FLORAL COMMITTEE, APEIL 20. 



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Bronze Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Cannell, Swanley, for Zonal Pelargoniums. 



To Messrs. Sutton, Beading, for Italian Hyacinths and Freesias. 



Bronze Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Dobbie, Rothesay, for Pansies, &c. 



To the Guildford Hardy Plant Nursery, for alpines. 



To Messrs. Ware, Feltham, for alpines. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Bougainvillea ' Rosa Catelina ' (votes, unanimous), from Colonel 

 Petre, Westwick House, Norwich. A very free-flowering variety, with 

 large bracts of a bright rosy- scarlet. Flowers borne on arching stems. 

 Introduced from Las Palmas, Grand Canary. 



To Primula Forrestii (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Bees, Liver- 

 pool. A new species collected by Mr. Forrest on the limestone cliffs of 

 Yunnan, at an altitude of 9000 feet. Umbels of dark yellow drooping 

 flowers, half-inch across, with a faint zone of orange round the eye. 

 Leaves elliptic, cordate, crenate ; petioles lcng. The whole * plant 

 glandular hairy. Said to be quite hardy at Liverpool. (Fig. 23.) 



Award of Merit, 



To Auricula ' Admiration ' (votes, unanimous), from Mr. J. Douglas, 

 V.M.H., Great Bookham. Good circular white-centred alpine. Violet, 

 shading off to the light-blue edge. Well-formed truss. 



To Auricula ' Claud Halcro ' (votes, unanimous). Another alpine 

 variety from Mr. Douglas. Beautiful golden centre. Rich maroon, 

 shading off to light red. Enormous truss, with large, well-formed pips. 



To Auricula ' Robert Bruce ' (votes, 18 for, 4 against), from the same 

 raiser. Large, beautifully proportioned flower. Centre white ; ground 

 colour dark purple fading to heliotrope, a somewhat unusual colour 

 among alpine auriculas. Good truss. 



To Auricula ' Ulleswater ' (votes, 22 for, 1 against), from Mr. Douglas. 

 Large white-centred alpine. Flowers of very good form. Ground colour 

 purple, gradually shading to heliotrope. 



To Malmaison Carnation ' Lady Coventry ' (votes, 16 for, 1 against), 

 from Messrs. Cutbush, Highgate. Flower about i.\ inches across, cerise, 

 strongly clove- scented. The calyx is weak, and the flower too large for 

 the stems, which require the support of wires. 



To Hippeastru?7i 'Pinkie' (votes, unanimous), from Lieut.-Colonel 

 Holford, C.V.O., CLE., Westonbirt. Flowers rather small, but of excellent 

 form ; white, veined and shaded rosy-scarlet ; throat tinged with green ; 

 2 feet high, robust. 



To Hippeastrum 1 Gracchus ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Veitch, 

 Chelsea. Large, well-formed flower, bright scarlet, shading to crimson 

 in the throat ; perianth-segments broad, of good substance ; vigorous. 



To Saxifraga decipiens hybrida grandifiora (votes, unanimous), 

 from Mr. T. Kitley, Bath. A beautiful crimson variety of Saxifraga 

 decipiens. 



