CCxliv PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



FLORAL COMMITTEE. 



September 14, 1909. 



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



present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Carter Page, London Wall, E.C., for Dahlias. 

 To Messrs. G. Paul, Cheshunt, for ornamental foliage. 

 To Mr. L. E. Russell, Eichmond, for Bamboos. 



Silver-gilt Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Burrell, Cambridge, for Gladioli. 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. May, Upper Edmonton, for Gymnogrammes. 

 To Mr. S. Mortimer, Eowledge, Farnham, for Dahlias. 

 To Mrs. Matthews, Anerley, for Vallota purpurea. 

 To Mr. J. T. West, Brentwood, for Dahlias. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Mr. M. Prichard, Christchurch, for hardy plants. 



Bronze Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Cannell, Swanley, for Dahlias. 



To Messrs. Cheal, Crawley, for Dahlias and herbaceous plants. 



To Messrs. Ware, Feltham, for Asters and Dahlias. 



Bronze Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Barr, Covent Garden, for herbaceous plants and Eucalypti. 

 To Messrs. Cutbush, Highgate, for hardy flowers. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mrs. Matthews, Anerley, for well-grown specimens of Vallota 

 purpurea. 



Aivard of Merit. 



To Chrysanthemum ' Leslie ' (votes, 12 for), from Messrs. Wells, 

 Merstham. An early-flowering variety, with flowers 3 inches in 

 diameter, of good substance, and rich chrome yellow in colour, slightly 

 deeper in centre, of bushy habit, and about two feet in height. 



To Dahlia ' Ed. Mawley ' (votes, 7 for, 1 against), from Mr. C. Turner, 

 Slough. A large ' show ' variety, with perfectly formed flowers of a rich 

 crimson (fig. 144). 



