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with rose lines on the inside of the throat. The leaves are pale green, 

 ovate, and the height of the plant is from 4 inches to 6 inches. A 

 rare and local plant from the Jura. 



To Piitosporum ' Silver Queen ' (votes, 6 for, i against), from 

 Mr. J. Coey, Donard Nursery, Newcastle, Co. Down. This very 

 handsome fohage shrub is a sport from P. Mayi. It has very pale 

 green fohage, with a narrow, irregular, whitish margin. The young 

 bark is chocolate brown in colour. 



To Platy cerium Cordreyi (votes, 9 for), from Messrs. May, Upper 

 Edmonton. A very fine form of P. alcicorne, growing to the height 

 of 2j feet. The beautiful erect fertile fronds are covered with white 

 tomentum, and in form are intermediate between those of the type 

 and P. Veitchii. 



To Primula secundiflora (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Bees, 

 Liverpool. A new hardy species, introduced from China in 1911. 

 The flowers are of a deep rose colour and are borne in large heads. 

 They are slightly pendulous, and their calyces are farinose. The 

 leaves are long and narrow. (F"g. 62.) 



To Pteris flahellata plumosa (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. May, 

 Upper Edmonton. A very plumose form of the South African Pteris 

 (P. flahellata). The graceful arching fronds are almost lace-like in 

 form, and are pale green in colour. 



To Telopea speciosissima (votes, unanimous), from Rev. A. T. 

 Boscawen, Ludgvan Rectory, Long Rock, Cornwall. Although this 

 beautiful and very uncommon evergreen shrub was introduced from 

 the Blue Mountains of New South Wales as long ago as 1789, it has 

 very rarely been seen in flower in England. The deep crimson, 

 tubular flowers are about i inch long, and are borne in a dense globular 

 head surrounded by an involucre of ovate-lanceolate blood-red bracts, 

 each measuring from 2 to 3 inches in length. The firm leathery 

 leaves are cuneate-oblong in shape, and measure about 6 inches long 

 by I J inch broad. They are toothed in the upper part, and are 

 dark ^reen above and paler below. (Fig. 63.) 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Rev, A. T. Boscawen, Ludgvan Rectory, Long Rock, Cornwall, 

 for Telopea speciosissima. 



Other Exhibits. 



Mr. G. C. Addy, Ightham : Dianthvis neglectus ' Vivid ' and Violetta 

 * SUeve Donard.' 



Prof. L B. Balfour, V.M.H., Edinburgh : Meconopsis rudis, 

 Primula dryadifolia, Saxifraga chionophila, S. oranensis, and S. 

 pentadactylis. 



Messrs. Bide, Farnham : Sweet Peas. 



Mr. A. J. Bruce, Manchester : Sarracenias. 



Mr. J. A. Cooper, Shgo : Primulas. 



Mr. J. Crouch, Lower Edmonton : Roses. 



W. G. Daffarn, Esq., London : Rhododendrons. 



