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three blooms of each must be shown. Not more than nine blooms of any 

 one variety may be put up. To be staged in bottles, vases, or tubes, not 

 exceeding 3 inches in diameter at the top (inside measurement), and all 

 the stems must touch the water. Quality of flower will count more than 

 quantity, and correct naming and tasteful arrangement will be duly con- 

 sidered. Any hardy foliage may be used, Daffodil or otherwise. No prize 

 will be awarded unless there are three competitors at least. Open to 

 amateurs and gentlemen's gardeners only. First Prize, a £1 Is. Silver 

 Vase, presented to the Society by Messrs. Barr & Sons. Second Prize, 

 Silver Flora Medal. Third Prize, Silver Banksian Medal. 



1. R. H. Danvers, Esq., Charlton (gr. Mr. West). 



2. J. A. Nix, Esq., Crawley. 



3. H. R. Darlington, Esq., Potter's Bar (gr. Mr. Bignell). 



Narcissus and Tulip Committee, May 3, 1904. 

 Mr. May in the Chair, and twenty-four members present. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Gold Medal. 



To Miss Willmott, V.M.H., Warley Place, Essex, for a group of Daffodils 

 remarkable for the fine development of the flowers and containing the newest 

 varieties splendidly set up, as 1 Count Visconti,' ' Countess Grey,' 1 White 

 Ensign,' ' Will Scarlet,' 1 King Alfred,' < Cresset,' ' Ada,' ' Betty Berkeley,' 

 ' Elaine,' 1 Watchfire,' and ' Oriflamme.' Having regard to the beauty and 

 rarity of the Daffodils, no finer group has ever previously come before the 

 Committee. 



Silver -gilt Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Barr, Covent Garden, for Tulips and Daffodils, including 

 'Dorothy E. Wemyss,' ' Weardale Perfection,' ' Ranger Johnson,' ' White 

 Lady,' and ' Duke of Bedford.' 



Silver-gilt Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. J. Veitch, Chelsea, for Tulips. 



Silver Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. Bath, Wisbech, for Tulips. 



To Messrs. Wallace, Colchester, for Tulips, many being true species. 

 First-class Certificate. 



To Daffodil 1 Count Visconti' (votes, 14 for, 5 against), from Miss 

 Willmott. A beautiful triandrus hybrid, one of the finest of its section, 

 with bright yellow trumpet and soft pale yellow perianth. 



Award of Merit. 



To Daffodil 'Flag of Truce' (votes, unanimous), from Miss Willmott. 

 A distinct white triandrus hybrid, with a straight medium-sized trumpet. 

 The flowers droop in a most graceful manner. 



To Daffodil ' White Ensign ' (votes, unanimous), from Miss Willmott. 



