Ixii. PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



To Mr. L. E. Eassell, Eichinond, for Clematis, &c. 



To Messrs. Veitch, Chelsea, for Cinerarias and Primulas. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

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

 To Messrs. Canneil, Swanley, for Pelargoniums. 

 To Messrs. F. Cant, Colchester, for Eoses. 

 To Messrs. Jackman, Woking, for hardy plants. 

 To Messrs. Jones, Lewisham, for Pelargoniums. 

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

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

 To Mr. G. Prince, Longworth, for Eoses. 

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

 To Messrs. Ware, Feltham, for a rockery. 

 To Messrs. Young, Cheltenham, for Carnations. 



Bronze Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. Pel ton, Hanover Square, for Lilacs. 

 To Messrs. Whitelegg & Page, Chislehurst, for hardy plants. 



Award of Merit. 



To Camellia cuspidata (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. J. Veitch, 

 Chelsea. A very handsome hardy evergreen shrub, introduced from 

 China by Mr. E. H. Wilson, V.M.H. The pure white single flowers 

 are produced in great abundance, and measure about 2 inches across. 

 The leaves are smooth, ovate-lanceolate, serrated, and dark green. 

 (Fig. 38.) 



To Pelargonium ' Ambrosea ' (votes, 14 for), from Mr. P. Ladds, 

 Swanley. A very useful free-flowering variety of good habit. The 

 flowers are exceptionaliy large and of a pleasing rose-pink colour 

 with white centres. (Fig. 39.) 



To Priw.ula Juliae (votes, unanimous), from Mr. W. G. Baker, 

 Botanic Garden, Oxford. This very interesting and rare Caucasian 

 Primula is quite hardy in this country, and has deep rosy-lilac flowers. 

 It is very free-flowering, and has small cordate leaves with crenated 

 margins. The plant is of tufted growth. Introduced from Jurjen, 

 August, 1910. (Fig. 40.) 



To Primula ' Mrs. James Douglas ' (votes, 14 for, 1 against), 

 from Mr. J. Douglas, Great Bookham. A delightful new Primula 

 somewhat resembling P. intermedia in habit and foliage. The flowers 

 are of a lovely deep shade of mauve, and measure over 1 inch across. 

 They have a pale yellow centre and are borne in a many-flowered 

 bunch. 



To Primula warleyensis (votes, 19 for), from Miss Willmott, 

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

 Great Warley, Essex.. This is a very pretty little Primula, collected 

 in China by Mr. E. H. Wilson, V.M.H. It grows about ^ inches 

 high and has rosy-lilac flowers measuring 1^ inch across, with 

 orange-brown centres. The calyx and the flower-stem are mealy. 

 The latter usually carries four flowers, The leaves are small, ovate, 



