XCVi PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



To Daffodil ' Cleopatra ' (votes, 8 for), from Messrs. Barr. A bold 

 and large-flowered trumpet Daffodil, somewhat like 1 Emperor ! in form 

 and pose, but having broad, soft yellow perianth segments, and a fine 

 soft, golden -yellow trumpet with a broadly recurving rim. 



To Daffodil ' Mrs. George Barr' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Barr. 

 This is another of the white Ajax varieties : it has broad, pointed, white 

 perianth segments, which come forward somewhat and reflex slightly at 

 the margins ; the trumpet is broad, smooth, frilled at the mouth, and of 

 a creamy- white shade. 



To Daffodil 1 Branston ' (votes, unanimous), from A. S. Leslie Mel- 

 ville, Esq., Branston Hall, Branston, Lincoln. A beautiful Barrii variety 

 with broad glistening white perianth segments, which are margined with 

 yellow towards the base ; the cup is frilled, deep yellow, with a rich orange 

 rim. Sent as a sport or seedling from Barrii conspicuits, a variety it 

 closely resembles in all but colour. 



Other Exhibits. 



Miss Willmott contributed other new Daffodils besides those already 

 noted ; among them the variety ' Waterwitch ' (Engleheart) attracted; a 

 good deal of attention, and the Committee expressed a wish that they 

 might see it again. 



Miss Katherine Spurrell, Bessingham, Hanworth, Norwich, sent Daf- 

 fodil ' Marcus Allen.' 



M. Litchfield, Esq., Ballymaloe, Cloyne, Co. Cork, forwarded a double 

 Daffodil for naming : this was identified as ' Primrose Phoenix.' 



F. Barnard, Esq., The Mount, Uckfield, Sussex, sent Daffodil 1 Orange 

 Prince,' a variety with a brilliant orange cup, but the flowers were much 

 past their best. 



Mr. W. B. Hartland, Cork, sent blooms of Daffodil 1 Orestes.' 



Narcissus and Tulip Committee, May 5, 1903. 

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



The Chairman reported that, in reply to the question whether the 

 Committee should deal with a more detailed scheme of classification than 

 that arranged by Mr. J. G. Baker, F.R.S., after the Daffodil Conference of 

 1884, the Council expressed a wish that nothing further should at present 

 be done in the matter. 



Two interesting points in connection with the exhibition of new 

 Daffodils were discussed. On an expression of opinion being taken it was 

 unanimously agreed, on the proposition of the Rev. G. H. Engleheart, 

 V.M.H., seconded by Mr. James Walker, V.M.H., to recommend to the 

 Council that whileithree flowers should be sufficient to enable a meri- 

 torious variety to qualify for an Award of Merit, no variety should 

 gain a First-class Certificate unless at least six blooms of it be placed 

 before the Committee. 



The second question had reference to the association of Daffodil foliage 

 with the flowers of new varieties brought forward for awards. It was 

 pointed out that flowers of varieties producing slender leafage were not 



