FLORAL COMMITTEE, MARCH 5. 



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To Corylopsis warleyensis (votes, unanimous), from Miss Willmott, 

 V.M.H., F.L.S. (gr. Mr. C. E. Fielder, Y.M.H.)' Warley Place, 

 Great Warley. A very graceful hardy shrub, introduced from China 

 by Mr. E. H. Wilson, V.M.H. The flowers appear before the leaves 

 and are borne in numerous pendulous racemes about 2 inches in 

 length. Each flower is about f inch in diameter and is pale-green in 

 colour. Ovate bracts of a similar shade, covered with silky hairs on 

 the concave side, sheath each flower. The habit of the plant resembles 

 that of the Hazel and the flowers have a very pleasant scent. 



To Pteris Parkeri (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Parker, Oak- 



FiG. 41. — Azalea 'Blushing Bride.' (Veifch.) (p. Ivi.) 



leigh Eoad, Whetstone, London, N. This most useful and beautiful 

 fern has apparently been raised from spores of P. serrulata. It is of 

 a deep-green colour, and is especially noticeable for the "breadth of its 

 pinnae, which generally measure about 1^ inches across and 6 inches 

 long. They are serrated at the margins and slightly crinkled. 



To Ehododendron * Cornubia ' (votes, 15 for, 1 against), from 

 Messrs. Gill, Penryn, Cornwall. This plant is said to be a cross 

 between R. Shilsonii and B. arboreuni. The flowers are freely pro- 

 duced in large trusses and are of a deep-red colour. They are bell- 

 shaped and measure about 2| inches across. 



