FLORAL COMMITTEE. 
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Awards Recommended : — 
Award of Merit, 
To Begonia ' Mrs. C. F. Langdon ' (votes 6 for, 3 against), from 
Messrs. Blackmore & Langdon, Bath. A very fine variety bearing 
beautiful double flowers measuring 6-7 inches across and of a bright 
fiery orange colour. (Fig. 112.) 
To Campanula persicifolia 1 Telham Beauty ' (votes unanimous) , 
from Messrs. Barr, Taplow. A beautiful border Campanula said to be 
the result of a cross between C. persicifolia and C. turbinata. The large, 
open, shallow cup-shaped flowers are about 2 J inches across, and are 
pale lilac-mauve in colour. They are borne in spikes of ten. (Fig. 113.) 
To Cyananthus incanus leiocalyx (votes unanimous), from Mr. 
R. Prichard, West Moors. A beautiful dwarf hardy alpine plant of 
spreading habit, bearing pale blue Gentian-like flowers which have a 
mass of dark blue hairs at the throat. The flowers are about i\ inch 
long, and § inch broad at the corolla. The foliage is small, spathulate, 
and hairy on the underside. The plant has been growing outside 
for four years in Dorset, and is said to be splendid for the moraine. 
To Delphinium ' Mrs. A. J. Watson ' (votes 6 for, 1 against), from 
Messrs. Blackmore & Langdon, Bath. This variety has very large 
semi-double flowers, of which the outer petals are cornflower-blue and 
the inner deep lilac-mauve. The centre of the flower is occupied by 
a small dark eye. The spike is about 2-2 J feet long. (Fig. 114.) 
To Delphinium 'Mrs. Colin Mclver ' (votes 9 for,. 1 against), 
from Messrs. Blackmore & Langdon, Bath. A violet-mauve variety 
having double flowers with a white eye. The spike measures about 
18 inches long. (Fig. 114.) 
To Delphinium ' Mrs. Shirley ' (votes 9 for, 1 against), from Messrs. 
Blackmore & Langdon, Bath. The fine spikes of this variety are 
about 2 feet long, and carry semi-double lilac-mauve flowers lightly 
arranged. (Fig. 114.) 
To Dianthus ' Miss Gladys Cranfield ' (votes 9 for), from Mr. A. 
Perry, Enfield. A very useful, free-flowering, single garden Pink. 
The flowers measure 2 inches across, and are of a pale pink colour 
with dark crimson eye. 
To Escallonia ' Donard Seedling' (votes unanimous), from the 
Donard Nursery Co., Newcastle, Co. Down. This beautiful shrub is 
the result "of a cross between E. langleyensis $ X E. Philippiana ?. 
The flowers are larger than either of the parents, and are white tinged 
with rose. The leaves are ovate in shape. 
To Gentiana Przewalskii (votes 10 for), from Messrs. Piper, Bays- 
water. A very free-flowering species from China, bearing prostrate 
sprays of deep-blue flowers, white at the base of the tube. The flowers 
are about ij inch long and 1 inch wide at the corolla. The leaves 
are lanceolate in shape and about 6 inches long. 
To Leptospermum ' Donard Beauty ' (votes, 6 for, 3 against), from 
the Donard Nursery Co., Newcastle, Co. Down. This variety is the 
