XCli PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



schedule franiers, to subdivide the three great sections arranged by Mr. 

 G. J. Baker, V.M.H., and lay down rules denning each division. Mr. Barr 

 further stated that he and Mr. F. W. Burbidge were drafting such a 

 scheme of classification, and hoped to place a copy in the hands of each 

 member of the Committee previous to the meeting of April 7. 



It was agreed that the subject be brought forward for discussion on 

 April 7. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver Flora Medal. 

 To Miss Currey, Lismore, Ireland, for an extensive collection of Daffo- 

 dils. The flowers were fresh and bright, but somewhat small. Leedsii 

 and Barrii varieties were well represented, as also were the earlier of the 

 trumpet Daffodils. 



To Messrs. Barr, Covent Garden, for a large display consisting of 

 Darwin Tulips, grown in pots, and a collection of Daffodils, In the latter 

 the flowers were arranged in shallow bowls — the bases of the stems made 

 fast in lead clips — beneath a covering of fresh green moss. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Ware, Hale Farm, Feltham, for a collection of Daffodils, 

 chiefly early trumpet varieties, arranged with early flowering alpines. 



To Mr. Sydenham, Tenby Street, Birmingham, for a group illustrating 

 his method of cultivating Tulips and Narcissi in fancy pots and jars, with- 

 out drainage, in a mixture of moss fibre and crushed shell as a rooting 

 medium. 



To Mr. Reuthe, Fox Hill, Keston, Kent, for a group of early Daffodils. 

 Aicard of Merit. } 



To Daffodil ' Firelight ' (votes, 11 for), from Mrs. Backhouse, Sutton 

 Court, Hereford. This incomparabilis form resembles ' C. J. Backhouse,' 

 but has a richer orange-shaded crown and soft yellow perianth segments. 



To Daffodil 'Mohican ' (votes, 12 for), from Mrs. Backhouse. An early 

 Burbidgei variety, with flowers of large size and good substance ; perianth 

 segments broad creamy- white ; cup small, yellow with orange rim. 



To Daffodil 1 Janet Image ' (votes, 11 for, 1 against), from Messrs. 

 Barr ; a large-flowered Leedsii variety, with broad and stout perianth 

 segments which are pale sulphur-yellow ; the cup is yellow — a light but 

 bright shade. 



Other Exhibits. 



Mrs. Backhouse staged several new seedling Daffodils, 'Border Red,' 

 ' Early Poeticus,' and 1 Cecil Hull ' being the most noteworthy. 



The Rev. G. H. Engleheart, Dinton, Wilts, sent two new Daffodils, 

 5 Plenipo ' and 1 Lucca,' the former an effective double variety very like 

 ' Sulphur Phoenix,' the latter an ivory-white trumpet. 



Messrs. Wallace, Colchester, exhibited Tulipa prcestans, an early, 

 flowering species with vermilion-scarlet flowers. |This the Committee 

 wished to see again. 



Messrs. Barr submitted a "Daffodil Bulb Planter," a strong steel tool 



