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JOURNAL OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



DAFFODIL CONFERENCE AND EXHIBITION. 



A great Exhibition of Daffodils was held at Chiswick on April 

 15, 16, 17, and 18, 1890, a Conference taking place on the second 

 and third days of the show. 



The exhibition was opened on Tuesday, the 15th, by her 

 Royal Highness the Princess Mary of Cambridge, Duchess of 

 Teck, at 3 p.m. Her Royal Highness, who was accompanied by 

 the Princess Victoria of Teck, was received at the Garden gate 

 by members of the Council and others, and having been pre- 

 sented by Miss Thiselton Dyer with a magnificent bouquet, 

 entirely composed of different varieties of Daffodils, was conducted 

 to the great vinery, which was filled from end to end with the 

 flowers. Having carefully inspected the different exhibits, her 

 Royal Highness was graciously pleased to declare the show 

 " open," and expressed her great admiration of the flowers and 

 the pleasure it had given her to see them. 



WEDNESDAY, April 16. 



On the first day of the Conference the chair was taken at 

 2 p.m. by Professor Michael Foster, Sec. R.S., who opened the 

 meeting as follows : — 



I do not quite know why the greatness of presiding at this 

 Conference has been thrust upon me, unless it is because I had 

 some part in bringing about the first Daffodil Conference, which 

 was held some six years ago, and at which I presided. We may, 

 I think, congratulate ourselves on what has taken place since 

 that time. If we look at the show here before us, we see 

 what progress has been made in our favourite flower ; and we 

 have the satisfaction of reflecting — at least those of us who 

 are Fellows of the Royal Horticultural Society — that while 

 many on that occasion who were best known for their knowledge 

 of the Daffodil were outside the Society, they are now gathered 



