CXlvi PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY 



Floral Committee, August 1, 1911. 



Ch^irminI^''- Marshall, Y.M.H. (Groups). 



I Mr. H. B. May, V.M.H. (Committee). 

 Twenty-four members present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver Flora Medal. 

 To Mr. J. Box, Lindfield, for hardy plants. 

 To Messrs. May, Upper Edmonton, for ferns, &c. 

 To Mr. Paine, Tully Nurseries, Kildare, for Gladioli. 

 To Messrs. Veitch, Chelsea, for greenhouse plants. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Cannell, Swanley, for Cannas. 



To Messrs. Carter, Eaynes Park, for Gloxinias. 



Bronze Flora Medal. 



To Mr. G. Eeuthe, Keston, for hardy plants. 

 To Messrs. Ware, Feltham, for hardy plants. 

 To Messrs. Webb & Brand, Saffron Walden, for Hollyhocks. 



Aivard of Merit. 



To Canna 'Terra Cotta ' (votes, 13 for, 2 against), from Messrs. J. 

 Veitch, Chelsea. The flowers of this handsome variety have smooth 

 petals, are of a rich clear orange colour, and are borne in very large 

 trusses. 



To Carnation ' Mrs. Wharton ' (votes, 9 for, 2 against), from Mr. 

 J. E. Batty, Skelton Castle Gardens, Yorks. A new seedling border 

 variety of perfect form and of good size. The colour is a rich shade 

 of apricot, and the edges of the petals are nicely crinkled. 



To Gornus paucinervis (votes, 15 for, 2 against), from Hon. Vicary 

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

 is a very useful dwarf bushy evergreen shrub introduced by Mr. E. H. 

 Wilson from China. It is perfectly hardy and grows about 5 or 6 feet 

 tall. The specimen exhibited was in a pot, and about 2 feet in 

 height. The leaves have short petioles, and are lanceolate in shape, 

 about 2 inches long by ^ inch broad. The small creamy- white flowers 

 measuring about ^ inch across are borne in numerous flat corymbs ter- 

 minating the branches. The scent is rather strong, and the bark has 

 a purplish tinge. 



To Ilea ilicifolia (votes, unanhnous), from Hon. Vicary Gihbs. 

 y\nother Chinese shrub raised from seeds sent home by Mr. E. H. 

 Wilson. The leaves, which are about 2^ inches long, resemble those 

 of Holly in shape and texture, but are of a lighter green. The small 

 greenish flowers are borne in cylindrical pendulous racemes, about 

 6 inches long and ^ inch in diameter. The plant is said to be hardy. 



To Mussaenda erythrophylla (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. J. 



