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Exeter. This plant received an Award of Merit on July 18, 1911. For 

 description and plate see vol. xxxvii., p. cxlv. 



Award of Merit. 



To Astilhe ' Ehenania ' (votes, unanimous), from Mr. W. Profittlich, 

 Twickenham. A bright rosy-pink variety, of stiff and vigorous habit, 

 obtained as the result of a cross between * Queen Alexandra ' and 

 A. Arendsii ' Ceres.' It is perfectly hardy and very free-flowering. 



To Crossandra undulaefolia (votes, unanimous), from Sir Trevor 

 Lawrence, Bart. (gr. Mr. Bain), Burford, Dorking. An erect growing 

 stove plant, with flowers of a rich orange-salmon colour. The flowers 



Fig. 119. — Nephrolepis exaltata muscosa. {May.) 



measure about If inch across, and have a remarkable flat five-cleft 

 limb to the corolla. The ovate-acuminate leaves are glossy and dark 

 green, and waved at the margin. The plant is about 18 inches higii, 

 and produces large numbers of flowers. (Fig. 123.) 



To Gladiolus ' Lang-Prim Hybrid Strain ' (votes, unanimous), from 

 jl Messrs. Kelway, Langport. This is quite a new strain of hybrid 

 If Gladioli, the majority of which are the result of crossing Gandavensis 

 hybrids with G. primulinus. They are most graceful in habit, and 



