CXXxiv PEOCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



EoYAL International Horticultural Exhibition, 1912. 

 Floral Committee, May 22. 

 Mr. H. B. May, V.M.H., in the Chair, and nine members present. 



Awards Recommended 



. First-class Certificate. 



To Leptospermum scoparium Nichollii (votes, unanimous), from 

 Eev. A. T. Boscawen, Long Eock, Cornwall. An erect greenhouse 

 shrub of great beauty, from New Zealand. The flowers are of a bright 

 carmine-crimson, and are borne in great profusion on thin twiggy 

 purplish shoots. The petals are rounded, and in the centre of the 

 flower is a darker ring of colour partly covered by the numerous 

 stamens. The leaves are small, sessile, and linear-lanceolate. 

 (Fig. 96.) 



Award of Merit. 



To Begonia * Princess Victoria Louise ' (votes, unanimous), from 

 Messrs. Blackmore & I^angdon, Bath. A very beautiful double pale 

 salmon-pink variety of large size. The flowers measure 6 inches across | 

 and the petals are very full. A striking feature is the great depth of 

 the flower. The plant is free-flowering and vigorous in growth. 



To Calceolaria x Veitchii (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. E. 

 Veitch, Exeter. A remarkable greenhouse perennial, obtained as the 

 result of a cross between Calceolaria alba and an unnamed albino seed- 

 ling from C. ' Golden Glory.' It has a strong bushy habit of growth 

 and shiny serrated lanceolate leaves. The flowers, which are borne 

 in great abundance, are milk-white in colour. The plants grow to the 

 height of 3 feet during the first season, but when grown on they reach 

 to 4 or 5 feet in height. (Fig. 97.) 



To Celmisia spectahilis argentea (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Bees, Liverpool. A new plant, introduced from New Zealand. The 

 flower scapes, which are covered with tomentum, are about 15 inches 

 high, and each carries an aster-like flower 3 inches in diameter, having 

 the ray florets pure white, and the disc florets yellow. The lanceolate 

 leaves are about 8 inches long, and are covered on the upper surface 

 with silky tomentum, and on the under side with thick white felt. 



To Deutzia Veitchii (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. J. Veitch, 

 Chelsea. A new and perfectly hardy Chinese shrub, with finely ser- 

 rated lanceolate leaves. The flowers, which are borne in corymbs, are 

 of a beautiful rose-pink and measure 1 inch across when fully open. 

 The bright yellow anthers are borne on petaloid filaments. The plant 

 is said to force well. (Fig. 98.) 



To EremurVrS x Tuhergenii (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. E. 

 Wallace, Colchester. A very handsome hybrid raised by Mr. Van 

 Tubergen. The pure bright yellow flowers with orange anthers are 

 borne in dense bold spikes 18 inches long, which are supported on stout 

 stems of good height. 



