FLOEAL COMMITTEE, MARCH 14. xlvii 

 Award of Merit. 



To Hippeastrum ' Queen Mary ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Ker, Liverpool. Tlie plant exhibited was the result of a cross between 

 Hippeastrum ' White Lady ' and H. * Silver Queen,' and showed great 

 vigour both in the foliage and in the two handsome flowers, which were 

 about 7 inches across, of a creamy-white colour marked with very pale 

 yellowish-green veins. The bases of the petals were tinged with green. 

 (Fig. 76.) 



To Saxifraga x Petrachii (votes, unanimous), from Sir Everard 

 Hambro, K.C.V.O. (gr. Mr. Grandfield), Hayes. This charming new 

 hybrid is a cross between S. tomheanensis and S. Rocheliana, and has 

 pure white flowers borne in threes or fours on stems 2 inches high, 

 which rise from compact glaucous rosettes of foliage. (Fig. 73.) 



Cultural Commendation. 

 To the Earl of Clarendon (gr. Mr. Harris), Watford, for Violets. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Bakers, Codsall : hardy plants. 

 Messrs. Barr, Covent Garden: hardy plants. 

 Messrs. Blackmore & Langdon, Bath : Polyanthus. 

 Miss Bubb, Heathfield : Helleborus seedlings. 



Cambridge Botanic Gardens : Bomarea ipalococensis. (F.C.C. Oct. 

 10, 1893.) 



Messrs. Clark, Dover: hardy plants. 

 Mr. C. Elliott, Stevenage : hardy plants. 

 Mr. C. Engelmann, Saffron Walden : Carnations. 

 Messrs. Fairbairn, Carlisle: Carnation 'The Geisha.' 

 Mr. Fitt, Welwyn : Primula vulgaris viridiflora. 

 Guildford Hardy Plant Nursery : hardy plants. 

 Messrs. Heath, Cheltenham: hardy plants. 

 Mr. H. Hemsley, Crawley : hardy plants. 



Mr. C. H. Herbert, Birmingham : Saxifraga opposiiifolia major. 

 (A.M. Mar. 10. 1896.) 



Messrs. Jackman, Woking : hardy plants. 

 Mr. G. Lange, Hampton: Carnation 'Alma Ward.' 

 Messrs. S. Low, Bush Hill Park : Carnations, &c. 

 Messrs. Peed, Streatham : hardy plants. 

 Mr. H. C. Pulham, Stansted : hardy plants, 

 R. Graham Vivian, Esq., Blackpyl : Rhododendrons. 

 W. A. Watts, Esq., St. Asaph: Primroses. 

 Messrs. Westcott, Starcross : Violet ' Queen Mary.' 



