xvi PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 
Highly Commended. 
A collection of hardy Spring flowers exhibited by D. H. Shilson, 
Esq., of Tremough, Penryn. 
A collection of Flowering Shrubs exhibited by Michael Henry 
Williams, Esq., of Pencalenick. 
A collection of Flowering Shrubs exhibited by J. C. Daubuz, Esq., 
of Killiow. 
An exhibit of Narcissus maximus, having very large, deeply coloured 
flowers borne on stalks more than 3 ft. high, exhibited by Captain 
Pinwell, of Trehane. 
A collection of Market Daffodils exhibited by Mr. Andrew Laury, 
of Varfell, Mounts Bay. 
The Rhododendrons exhibited by Mr. Shilson, of Tremough (gr. 
Mr. R. Gill), consisted of the following varieties: — 
Praecox 
Barbatum 
Cinnamoneum 
Arboreum ' Mrs. Hy. Shilson ' (a 
most glorious pink, of immense 
size and substance) 
Cunninghamii 
William sii 
Ciliatum 
Arb. roseum 
,, ' Ellie Noon ' 
Altaclerense 
Albescens (like an enormous Azalea, 
pure white with a yellow throat) 
Arb. ' Mrs. Richard Gill ' 
„ . crispiflorum 
Argenteum 
' Countess of Haddington ' 
Arb. ' Henry Shilson ' (a wonder- 
fully glowing scarlet) 
Arb. album 
„ ' Mrs. Noon ' 
Arboreum 
Arb. * WilHam Shilson ' 
Arb. ' Florence Gill ' 
and ten at present unnamed seedlings of the highest merit. 
The Daffodils exhibited by Mr. Dorrien Smith, of Tresco Abbey 
(gr. Mr. J. Jenkins), were the finest and brightest collection possible, 
each bunch of blossoms being shown in absolute perfection. There 
was only one fault — they required at least three times the space into 
which, by the necessities of the accommodation, they were crowded. 
They consisted of the following varieties : — 
Sir Wat kin 
Amabilis 
Duchess of Westminster 
Consul Crawford 
Goliath 
General Murray 
Harpur Crewe 
Duchess of Brabant 
Beauty 
John Stephenson 
Miriam Barton 
Incomp. maximus 
Maurice Vilmorin 
Circe 
Edward Hart 
Burbidgei Dandy 
Nora 
Imogene 
Beatrice 
Fair Ellen 
Cynosure 
Frank Miles 
Mary Anderson 
Figaro 
C. J. Backhouse 
Duchess of Albany 
Aladdin 
Humei albidus 
