lxx PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Narcissus and TuLir Committee, April 16, 1907. 

 Mr. H. B. May in the Chair, and twenty-seven members present. 



A unanimous vote of thanks was accorded the Hon. Sec. for his 

 work in the preparation of the list of Daffodil names. 



Thirty Daffodils and two Tulips were placed before the Committee, 

 and fourteen groups of Daffodils and Tulips were staged, the latter 

 forming the leading feature of the exhibition. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver-gilt Flora Medal 

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



Silver-gilt Banksian Medal. 

 To Mr. F. H. Chapman, Guldeford Lodge, Rye, for a group of 

 Daffodils. 



To Miss F. W. Currey, Lismore, Ireland, for a large group of Daffodils. 



Silver Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. R. H. Bath, Ltd., Wisbech, for a group of Daffodils. 

 To Messrs. Barr k Sons, Covent Garden, for a group of Daffodils. 

 To Sir Josslyn Gore-Booth, Lissadell, Sligo, for a group of Daffodils. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 

 To Messrs. J. Pope & Sod, Kings Norton. 



Award of Merit. 



To Daffodil 'Queen of the West' (votes, 17 for, 3 against), from 

 Messrs. Walter T. Ware, Ltd., Inglescombe, Bath. A handsome ' Ajax ' 

 Daffodil with frilled trumpet and elegant perianth segments, all bright 

 golden yellow. 



To Daffodil ' Atalanta ' (votes, 16 for, none against), from Miss F. W. 

 Currey, Lismore, Ireland. A large 'Ajax' Daffodil with cream-white, 

 lightly frilled trumpet, and white perianth segments. 



Cultural Commendation. 

 To Mr. F. H. Chapman, Rye, for some extra fine flowers of Daffodil 

 ' Virgil,' a Poeticus variety. 



Other Exhibits. 



The Rev. G. Engleheart, V.M.H., Dinton, Hants, set up a group of 

 new seedling Daffodils. 



Mrs. Backhouse, Sutton Court, Hereford, showed a few new Daffodils. 



Messrs. William Bull k Sons, King's Road, Chelsea, exhibited a group 

 of Daffodils. 



Messrs. R. <t G. Cuthbert, Southgate, N., showed a group of Daffodils 

 and Tulips. 



Messrs. Hogg k Robertson, Mary Street, Dublin, showed Daffodils 

 and Tulips. 



Mr. Robert Sydenham, Tenby Street, Birmingham, showed various 

 bulbs grown in moss fibre. 



