Floral committee, maIich 19. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

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

 To Messrs. Cannell, Swanley, for Pelargoniums. 

 To Messrs. Gill, Falmouth, for Ehododendrons. 

 To Messrs. Low, Bush Hill Park, for Carnations and greenhouse 

 plants. 



To Messrs. May, Upper Edmonton, for ferns and flowering plants. 

 To Miss Ough, Streatham Common, for floral paintings. 



Bronze Flora Medal. 

 To Mr. J. Box, Lindfield, for hardy plants. 



Bronze Banksian Medal. 

 To Mrs. Charrington (gr. Mr. Hawthorn), By fleet, for Cyclamen. 

 To Messrs. Cheal, Crawley, for rock garden. 

 To Messrs. Cuthbert, Southgate, for forced shrubs. 

 To Lady Holland (gr. Mr. Goldstone), Eoyston, for Amaryllis, 

 To Mr. G. Eeuthe, Keston, for hardy plants. 

 To Messrs. Ware, Feltham, for rock garden. 



Award of Merit. 



To Abies Douglasii Fletcheriana (votes, 17 for, 3 against), from 

 Messrs. Fletcher Bros., Ottershaw, Chertsey. A very remarkable 

 dwarf conifer, raised from seed of A. Douglasii. The tree, which is 

 sixteen years old, is not more than a foot in height, and the growth, 

 which is very dense, forms a neat roundish head about 12 inches 

 across. The foliage is similar in colour and shape to that of its parent, 

 but much smaller. The slow growth and compact dwarf habit should 

 render it a very useful tree for the rock garden. 



To Corylopsis Veitchiana (votes, 18 for), from Hon. Vicary Gibbs 

 (gr. Mr. E. Beckett, Y.M.H.), Elstree. A new shrub introduced 

 from China by Mr. E. H. Wilson, V.M.H. The seed was sown in the 

 spring of 1908. The plant is of erect and symmetrical growth, and the 

 pendulous racemes of greenish flowers are about 2 inches in length 

 and are borne more freely than on C. spicata. The sheathing bracts 

 are almost of the same greenish colour. The brown anthers give a 

 pleasing touch of colour to the flowers, which open before the foliage 

 develops. (Fig. 42.) 



To Hippeastrum * Musigny ' (votes, unanimous), from Lord 

 Eothschild, Tring. A magnificent deep-crimson variety with stiff seg- 

 ments. The plant exhibited carried four flowers on a scape. 



To Hippeastrum ' Eose du Barry ' (votes, unanimous), from Lord 

 Eothschild, Tring. This variety has very large flowers measuring 

 6 inches across. They are of excellent shape and of a charming and 

 uncommon shade of very bright rose. The scape on the plant shown 

 carried four blooms. 



To Primula Knuthiana (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Veitch, 

 Chelsea. A new hardy species collected by Mr. W. Purdom on the 

 mountains of Tai-pei-Shan, in the province of Shensi, North China. 



