ix PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



To Messrs. Thompson & Charman, Bushey, for hardy plants. 

 To Mr. C. Turner, Slough, for flowering shrubs. 

 To Messrs. Ware, Feltham, for hardy plants. 

 To Messrs. Waterer, Sons & Crisp, London, for hardy plants and 

 shrubs. 



To Messrs. Wills & Segar, Kensington, for greenhouse plants. 

 Award of Merit. 



To Rhododendron ' Littleworth Hybrid ' (votes, 17 for, 4 against) 

 from Miss Mangles, Littleworth, Farnham. A very fine Rhododendron 

 resembling R. argenteum. The truss exhibited carried about thirty 

 large campanulate sulphury-white flowers, having a small purple 

 blotch at the base of the bell. The anthers are mostly absent or 

 aborted, and the conspicuous stigma is pink. The leaves are large, 

 dark green above and silvery white beneath. 



To Soldanella pusilla alba (votes, 20 for), from Messrs. T. S. 

 Ware, Feltham. A charming little alpine, bearing white campanulate 

 flowers with neatly notched margins. There are violet markings in 

 the interior of each bell. The scape is usually one-flowered and about 

 3 inches tall. The leaves are cordate-reniform in shape. (Fig. 34.) 



To Trillium rivale (votes, 14 for), from Mr. J. Box, Hay wards 

 Heath. This plant is the smallest of the American Wood Lilies. The 

 small fl.owers are white, dotted with rose, and are borne on slender 

 stems about 3 inches high. 



Culhiral Commendation. 



To Mr. W. Bain (gr. to Elizabeth, Lady Lawrence, Dorking), 

 for blooms of Lapageria rosea ' The Knoll ' variety. A.M. 1899. 



To Mr. W. Emerton (gr. to Earl Brownlow, Grantham), for 

 Brownea grandiceps in flower. F.C.C. 1866. 



Other Exhibits. 



Burton Hardy Plant Nursery, Christchurch : hardy plants. 

 Messrs. Cannell, Eynsford : Pelargoniums. 

 Miss Grover, Speldhurst : Violets. 



Guildford Hardy Plant Nursery, Guildford : for hardy plants. 



Mr. P. S. Hay ward, Clacton : Viola * Felix.' 



Mr. H. Hemsley, Crawley : hardy plants. 



Messrs. Jones, Lewisham : Pelargoniums. 



Mr. J. J. Kettle, Corfe Mullen : Violets, 



E. J. P. Magor, Esq., St. Tudy R.S.O. : Rhododendrons. 



Mr. G. W. Miner, Wisbech : hardy plants. 



Mrs. O'Sulhvan, Westminster : bulbous plants. 



Messrs. Carter Page, London : Violas. 



Mr. R. Prichard, West Moors : alpine plants. 



Messrs. Reamsbottom, Geashill : Anemones. 



Messrs. Wells, Merstham : Carnations. 



