DEPUTATION TO TRURO 



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DEPUTATION TO TRURO. 

 April 7, 1908. 



An invitation having been received to attend the Cornwall Daffodil and 

 Spring Flower Show, the Council deputed Lieut.-Col. Holford, C.I.E., 

 C.V.O., Messrs. Harry J. Veitch, V.M.H., W. A. Bilney, J.P., Henry B. May, 

 and the Rev. W. Wilks, M.A., to represent them. The deputation travelled 

 down to Cornwall on Monday, April 6, by the 10.30 a.m. express, which 

 runs to Truro with only one stop — at Plymouth — and were hospitably 

 received by the Cornish Committee. The deputation assembled at the 

 Market Hall, Truro, at 10.30 a.m. on Tuesday, April 7, and made the 

 following awards : — 



Gold Medal. 



To J. C. Williams, Esq., for Daffodils. 



Silver-gilt Banksian Medal. 



To R. Fox, Esq., ) b 



ToD.H.Shilson,Esq., » for Rhododendrons. 



To R. Fox, Esq., for hardwooded flowering shrubs. 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Dorrien Smith, Esq., for rare flowering plants. 

 To Messrs. R. Veitch, \ 



To Mr. G. Reuthe, \ each for a group of plants. 



To Messrs. Cutbush, 

 To Percy Williams, Esq., for Daffodils. 

 To T. B. Bolitho, Esq., ) , , _ _ . a . . ' - 

 To Sir A. D. Vivian, Bart., \ for hardw °oded flowering shrubs. 



To Percy Williams, Esq., for Polyanthus Primroses. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Mary, Countess of Ilchester, for six hardwooded flowering shrubs. 

 To the Devon Rosary for Roses. 

 To Messrs. Barr, for Daffodils. 



To Mrs. Rogers of Penrose, for Rhododendron 1 Suave.' 



At 1.30 the deputation were most hospitably entertained at luncheon 

 by A. P. Nix, Esq., after which they were driven to " Tregothnan," at the 

 kind invitation of Viscount and Viscountess Falmouth, and were shown 

 through the gardens, and took tea with her Ladyship. On Wednesday the 

 8th the deputation went by motor car to Heligan, where Mr. Tremaine 

 showed them his wonderful Sikkim rhododendrons and his beautiful 

 wild garden with all its rare trees and shrubs, and most hospitably 

 entertained them at luncheon, and forwarded them on to Caerhays Castle, 

 where Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Williams accompanied them all through their 

 wonderful collection of rhododendrons, tree ferns, bamboos, daffodils, 

 primroses, &c, and entertained them to tea. The deputation left Truro 

 on Thursday carrying with them the most lasting recollection of the 

 kindness and generous hospitality of their Cornish gardening friends. 



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