FLORAL COMMITTEE, AUGUST 9. 
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Bronze Flora Medal. 
To W. Robinson, Esq., Gravetye, for hardy Water Lilies. 
To Messrs. Webb & Brand, Saffron Walden, for Hollyhocks. 
Bronze Banksian Medal. 
To Lord Hillingdon, Hillingdon Court, Uxbridge (gr. Mr. 
Allan), for Border Carnations. 
To Messrs. W. Cutbush, Highgate, for cut flowers. 
First-class Certificate. 
To Nelumbium speciosum nuciferum (votes, unanimous), 
from Her Majesty the Queen (gr. Mr. 0. Thomas). A very rarely 
seen but most beautiful greenhouse aquatic with large cream- 
white deliciously scented flowers. The Lotus of Egypt and 
Japan. 
To Furcraea (Fourcroya) Watsoniana (votes, 9 for), from 
Messrs. Sander, St. Albans. A handsome foliage plant with 
leathery lanceolate leaves, two feet long and three inches broad. 
The colour of the central portion is bluish green, with a cream- 
white band on either side, and irregularly bordered with deep 
green striped with cream white. 
Award of Merit. 
To Nymphasa Marliacea ignea (votes, unanimous), from 
A. B. Freeman Mitford, Esq., C.B., Batsford Park, Moreton-in- 
the-Marsh (gr. Mr. J. Garrett). The large beautifully formed 
flowers are of a rosy-crimson hue. 
To Chrysanthemum ‘ Madame Marie Masse ’ (Jap.) (votes, 
unanimous), from T. B. Haywood, Esq., Woodhatcli, Reigate 
(gr. Mr. C. J. Salter). A free flowering bedding variety of bushy 
habit, with flowers of a lovely shade of rosy lilac shaded with 
bronze yellow in the centre. Height 2 feet. 
To Gladiolus Lemoinei 4 Baron J. Hulot ’ (votes, unanimous), 
from Mr. M. Prichard, Christchurch, Hants. A very distinct 
variety, with medium-sized flowers ; colour violet purple shaded 
with blue. 
To Gladiolus Lemoinei ‘ Vesuve’ (votes, 13 for), s from Mr. 
M. Prichard. A beautiful variety, with long spikes of crimson- 
scarlet flowers striped with white down the centre of each 
segment. 
