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To Messrs. Olark, Dover, for hardy plants. 



To Miss Hopkins, Shepperton, for aipines. 



To Messrs. Geo. Jackman, Woking, for hardy plants. 



To Messrs. Kelway, Langport, for Pyrethrums. 



To Messrs. W. Artindale, Sheffield, for Violas and hardy plants. 



Award of Merit. 



To Carnation ' Edith Waters ' (votes, unanimous), from Mr. 0. F. 

 Waters, Balcombe. A large -flowered tree variety, having blooms of 

 bright cerise borne on long stiff stems. The calyx showed an inclina- 

 tion to split. 



To Carnation ' Mrs. E. Martin Smith ' (votes, unanimous), from 

 Mr. C. Blick, Hayes. A large, pure white border carnation with a 

 slight fragrance. The stems appeared to be rather weak. 



To Carnation ' Queen Mary ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 W. Cutbush, Highgate. A cross between border carnation * Agnes 

 Sorrel ' and tree carnation ' The President, ' having large deep maroon- 

 crimson flowers strongly clove-scented. The stems were strong and 

 the calyx good. 



To Clivia ' King George V.' (votes, unanimous), from Mr. Miller, 

 Wisbech. A honey-yellow flowered variety. 



To Heliotrope ' Favourite ' (votes, unanimous), from the King's 

 Acre Nurseries, Hereford. A very large-flowered and sweetly scented 

 variety. The foliage was large and the plants were about 18 inches; 

 high and of very bushy habit. 



To Iris ' Italia (votes, 16 for, 2 against), from Messrs. E. W^al- 

 lace, Colchester. One of the late Sir Michael Foster's large-flowered 

 hybrids, having the falls lilac-purple and the standard bluish-purple. 



To Iris ' Isoline ' (votes, 12 for), from Messrs. E. Wallace, Col- 

 chester. A large-flowered hybrid from the same raiser, having the 

 standards and falls of pale mauve margined with bronze and the 

 beard of bright orange. (Fig. 132.) 



To Mertensia echioides var. elongata (votes, 18 for), from Messrs. 

 Bakers, Wolverhampton. A plant 9 inches to 1 foot in height, having 

 a bushy habit and hairy leaves. Flowers abundant, of light marine- 

 blue and about ^ inch across. (Fig. 133.) 



To Pelargonium ' White Queen ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 J. Veitch, Chelsea. A free-flowering, pure white Pelargonium of 

 bushy habit. 



To Pyrethrum ' Snow Queen ' (votes unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Kelway, Langport. A large, pure white, single variety, with yellow 

 centre. 



To Rohinia Kelseyi (votes, 13 for, 3 against), from Messrs. Eobert 

 Veitch, Exeter. A North American shrub of compact habit, with 

 rose-coloured flowers borne on short racemes. (Fig. 134.) 



To Sweet Pea ' Marjorie Hemus ' (votes, 9 for, 3 against), from 

 Miss Hemus, Upton-on-Severn. A large waved heliotrope Sweet Pea. 



