FLORAL COMMITTEE. 
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To Messrs. Cheal, Crawley, for autumn foliage. 
To Messrs. Godfrey, Exmouth, for Chrysanthemums. 
To Messrs. May, Upper Edmonton, for ferns &c. 
To Messrs. Piper, Bayswater, Chinese Berberis &c. 
To Mr. G. Reuthe, Keston, for Nerines and hardy plants. 
Bronze Flora Medal. 
To Messrs. Blackmore & Langdon, Bath, for Violets. 
To Messrs, Waterer, Sons, & Crisp, Bagshot, for shrubs. 
Bronze Banksian Medal. 
To Mr. C. Boatwright, Heme Hill, for foliage plants. 
To Mr. G. W. Miller, Wisbech, for hardy plants. 
First-class Certificate. 
To Berberis ntbrostilla (votes unanimous)., from the Gardens of 
the Royal Horticultural Society, Wisley. A deciduous shrub, about 
3-4 ft. high, young branches reddish brown, the older ones grey, spines 
trifid, slender and rigid, yellowish brown, grooved beneath. Leaves 
oblanceolate or narrowly ovate, generally mucronate and often 
narrowed into a short petiole, entire or spinose near the top, glaucous 
beneath. Fruits in racemes of from one to four, ripe in November, 
large, scarlet, ovate, over \ in. long. 
To Berberis Sargentiana (votes unanimous), from Hon. Vicary 
Gibbs (gr. Mr. E. Beckett, V.M.H.), Elstree. This hardy evergreen 
species received an Award of Merit on August 31, 1915. Its stems are 
reddish and its large lanceolate leaves are serrated, and many of them 
assume in the autumn a beautiful dull-red tint. One of the features 
of this species is the long white spines, often over an inch in length, 
which subtend the foliage shoots. The berries are said to be dull 
purple when ripe. 
Other Exhibits. 
Mr. G. R. Downer, Chichester ; Gaillardia ' Downer's Double/ 
Misses Hopkins, Shepperton : hardy plants. 
Mr. G. Kerswill, Exeter : Gentians. 
Floral Committee, November 21, 1916. 
Mr. H. B. May, V.M.H., in the Chair, and twenty-three members 
present. 
Awards Recommended : — 
Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 
To Messrs, Jones, Lewisham, for Chrysanthemums. 
Silver -gilt Banksian Medal. 
To Messrs. Wells, Merstham, for Chrysanthemums. 
