CC PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Bronze Flora Medal. 



To Mrs. Backhouse, Sutton Court, Hereford, for a small group of 

 finely grown new seedling Daffodils. 



First-class Certificate. 



To Narcissus ' King's Norton ' (votes, unanimous), from Messrs. Pope 

 & Son, King's Norton. A giant, golden-yellow 1 Ajax ' variety. (A.M., 

 April 27, 1903.) 



Award of Merit. 



To Narcissus ' Lord Kitchener ' (votes, unanimous), from Mrs. Back- 

 house, Hereford. This is well described as a bicolor 1 Sir Watkin.' It is 

 a noble flower with white perianth, and a broad crown that is lemon and 

 sulphur yellow. 



To Narcissus 1 Alice Knights ' (votes, 9 for, 0 against), from Messrs. 

 Barr & Sons, Covent Garden. A light creamy-yellow ' Ajax ' variety, chiefly 

 remarkable for its earliness and the long time it lasts in good condition. 



Cultural Commendation. 



To Mr. R. Sydenham, Birmingham, for a group of Daffodils grown in 

 fibre and without drainage. 



Other Exhibits. 



Miss Willmott, Y.M.H., Great Warley, showed a group of collected 

 forms of the neat little Narcissus Bulbocodium, the plants showing 

 considerable variation. 



Messrs. W. Bull & Sons, Chelsea, showed a small group of Daffodils. 



Mr. Thos. Mann, Cardiff, exhibited a few Narcissus hybrids. 



Narcissus and Tulip Committee, April 25, 1905. 

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



Awards Recommended :— 



Gold Medal. 



To Miss Willruott, Y.M.H., Warley Place, Great Warley, for a splendid 

 group of new Daffodils, including a beautiful set of large-flowered 

 triandrous hybrids. 



Silver-gilt Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. J. R. Pearson & Sons, Lowdham, Notts., for a group of 

 very bright Daffodils. 



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

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

 To Messrs. Pope & Son, King's Norton, for a group of Daffodils. 



Aicard of Merit. 



To Narcissus 1 Wm. Foster ' (votes, unanimous), from Miss Katherine 

 Spurrell, Norwich. A very large Incomparabilis variety with broad flat 

 segments and a deep, spreading cup, crinkled at the edge ; clear yellow. 



