FLORAL COMMITTEE, SEPTEMBER G. 
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To Dracaena ‘Duchess of York’ (votes, 10 for), from Messrs. 
Veitch. The long, narrow, gracefully arching bronze-green 
leaves are distinctly margined with bright rose-pink. The young 
leaves are pale green, suffused with soft rose. A fine decorative 
variety. 
To Cactus Dahlia ‘ Magnificent ’ (votes, unanimous), from Mr. 
J. Stredwick, Silver Hall Park, St. Leonards. The large flowers 
with long sharply pointed petals are of a pretty shade of orange 
buff touched with rose. 
To Cactus Dahlia ‘Mrs. Finlay Campbell’ (votes, 11 for), 
from Messrs. J. Cheal. Large orange-scarlet flowers of excellent 
shape. 
To Cactus Dahlia ‘Lorelei 7 (votes, 7 for, 8 against), from 
Messrs. J. Cheal. A beautiful variety, with long incurved petals, 
bright pink, shading to delicate pink in the centre. 
Other Exhibits. 
Sir Trevor Lawrence, Bart. (gr. Mr. Bain), sent a collection 
of seedlings of Pentstemon hybridus grandiflorus and a vase of 
Budbeckia bicolor superba. 
Miss Aldersey, Aldersey Hall, Chester, sent seedling Cactus 
Dahlias. 
R. Brocklebank, Esq., Haughton Hall, Tarporley (gr. Mr. 
T. Winkworth), sent Dahlia ‘ Helen Winkworth.’ 
C. F. Thompson, Esq., Penhill Close, Cardiff (gr. Mr. T. 
Mann), sent specimens of Gladiolus ‘The Dean,’ a cross between 
G. Brenchleyensis and G. Gandavensis. 
Mrs. Ravenhill, Woodside, Windsor Forest (gr. Mr. J. Wells), 
brought a prettily marked Acalypha named ‘ Novelty,’ which the 
Committee asked to see again. 
W. F. Walker, Esq., Highly Manor, Balcombe (gr. Mr. J. 
Cole), sent single Dahlia ‘Mrs. F. Walker.’ 
Mr. W. Parrott, Montreal, Sevenoaks, brought three varieties 
of single Dahlias. 
Mr. W. Talley, Elder Road, West Norwood, sent examples 
of the new ‘conservation’ flower pot, in which the holes are 
bored an inch above the base instead of in the centre, as in the 
ordinary flower pot, with the double object of preserving moisture 
and excluding worms. 
