FLORAL COMMITTEE. 



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Floral Committee, April 7, 1914. 



Mr. H. B. May, V.M.H., in the Chair, and twenty-seven members 



present. 



Awards Recommended 



Silver-gilt Lindley Medal. 



To Lt.-Col. Rt. Hon. Mark Lockwood, C.V.O., M.P. (gr. Mr. 

 Cradduck), Romford, for Gardenias. 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 



To Mr. H. Burnett, Guernsey, for Carnations. 



Silver-gilt Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Piper, Bayswater, for rockery. 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Cutbush, Highgate, for Carnations and alpines. 



To Messrs. Cuthbert, Southgate, for forced shrubs. 



To Mr. G. Prince, Longworth, for Roses. 



To Messrs. Veitch, Chelsea, for greenhouse plants. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Allwood, Haywards Heath, for Carnations. 



To Mr. J. Box, Haywards Heath, for hardy plants. 



To Mr. C. Engelmann, Saffron Walden, for Carnations. 



To Messrs. Gill, Falmouth, for Rhododendrons. 



To Messrs. Low, Bush Hill Park, for Carnations. 



To Messrs. May, Upper Edmonton, for miscellaneous plants. 



To Mr. M. Prichard, Christchurch, for hardy plants. 



Bronze Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Reamsbottom, Geashill, for Anemones. 



To Mr. G. Reuthe, Keston, for hardy plants. 



To Mr. L. R. Russell, Richmond, for flowering shrubs. 



To Messrs. Ware, Feltham, for hardy plants. 



To Messrs. Young, Cheltenham, for Carnations. 



Bronze Banksian Medal. 

 To Mr. J. Jenner, Rayleigh, for Carnations. 

 To Messrs. Jones, Lewisham, for Pelargoniums. 

 To Mr. P. Ladds, Swanley Junction, for miscellaneous plants. 

 To Messrs. Whitelegg & Page, Chislehurst, for rockery. 



First-class Certificate. 

 To Clematis Armandii (votes, unanimous), from Hon. Vicary 

 Gibbs (gr. Mr. E. Beckett, V.M.H.), Elstree. A very fine evergreen 

 climbing species introduced from China by Mr. E. H. Wilson, V.M.H. 

 The trifoliate leaves are dark green and leathery. The pure white 

 flowers, which measure 2 inches in diameter, are borne in dense axillary 

 clusters. The plant is hardy, very strong in grov/th, and blooms 

 very freely, commencing early in April. (Fig. 35.) 



