cclx PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Award of Merit. 



To Chrysanthemum ' J. B. Lowe ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Jones, Lewisham. A single variety, with large flowers of a brilliant 

 crimson ; florets broad, pointed, curled at the tips ; produces large 

 flowers in abundance, on long rigid stems. (Fig. 154.) 



To Chrysanthemum ' Mensa ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Jones. 

 Flowers large, of fine form, the florets being arranged in a perfect circle, 

 and very flat and broad. Pure white. 



To Chrysanthemum ' Miss Lilian Bullivant ' (votes, unanimous), from 

 Mrs. Bullivant, Beckenham. A small, free-flowering, single variety, of a 

 pale creamy-yellow. 



Fig. 155. — Nephrolepis splendeks. (May.) 



To Chrysanthemum ' Mrs. W. Buckingham ' (votes, unanimous), from 

 Mr. L. R. Russell, Richmond. A single variety, with large, well-formed 

 flowers, of a soft pink colour. The stems are very rigid. 



To Nephrolepis splendens (votes, 14 for, 1 against), from Messrs. 

 May, Edmonton. Said to be the result of crossing two garden forms — 

 N. Bausei and N. recurvata. The pinnae fall away from the rachis, as in 

 the latter, but have the fringed character of the former parent. (Fig. 155.) 



To Pelargonium ' His Majesty' (votes, unanimous), from Mr. W. H. 

 Page, Hampton. Flowers very large, rich scarlet, with a conspicuous 

 white eye. The trusses are large, and very freely produced on plants of 

 compact growth. 



Other Exhibits. 



R. Barclay, Esq., Dorking : Chrysanthemums. 

 Messrs. Bath, Wisbech : Chrysanthemums. 



