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PROCEEDINGS 



OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL 



SOCIETY. 



Guildford Hardy Plant Nursery, Guildford : hardy plants, 



Mr. Hemsley, Crawley : alpines. 



Misses Hopkins, Sliepperton : hardy plants. 



Messrs. Mount, Canterbury : Eoses. 



Messrs. Peed, Mitch am : alpines. 



Mr. Prichard, Christchurch : hardy plants. 



Mr. Pulham, Elsenham : rock plants. 



Messrs. Ware, Feltham : alpines. 



Messrs. Wells, Merstham : Carnations. 



Messrs. Whitelegg & Page, Chislehurst : Primulas and alpines. 

 Messrs. Young, Cheltenham : Carnations. 



Floral Committee, March 5, 1912. 



Mr. H. B. May, V.M.H., in the Chair, and twenty-five members 



present. 



Awards Recommended 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. Carter, Paynes Park, for a spring bulb garden. 

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



Silver-gilt Banksian Medal. 

 To Mr. L. R. Russell, Richmond, for Azaleas. 

 To Messrs. Sutton, Reading, for Hyacinths. 



Silver Flora Medal. 

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

 To Messrs. Cutbush, Highgate, for Carnations, Hyacinths, &c. 

 To Messrs. W. Paul, Waltham Cross, for flowering Peaches, 

 Almonds, and Camellias. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Barr, Covent Garden, for hardy bulbous plants. 

 To Adeline Duchess of Bedford (gr. Mr. J. Dickson), Chenies, 

 Rickmansworth, for Primulas. 



To Mr. C. Elliott, Stevenage, for alpines. 



To Messrs. May, Upper Edmonton, for Clematis and ferns. 



Bronze Flora Medal. 

 To Mr. C. Engelmann, Saffron Walden, for Carnations. 

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



Award of Merit. 



To Azalea ' Blushing Bride ' (votes, 15 for), from Messrs Veitch, 

 Chelsea. This charming free -flowering variety is a sport from 

 Azalea Vervaeniana. The plant is of good habit and has tough foliage. 

 The flowers lare double (and measure 3 inches /across. They are 

 of a delicate pink colour and are particularly pretty in the bud state. 

 (Pig. 41.) 



