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with wooden handle, designed to facilitate the planting of bulbs in grass. 

 Several of the members commented favourably upon the "Planter " after 

 a practical experience with it. 



Narcissus and Tulip Committee, Apeil 7, 1903. 

 Mr. H. B. May in the Chair, and fifteen members present. 



Awards Recommended. 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 



To Miss Currey, Lismore, Ireland, for an especially fine exhibit of 

 Irish-grown Daffodils. The flowers were remarkably fresh, notwith- 

 standing their long journey, and the colours were unusually bright. One 

 hundred and twenty varieties were represented, some of the finest being 

 'Glory of Leiden,' 'Duke of Bedford,' < W. J. Milner,' < Katherine 

 Spurrell,' 'Apricot,' ' Vesuvius,'} ' Bedcoat,' 'Sir Watkin,' ' Maximus,' 

 ' Princess Mary,' and ' C. W. Cowan.' 



Silver-gilt Banksian Medal. 



To Mr. Charles Dawson, Gulval, Penzance, for a group of Daffodils, 

 the flowers good, alike in size, colour, and substance. ' White Queen,' 

 'Horace,' Cassandra,' 'Homespun,' 'Will Scarlett,' 'White Lady,' 

 ' Granite,' and ' Dorothy Kingsmill ' were conspicuous in this exhibit. 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Barr, Covent Garden, for a collection of Daffodils, includ- 

 ing many new varieties, notably 'Peter Barr,' a large white trumpet 

 Daffodil. • 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To J. Kingsmill, Esq., Sharow, Bipon, for a small group of finely 

 grown Daffodils. 



Award of Merit. 



To Tulipa prcestans (votes, 14 for, 1 against), from Miss Willmott, 

 V.M.H., Warley Place, Great Warley. A species from Bokhara, about 

 1 ft. high, and with large flowers wholly of a rich vermilion-scarlet colour, 

 segments somewhat pointed, one of Mr. Engleheart's seedlings. 



To Daffodil ' Viscountess Falmouth ' (votes, 13 for), from Miss 

 Willmott, V.M.H. A silvery white Leedsii variety with pointed perianth 

 segments ; a charming flower. 



To Daffodil ' King's Norton ' (votes, 12 for), -from Messrs. Pope, 

 King's Norton. This is a very large flowered variety, belonging to the 

 Ajax group : it is wholly of a rich golden-yellow colour, has broad 

 perianth segments, and a prettily frilled trumpet mouth. 



To Daffodil ' Zingara ' (votes, 12 for), from Mrs. Backhouse, Sutton 

 Court, Hereford. A variety with fine white perianth segments, and a 

 broad, orange, crimson-tipped cup ; a beautiful poeticus hybrid. 



To Daffodil ' Symmetry ' (votes, unanimous), from Rev. G. H. Engle- 

 heart, V.M.H. , Dinton, Wilts. A finely proportioned incomparabilis 



