger and broader 

 pinnules than that variety. An elegant variety. 



To Eiistoma [Lisianthus) Eythropense (votes, 11 for, 1 against) 

 from Miss Rothschild, Eythrop (gr. Mr. Gibbs). This was stated to be 

 a hybrid from Eustoma Bussellianum x Exacum macranthum. The 

 flowers of this pretty greenhouse plant are similar in shape and colour 



