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Stiver Flora Medal. 



To Mr. E. Ballard, Colwall, for Asters. 



To Messrs. B. R. Cant, Colchester, for Roses. 



To Messrs. Cheal, Crawley, for Dahlias. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Brown, Peterborough, for Roses. 

 To Messrs. Carter, Raynes Park, for Dahlias. 

 To Messrs. Jones, Lewisham, for Asters. 

 To Messrs. May, Edmonton, for greenhouse plants. 

 To Mr. Amos Perry, Enfield, for hardy flowers. 

 To Messrs. Wells, Merstham, for Phloxes. 

 To Mr. Engelmann, Saffron Walden, for Carnations. 

 To Messrs. Ware, Feltham, for Dahlias. 

 To Mr. West, Brentwood, for Dahhas. 



Bronze Banksian Medal. 



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

 Award of Merit. 



To Heliotrope ' Mrs. J. W. Lowther ' (votes, 12 for), from Messrs. 

 Cutbush, Highgate. The flowers are large, borne in heads from 6 to 

 9 inches in diameter, very deeply coloured and heavily scented. 



To Aster Amellus ' Arethusa ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Ware, Feltham. The plants are of moderate height — 24-27 inches, 

 with large trusses of flowers. Each flower is about 3 inches in diameter ; 

 ray florets rose pink, disc golden-yellow. This is a VQiy beautiful 

 variety, certainly the most pink of any of the Amellus section. 



To Aster vimineus ' Lovely ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 H. J. Jones, Lewisham. The small rosy-lilac flowers are very freely 

 borne in large horizontal trusses. 



To Pileostegia viburnoides (votes, unanimous), from Hon. Vicary 

 Gibbs, Aldenham House, Elstree (gr. Mr. E. Beckett, V.M.H.). A 

 new shrub from China. The seed was collected by Mr. E. PL Wilson 

 and sent to the Arnold Arboretum. It is evergreen, 18 inches high, 

 leaves decussate, elliptic, entire, leathery ; flowers in terminal heads, 

 creamy white, resembling those of a Viburnum. Pileostegia is a 

 monotypic genus of the N.O. Saxifragaceae. (Fig. 113.) 



To Salvia Greigii (votes, unanimous), from Mr. Amos Perry, 

 Enfield. A shrubby plant with ovate, entire, deep green, glabrous 

 leaves ; flowers in terminal racemes, peduncle, pedicel, and calyx 

 reddish ; corolla with a broad 2-lobed Hp and small, narrow hood, rosy 

 scarlet. The plant is quite hardy. 



To Dahha ' Lord Kitchener ' (votes, 5 for, 2 against), from Mr. 

 Shoesmith, Woking. An exhibition Cactus variety. The flowers 

 are 8J inches in diameter ; florets stiff, pointed, little curved, deep 

 crimson-scarlet. 



To Dahha ' Neptune ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. J. Stred- 

 wick, St. Leonards. An exhibition Cactus variety ; flowers 6^ inches 



