FLOEAL COMMITTEE, MAY 22. 



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To Hydrangea Sargentii (votes, unanimous), from Hon. Vicary 

 GibLs (gr. Mr. E. Beckett, Y.M.H.), Elstree, and Messrs. J. Veitch, 

 Chelsea. A new species collected in Western China by Mr. E. H. 

 Wilson, V.M.H. The inflorescence consists of numerous pale lilac 

 fertile flowers and from eight to ten pure white sterile flowers which 

 measure If inch across and stand well out from the corymb. The 

 leaves are large, dark green above and paler beneath, and are covered 

 on both surfaces with hairs. The stems are also covered with hairs. 

 The plants exhibited were^ about 4 feet in height. 



To Iris squaJens ' Nibelungen ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Barr, Taplow. A large, handsome variety, growing about 20 inches 

 high, and having the standards fawn-yellow and the falls violet-purple 

 with a fawn margin. (Fig. 99.) 



To Iris variegata 'Ossian ' (votes, 6 for), from Messrs. Barr, Tap- 

 low. A large and beautiful Iris, growing about 2| feet high, and having 

 the standards canary-yellow and the falls light claret-red veined with 

 yellow and purple. 



To Lastrea patens Mayi (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. H. B. 

 May, Upper Edmonton. A very highly decorative fern, having very 

 plumose and finely dissected light-green fronds o'f great beauty. 

 (Fig. 110.) 



To Leptospermum scoparium Boscawenii (votes, unanimous), from 

 Eev. A. T. Boscawen, Long Eock, Cornwall. A most graceful, free- 

 flowering greenhouse shrub from New Zealand, similar in habit to the 

 variety described above, but having white sessile flowers, deeply tinged 

 with bright rose. The rosy buds are exceptionally pretty and the 

 linear-lanceolate sessile leaves are about f inch long. The individual 

 flowers measure 1 inch across. 



To Lilium davuricum luteum (votes, 8 for), from Mr. A. Eerry, 

 Enfield. The flowers of this charming Japanese lily are rich yellow, 

 prettily mottled with reddish-brown in the interior. The plant grows 

 from 21 to 3 feet in height. (Fig. 100.) 



To Lilium myriophyllum (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. E. 

 Wallace, Colchester. A beautiful hardy lily introduced from China. 

 Its flowers are like those of L. Brownii in shape. The segments of 

 the perianth are creamy- white flushed with pink, and the interior of 

 the throat is yellow. The anthers are bright orange in colour, and the 

 leaves are narrow and about 4 inches long. (Fig. 101.) 



To Oxalis enneaphylla rosea (votes, 3 for, 1 against), from Mr. C. 

 •Elliott, Stevenage. This charming dwarf rock plant was collected by 

 the exhibitor in the Falkland Islands, and has large rose-coloured 

 flowers measuring from 1 to 1^ inches across. The foliage is similar 

 to that of the type. (Fig. 102.) 



To Polypodium glaucum Hillii, from Messrs. Hill, Lower Edmon- 

 ton. A very pretty sport from P. glaucum, producing spores from 

 which it can be raised easily. 



To Polypodium Vidgenii (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. May, 

 Upper Edmonton. A lovely epiphytic species from Queensland, 



