clviii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Messrs. Eicli, Bath : Phloxes and Pentstemons. 



Miss Vickers, Eomsey : Delphiniums. 



Messrs. Webb & Brand, Saffron Walden : Hollyhocks. 



Floeal Committee, August 13, 1912. 

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



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 

 To Hon. Vicary Gibbs (gr. Mr. E. Beckett, V.M.H.), Elstree, for 

 cut trees and shrubs. 



Silver Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. Felton, Hanover Square, for Nelumbiums. 

 To Mr. L. E. Eussell, Eichmond, for Oelosias and Fuchsias. 

 To Messrs. Wallace, Colchester, for Montbretias. 

 To Messrs. Ware, Feltham, for Pentstemons, &c. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. May, Upper Edmonton, for Veronicas, &c. 



Bronze Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. Bide, Farnham, for Sweet Peas. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Montbretia ' Star of the East ' (votes, 13 for), from Mr. G. 

 Davison, Westwick, Norwich. This is a splendid acquisition, and is 

 undoubtedly the finest Montbretia yet raised. The flowers measure 

 4 inches across and are of a lovely golden-orange colour. The buds are 

 prettily tinged with scarlet. (Fig. 127.) 



Award of Merit. 



To Cosmos ' White Queen ' (votes, 9 for, 2 against), from Messrs. 

 Dobbie, Edinburgh. A beautiful white variety measuring 3^ inches in 

 diameter, with a yellow centre. The seed was sown in March and the 

 plants commenced to bloom on June 20. It will be much valued on 

 account of its early flowering habit and its suitability for cutting. 



To Kniphofia ' Unique ' (votes, 7 for, 2 against), from Messrs. 

 Wallace, Colchester. A most useful hardy plant, having numerous 

 dense racemes of beautiful dull scarlet flowers. It grows to the height 

 of 3 feet, and is of vigorous growth and early, free-flowering habit. It 

 is a hybrid of Kniphofia Nelsoni, which it resembles in the foliage and 

 slender spike. 



To Rhodostachys andina (votes, 6 for, 3 against), from J. T. 

 Bennett-Poe, Esq. (gr. Mr. Downes), Flolmewood, Cheshunt. A stove- 

 plant belonging to the Bromeliaceae, introduced from the Andes of 

 Chile in 1850. The rose-coloured flowers, which are each subtended 

 by an oval-oblong, cuspidate, toothed bract, are borne on a hemi- 



