xlviii PEOCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



FLORAL COMMITTEE. 



January 12, 1909. 



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



present. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Gold Medal 



To Messrs. Veitch, Chelsea, for stove and greenhouse plants. 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. May, Upper Edmonton, for ferns. 

 To Mr. W. H. Page, Hampton, for Carnations and Lilies. 



Silver Flora Medal. 

 To Mr. L. E. Russell, Richmond, for Bertolonias, &c. 



Silver Bariksian Medal. 

 To Mr. H. Burnett, Guernsey, for Carnations. 

 To Messrs. Cutbush, Highgate, for alpines, &c. 

 To Messrs. Low, Bush Hill Park, for Carnations, &c. 



Award of Merit. 



To Begonia 1 Patrie ' (votes, 13 for, 2 against), from Messrs. Lemoine, 

 Nancy. In general appearance suggestive of B. 'Gloire de Lorraine,' with 

 small flowers, almost wholly male, freely and continuously borne as in 

 that variety, but duller in colour, old rose instead of bright pink, and 

 more compact and neat both in general habit and in flower trusses. 

 Derived from B. socotrana $ x B. Pearcei var. $ . (Fig. 20.) 



To Chrysanthemum 'Maud Allan' (votes, 19 for, 3 against), from 

 Mr. N. Molyneux, Rookesbury Park Gardens, Wickham. A late-flowering 

 pure white decorative Japanese variety, with narrow florets. Undisbudded 

 sprays were exhibited to show its good habit and floriferousness. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Barr, Covent Garden : alpines. 

 Mr. F. H. Chapman, Rye : Freesias. 

 Misses Hopkins, Shepperton : alpines. 



Mr. F. Lilley, Guernsey : Chrysanthemum ' New Year Yellow.' 

 Messrs. Peed, Streatham : alpines. 



A. Sutton, Esq., Reading: Cyclamen per sicum, collected corms. 



