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THJi rLOKIST AND 



POMOLOGIST. 



Mr. Homy Hooper, of Bath, second. With stands of twenty-four varieties, Mr. Eraser, of 

 Belmont, was first; and Mr. J. James, of Isleworth, second. Certificates were awarded to 

 Mr. W. Dean, Bradford Nursery, Shipley, Yorkshire ; and to Messrs. Downie, Laird, and 

 Laing, for stands of cut hlooms of Fancy Pansies, among them heing many blooms of great 

 excellence of seedlings. Mr. Dean had Princess of "Wales and Her Majesty, two light flowers ; 

 Prince of Wales and Princess Mary of Cambridge, two flowers of shaded crimson hues ; and 

 Creole, Admiration, and Princess Alice — all very distinct and promising. Messrs. Downie 

 and Co. had the- following seedling flowers : — Sulphur Queen, Gipsy Queen, Punch, Golden 

 Lion, H. 0. Nethercote, Asteroid, and Earl of Kosslyn, flowers of a promising character, and 

 which, no doubt, will be produced again. Certificates were also awarded to Mr. Turner for 

 a quantity of Auriculas, and to Mr. Treen, of Pugby, for cut Yerbenas. A fruiting branch 

 of Kapoleana imperialis was produced from the gardens at Syon House by Mr, Smith, said 

 to be a great rarity. 



Quo. 



AWARDS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY'S 

 FLORAL COMMITTEE. 

 February 25/$, 1863. 



Axo5Ctochilus argybjeus. — Mr. Bull [S.C.C.]. — A distinct species, with long narrow 

 leaves, green, marked by two longitudinal silvery lines and sometimes with the space 

 between them greyish, which is probably its fully developed condition. It is from Brazil. 



Azalea President Claeys. — Messrs. Yeitch & Son, Exeter and Chelsea [F.C.C.]. — 

 A very handsome variety with salmon-red flowers edged with white ; the margin broad and 

 well-defined, and the upper segment marked with rich rose crimson spotting. The blossoms 

 are of good form and substance. A very useful variety for ornamental purposes. 



Barkeria Skixxeri superba. — Messrs. Yeitch & Son [F.C.C.]. — A large-flowered 

 bright- coloured form of a well-known and very handsome Orchid. 



Cypbipedium Dayaxum.— John Day, Esq., Tottenham [F.C.C.]. — A handsome Bornean 

 species of Lady's Slipper, with large flowers and very finely -tessellated foliage. The acuminate 

 dorsal sepal is covered with green stripes, the lip is brown, and the petals are dark brown at 

 the base, and white stained with purple towards the tips. It was rewarded for its distinct- 

 ness and general ornamental qualities, but especially for the handsome variegation of its leaves. 



Hibiscus (? sp.) variegatus. — Messrs. Veitch & Son [Com.]. — A neatly variegated 

 warm greenhouse shrub from NeM r Caledonia, having the leaves freely blotched Avith grey 

 and tinted with pink, producing a singular and well-marked variegation. It looks as if it 

 might be a variegated form of H, rosa sinensis, checked in vigour by the variegation, but 

 has not yet flowered. 



Hollies.— -Mr. William Paul, Waltham Cross [Spec. Cer.].— This w r as a collection of 

 forty green and thirty-two variegated varieties of Holly, and was sent in illustration of a 

 paper read on this occasion before the Committee. 



Limatodes rosea alba. — Messrs. Low & Co., Clapton [S.C.C.]. — The species itself, 

 with its clear rose-coloured flowers, is one of the gayest of winter-flowering Orchids. The 

 present is a pure white variety, and therefore valuable for contrast. It has been obtained 

 from Mouhnein. 



Lycaste Skixneri. — Messrs. Yeitch & Son [Spec. C.]. — A collection of twelve varieties 

 of this very variable but most valuable winter-flowering greenhouse Orchid. 



Trichomanes anceps. — Mr. Bull [F.C.C.]. — A charming West Indian species of the 

 group of Filmy Ferns, remarkable for its large broad-surfaced fronds which are shining with 

 a metallic lustre ; pinnate, with the pinna? twice or thrice pinnatifid, the sori singularly 

 deflected. It is a plant of very great beauty. 



Yucca lineata lutea. — Mr. Bull, Chelsea [F.C.C.]. — A fine and distinct-looking 

 striped Yucca, related to quadricolor and Stokesii. The leaves have a glossy surface, and are 

 somewhat elbowed near the middle ; they have a clear yellow broad stripe down the centre, 

 sometimes breaking out into lines, and margined with dark green. Obtained from Mexico 

 through Mr. Eoezl. 



March 1863. 



Alocasia pictA. — Messrs. Veitch & Son. — From Brazil; a moderate-sized stove herb 

 with slender leafstalks and deflexed ovate leaves which are green, with white longitudinal 

 nerves slightly tinged with pink towards the base. 



Aucuba japoxica.— Mr. Standish [Spec. C.].— This was a very interesting item of the 

 Exhibition. There was first the true A. japonica in its normal green-leaved state, recently 

 obtained from Japan by Mr. Fortune ; this was a dense bush and had every branch terminated 

 by a bunch of female flowers, the species being dioecious, and this plant a female. There was 

 also a small plant, also recently imported, of a variegated variety like that commonly 



