CXXXviii PROCEEDINGS OF THE KOYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Messrs. Veitch, Chelsea : Philadelphia 1 Banniere ' and Aristolochia 

 heterophylla. 



Messrs. Whitelegg and Page, Chislehurst : alpines. 

 Miss Willmott, Warley : Cheiranthus Allioni hybrida. 



Floral Committee, Temple Show, May 25, 26, 27, 1909. 



Mr. Wm. Marshall, V.M.H., in the chair, and twenty-four members 



present. 



[For awards of cups and medals made by the Council after consultation 

 with the Judges, see p. xciv]. 



Awards Recommended. 



Award of Merit. 



To Begonia 'Pink Pearl' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Blackmore 

 and Langdon, Bath. A very compact and free-flowering variety, with 

 flowers of good form, 4 inches across, salmon-pink, and of good substance. 



To Carnation ' Carola ' (votes unanimous), from Mr. E. Engelmann, 

 Saffron Walden. Flowers large, rather flat. Petals somewhat crowded in 

 centre but loose towards the outside, coarsely indented. It is slightly 

 clove scented, and of a beautiful deep crimson. Calyx good, and flowers 

 borne on stout, rigid stems. / 



To Iris ' Sir Dighton Probyn ' (votes, 11 for, 1 against), from Mr. 

 Amos Perry, Enfield. A hybrid raised by the late Sir Michael Foster 

 from I. iberica x I. pallida. Leaves ensiform, 18 inches high at 

 flowering time. Stem 2 feet high, 2 or 3 flowered. Falls 3 inches long 

 and 2 inches wide, broadly spathulate, purple, shading off paler towards 

 the haft, and lined with deep purple. Beard broader than in pallida, orange, 

 ending in a signal patch of purple. Standards 3J inches long and 2 \ inches 

 broad, orbicular, narrowing gradually to the slender claw, mauve, lined at 

 edge, and shaded on sides of claw with brownish purple. Style arms 

 2 inches long, § inch wide, pale purple, tinged with brown. 



To Iris ' Sir Trevor Lawrence ' (votes, 10 for, 3 against), from Mr. A 

 Perry, Enfield. Another of the late Sir Michael Foster's hybrids, with 

 the same parentage as the foregoing. Standards, 3 inches long and 

 broad, narrowing suddenly to the claw, mauve, faintly lined at the edge 

 with pale purple. Falls 3 inches long and 2 inches broad, mauve, slightly 

 darker than standards, tinged and lined purple near haft. Beard broad, 

 yellow. Style arms mauve, tinged rose. Spathe valves scarious as in 

 I. pallida. 



To Ficus australis variegata (votes, 6 for, 1 against), from Messrs. 

 Sander, St. Albans. The plants exhibited were about 9 inches high. 

 Leaves narrowly ovate, 4 inches long, creamy yellow, with an irregular 

 zone of green about the midrib. 



To Marguerite ' White Perfection ' (votes, 7 for, 1 against), from 

 Messrs. Clark, Dover. A white sport from ' Queen Alexandra,' having 

 flat flower heads 3^ inches in diameter, with a sulphur centre. Vigorous 

 and free flowering, the flowers lasting for a considerable time. 



