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infrequently displayed with foliage cut from a much more robust Daffodil, 

 and that this practice was misleading to the general public. The result 

 of this discussion was a recommendation to the Council that in future all 

 Daffodils submitted for awards be exhibited either with their own foliage 

 or without foliage at all. 



Awards Recommended:— 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. Barr, Covent Garden, for a splendid exhibit of late varieties 

 of Daffodil, flanked with small collections of well-grown Tulips. 



Silver-gilt Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. Bath, Wisbech, for a collection of clean and bright Daffo- 

 dils that included a fine collection of late-flowering varieties. 



Silver Flora Medal. 



To Messrs. Hogg and Robertson, Dublin, for a group of Daffodils and 

 Tulips. Among the former were flowers of the new white Ajax variety, 

 < Mrs. H. D. Betteridge.' 



To Messrs. James Veitch, Chelsea, for a large group of Daffodils, 

 composed chiefly of the more popular varieties. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. Bull, King's Road, Chelsea, for a small group of showy 

 bedding Tulips. 



Award of Merit. 



To Daffodil ' Count Visconti ' (Engleheart) (votes, unanimous), from 

 Miss Willmott, V.M.H., Warley Place, Great Warley, Essex. One of the 

 finest Daffodils of the season. A bold-flowered triandrus hybrid, with 

 large, straight, bright yellow trumpet, and ample, softer and paler yellow 

 perianth segments. 



To Daffodil ' Countess Visconti ' (Engleheart) (votes, 9 for, 3 against), 

 from Miss Willmott, Y.M.H. Another triandrus hybrid, slightly smaller 

 than the foregoing ; perianth segments white ; trumpet light yellow. 



To Daffodil ' Valeria ' (Engleheart) (votes, unanimous), from Miss 

 Willmott, V.M.H. A beautiful Burbidgei variety, with broad, purest white 

 perianth segments and a neat, deep yellow, orange-rimmed crown. It 

 might be described as a glorified N. poeticus poetarum. 



To Daffodil 'Occident' (Engleheart) (votes, unanimous), from Miss 

 Willmott, V.M.H. A large Barrii variety, with a finely formed light 

 sulphur-yellow perianth and a very bright orange cup. 



To Daffodil ' Astrardente ' (Engleheart) (votes, unanimous), from Miss 

 Willmott, V.M.H. This is a large pure white variety of the Burbidgei 

 class, but with an especially broad flat crown, orange-coloured, with a 

 very bright orange- crimson rim. 



To Daffodil ' Caroline Carver ' (votes, 10 for, 1 against), from Miss 

 Katherine Spurrell, Bessingham, Hanworth, Norwich. A verv broad- 

 crowned Burbidgei variety. The perianth is creamy- white, and the ex- 

 quisitely frilled or pleated crown is yellow, margined with orange. 



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