CXcii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



To Gladiolus ' Lord Alverstone ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Jas. Kelway, Langport. A gandavensis hybrid, with a large, com- 

 pact spike of deeply-coloured flowers. Each flower is 3J inches 

 wide ; the outer perianth pieces are velvety carmine, the inner rosy 

 purple. 



To Lilium Biondii (votes, unanimous), from Mr. Amos Perry, 

 Enfield. This is one of the newer Chinese species, and is closely related 

 to L. Leichtlinii. The flowers are pendulous and are freely borne on 

 stiff, wiry stalks. The flower is 2 J inches in diameter ; the perianth 

 pieces are much reflexed ; each is 2i inches long when unrolled, J to | 

 inch wide. The flower is flame-scarlet, with many small brown-black 

 spots. The pollen is chocolate-red. The leaves are linear, 3 inches 

 long, and crowded at the lower part of the stem. (Fig. 112.) 



N.B. — The above awards to Dahlias were recommended by a 

 Joint Committee of the R.H.S. Floral Committee and the National 

 Dahlia Society. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Burrell, Cambridge : Dahlias. 



Messrs. Dobbie, Edinburgh : Collarette Dahhas. 



Mr. C. Engelmann, Saffron Walden : Perpetual Carnations. 



Misses Hopkins, Shepperton : rock plants. 



Messrs. Keynes WiUiams, SaHsbury : Dahhas. 



Mrs. Lilley, Clacton-on-Sea (gr. Mr. P. S. Hay ward) : Perpetual 

 Carnations. 



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



Mrs. O'Sulhvan, Westminster : a London garden. 



Mrs. Ramsay Harman, New Milton : Dahlias. 



Messrs. Reamsbottom, Geashill : St. Brigid Anemones. 



Mr. H. Shoesmith, Woking : Dahhas ' Marion ' and ' Phoebus.' 



Messrs. R. Veitch & Sons, Exeter : Collarette Dahhas. 



Mr. W. Wells, jun., Merstham : hardy plants. 



Floral Committee, September 22, 1914. 



At Central Hall, Westminster. 

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

 Awards Recommended : — 



Silver-gilt-Flora Medal. 

 To Mr. J. B. Riding, Chingford, for Dahhas. 



Silver-gilt Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Carter Page, London Wall, for Dahhas. 

 To Mr. L. R. Russell, Richmond, for stove plants. 



