FLORAL COMMITTEE, JUNE 4. 



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First-class Certificate. 



To Elaeocarpus cyaneus (reticulatus) (votes, unanimous), from 

 Messrs. J. Veitch, Chelsea. A delightful cool-greenhouse evergreen 

 shrub from Australia bearing very freely in axillary racemes drooping 

 white Soldanella-like flowers with beautifully fringed petals. The dark 

 green leaves are oblong-lanceolate in shape, serrated and netted with 

 veins, and the wood of the shrub is of a dull purplish colour. 

 (Fig. 105.) 



Award of Merit. 



To Carnation * Attraction ' (votes, unanimous), from Mr. 0. Blick, 

 Hayes. A beautiful pure white border variety of good shape and size. 

 It is slightly scented. 



To Carnation * Margaret Lennox ' (votes, unanimous), from Mr. J. 

 Douglas, Great Bookham. Another border variety of great excellence 

 with a pure yellow ground and having a deep rosy-crimson edging to 

 the petals. The flowers are of perfect form and of good size. 



To Carnation * Queen Mary ' (votes, 10 for), from Mr. C. Blick, 

 Hayes. A magnificent deep salmon rose border variety of remarkable 

 size and of beautiful form. It is a vigorous grower and is one of the 

 most fragrant Carnations in existence at the present time. (Fig. 106.) 



To Delphinium * Dusky Monarch ' (votes, 13 for, 5 against), from 

 Messrs. Kelway, Langport. A very robust variety having large tall 

 spikes of deep violet purple flowers, which each measure 2^ inches 

 across. 



To Gladiolus * Eosina ' (votes, 13 for, 2 against), from Mr. C. B. 

 Blampied, St. Martins, Guernsey. A very pretty graceful variety 

 raised by crossing an unnamed hybrid with Gladiolus ' General Scot. ' 

 The flowers are pale pink with crimson and cream blotches on the lower 

 petals. It is said to be of medium height and should prove most useful 

 for market work. 



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

 Swanley. This splendid * Zonal ' is a seedling from the well-known 

 * Paul CrampeL ' It bears tremendous trusses of deep rosy-pink 

 flowers with a white centre. It is a free bloomer and a vigorous 

 grower. 



To Silene Hooheri (votes, 17 for), from Messrs. T. S. Ware, 

 Feltham, Middlesex. A pretty decumbent perennial from California. 

 The flowers measure about 2 inches across and are pale rosy-pink in 

 colour. Two parallel white ridges run along the middle of the claw 

 and terminate in white teeth at the blade. The leaves are hairy, 

 narrow and from 2 to 3 inches long. (Fig. 107.) 



To Sweet Pea ' Dobbie's Lavender George Herbert ' (votes, 18 for), 

 from Messrs. Dobbie, Edinburgh. The flowers of this charming 

 variety are bluish lavender in colour and of good size. They are borne 

 mostly in fours. The stock of this Sweet Pea has now been fixed, and 

 can be relied upon to come true to type. 



To Sweet Pea ' Dobbie's Thomas Stevenson ' (votes, unanimous), 



