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Stredwick, St. Leonards. A reddish-orange Collerette variety with a 
yellow collar. 
To Dahlia ' Elaine ' (votes 4 for, 2 against), from Mr. J. T. West, 
Brentwood. A useful Collerette variety, borne on nice stiff stems. 
The florets are rich crimson in colour, with yellow at the tip and base. 
The collar is also yellow. 
To Dahlia ' J. A. Jarrett ' (votes unanimous), from Mr. J. A. 
Jarre tt, Anerley. A very attractive Paeony-flowered variety, with 
broad twisted florets. The colour is a shade of bright red, with yellow 
at the base. 
To Geum Borisii (votes 17 for), from Mr. C. Elliott, Stevenage. A 
very charming hardy plant of dwarfer habit than G. Heldreichii 
and with larger flowers. The colour of the flowers is a very striking 
shade of fiery red or russet-orange. 
To Nerine ' Rotherside ' (votes 15 for), from Messrs. H. Chapman, 
Rye. A seedling resulting from N. corusca, believed to have been 
crossed with pollen of N. Fothergilli. The flowers are borne in good 
umbels, and are of a pale rosy-orange colour, paler than that of N. 
Fothergilli major, with a golden lustre which is said to show to great 
effect under artificial light. 
To Pelargonium ' General Joffre ' (votes 10 for, 4 against), from 
Mr. W. H. Robbins, Lewes. A very striking sport from ' King of 
Denmark.' The flowers are semi-double and are borne in good trusses. 
The colour is rose-pink, suffused with orange. 
To Viburnum dasyanthum (votes 7 for, 3 against), from Hon. 
Vicary Gibbs (gr. Mr. E. Beckett, V.M.H.), Elstree. A beautiful 
berried shrub, native of Szechwan, China, and introduced by Mr. E. H. 
Wilson, V.M.H., in 1907. The leaves are dark green, ovate, smooth, 
* and sparingly toothed. The flowers open in early July, and are 
succeeded in autumn by large corymbs of very ornamental red berries. 
Even when the leaves have fallen, the dark, smooth, purplish-brown 
branches are quite effective for some time. This is the best and 
most effective of a series of Chinese Viburnums which include V. 
hupehense, V. lobophyllum, and V. betulifolium, all very closely allied. 
Other Exhibits. 
Messrs. Clark, Dover : hardy flowers. 
Misses Hopkins, Shepperton : hardy flowers. 
Mr. G. Kerswill, Exeter : Gentians. 
Messrs. G. Paul, Cbeshunt : shrubs. 
Floral Committee, October 24, 1916. 
Mr. H. B. May, V.M.H., in the Chair, and twenty-five members present. 
Awards Recommended : — 
Silver Flora Medal. 
To Mr. J. J. Kettle, Corfe Mullen, for Violets. 
To Messrs. May, Upper Edmonton/ for^ferns &c. 
