CXXVlll PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Award of Merit. 



To Asplenium decorum (votes, 12 for, 3 against), from Messrs. 

 H. B. May, Upper Edmonton. This very useful decorative fern is 

 a sport from A. divaricaium, which was shown for comparison and 

 from which it differs in its more compact and phunose habit. 



To HymenocalJis festalis (votes, 15 for), from A. Worsley, Esq., 

 Isleworth. A cross between Hymenocallis calatJmm and Elisena longi- 

 petala, having pure w^hite flowers borne on a stem 18 inches in height. 

 The plant is more vigorous than either of the parents, and, with the 

 exception of frame protection during the winter, has been grown and 

 flowered out-of-doors (see Gard. Chron. Nov. 4, 1905, p. 322). 



To Rhodode?idron ' Dawn's Delight ' (votes, unanimous), from 

 Miss Mangles, Scale, Surrey. This charming Ehododendron was 

 raised by the late Mr. Mangles, and has w^hite flowers inches across, 

 tinged with rose-pink, and spotted on the upper lobe with dark crim- 

 son. The base of the corolla is bright crimson, and the flowers are 

 borne in large heads. The leaves are dark green on the upper surface 

 and light green underneath, about 6|- inches long by 2 inches broad. It 

 is said to flower very freely at this season of the year, and to be 

 quite hardy. 



To Eose ' Mrs. George Shawyer ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. 

 Lowe & Shawyer, Uxbridge. A new seedling Hybrid Tea Eose, having 

 pink flowers with very large petals and long, pointed buds. The great 

 strength of the flower stalk and the good foliage indicate a very robust 

 constitution. (Fig. 111.) 



To Eose ' Orleans ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. W. Paul, 

 Waltham Cross. This Eose belongs to the dwarf Polyantha section, 

 and has flowers 1-| inch across crimson-carmine with white centres. 

 It is very bushy in habit, about 2J feet high, and a perpetual bloomer. 

 (Fig. 112). 



To Viola ' Moseley Perfection ' (votes, 10 for), from Messrs. 

 Bakers, Codsall. A large deep yellow Viola, about 2| inches across. 



Other Exhibits. 



Messrs. Barr, Covent Garden : hardy plants. 

 Mr. Breadmore, Winchester: Sweet Peas. 

 Messrs. Bunyard, Maidstone : hardy plants. 



Messrs. Butterfield, Waltham Cross: Pelargonium 'Queen Mary.' 



Messrs. Cannell, Swanley : Calceolarias. 



Messrs. Carter Page, London Wall: Violas, annuals, &c. 



Messrs. Clark, Dover : hardy plants. 



M. Correvon, Geneva: alpines. 



Mr. J. Crook, Camberley : Polyanthus. 



Messrs. Eggett, Thames Ditton : hardy plants. 



Mr. C. Elliott, Stevenage : alpines. 



Mr. Ellison, West Bromwich : ferns and Gerberas. 



Messrs. Fells, Letchworth : hardy plants. 



Mrs. Goschen, Addington; Amaryllis ' J\Irs. H. Goschen. ' 



