FLORAL COMMITTEE. 
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Award of Merit 
To Antirrhinum 4 Prima Donna ' (votes unanimous), from Messrs. 
Dobbie, Edinburgh. This is a variety of medium height, and had 
bold massive spikes of Apricot flowers shaded with salmon, and having 
a yellow-tinged lip. 
To Carnation 4 Maldwin Drummond ' (votes 12 for, 6 against), 
from Captain Drummond (gr. Mr. L. Smith), Cadland Park, South- 
ampton. A good perpetual-flowering variety, with large pale salmon- 
pink flowers. The calyces are non-bursting, and the stems are stiff 
and wiry. 
To Deutzia Vilmorinae (votes unanimous), from Mr. J. C. Allgrove, 
Slough, and Mr. C. Turner, Slough. This is one of the most valuable 
of the Deutzias, and is a native of Szechwan, China. It is very free- 
flowering in habit, and the individual flowers are white and measure 
about 1 inch across. The foliage is oblong lanceolate, dark green 
above, and glaucous beneath. 
To Iris ' Ringdove ' (votes 10 for, 1 against), from Messrs. Wallace, 
Colchester. A beautiful Iris of the Pallida type. The flowers are 
about 4! inches deep, the standards are pale violet, and the falls a 
little deeper. The beard is white, tipped with yellow. The foliage 
is very glaucous. 
To Iris sibirica 4 Perry's Blue ' (votes 15 for, 5 against), from 
Mr. A. Perry, Enfield. This is the tallest and most effective of the 
sibirica group. The standards are pale mauve, and the falls are violet- 
mauve in colour, and broad and round in shape. 
To Magnolia Watsonii (votes 18 for, 1 against), from Mr. J. C. 
Allgrove, Slough. The flowers of this beautiful species are about 5 or 
6 inches across, and strongly perfumed. The inner petals are white, 
and the outer ones are tinged with rose. The stamens are crimson 
and form a conspicuous mass in the centre of the flower. The dark- 
green leaves are obovate and about 5 or 6 inches long. 
To Syringa ' Miss Ellen VVillmott ' (votes unanimous), from Mr. C. 
Turner, Slough, and Messrs. G. Paul, Cheshunt. This is one of the 
best double white Lilacs in cultivation. The individual flowers are 
of large size and are borne in large trusses. 
Other Exhibits. 
Messrs. Chapman, Rye : Irises. 
Mr. G. R. Downer, Chichester : Lupines. 
Mr. C. Elliott, Stevenage : alpines. 
Miss Greaves, Reigate : Lonicera quinquelocularis. 
Misses Hopkins, Shepperton : hardy plants. 
E. Mcllwaine, Esq., Belfast : Pyrus ' Anemonefield Scarlet.' 
Messrs. Smith, Stranraer : Rhododendron ' Helen Smith.' 
Miss Willmott, V.M.H., Great Warley : Campanula rupestris. 
