Xciv PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Messrs. de Rothschild, Acton, showed flowers of Magnolia 

 conspicua. 



Mr. Fitt, Panshanger, Herts, sent flowers of the somewhat 

 rarely flowered Beaumontia grandiflora. Flowers large and 

 creamy white. (Bot. Mag. t. 3213.) 



Floral Committee, April 19, 1892. 



W. Marshall, Esq., in the Chair, and twelve members present. 

 Awards Recommended:— 



Silver BanJcsian Medal. 

 To the Guildford Hardy Plant Nursery for a group of Alpine 

 Plants. 



Bronze Banksian Medal. 

 To C. E. Smith, Esq., Silvermere, Cobham (gardener, Mr. 

 Quarterman), for a group of Guelder Roses (cut flowers). 



First Glass Certificate. 

 To Grevillea robusta elegantissima (votes, 7 for), from Messrs. 

 J. Veitch & Sons. A good table plant, with more slender foliage 

 than the type. 



To Astilbe Thunbergii (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Jas. 

 Veitch & Sons. A white-flowered species, in habit like A. palmata. 



To Rhododendron racemosum (votes, 6 for), from Messrs. J. 

 Veitch & Sons. A dwarf and hardy Chinese Rhododendron, with 

 rosy-pink flowers. 



Award of Merit. 



To Hippeastrum (Amaryllis) Sylvia (votes, 6 for), from Messrs. 

 J. Veitch & Sons. A hybrid from H. reticulatum. 



To Hippeastrum (Amaryllis) Charles Penny (votes, unani- 

 mous), from the Viscountess Hambledon, Greenlands, Henley- 

 on-Thames. Large crimson-scarlet flowers. 



Other Exhibits. 



Mr. W. H. Divers, Stamford, exhibited plants of double 

 Violet Queen Victoria, Primrose Gilbert's Harbinger, and the 

 old single white variety. 



