Cl PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



NARCISSUS AND TULIP COMMITTEE. 



March 20, 1906. 

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

 A dozen new Daffodils were submitted, but none secured awards. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver-gilt Banksian Medal. 



To Mr. Chas. Dawson, Gulval, Penzance, for a well-arranged group of 

 fine flowers of the newer Daffodils. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



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

 chiefly ' Ajax ' varieties. 



To Sir Josslyn Gore-Booth, Lissadel, Sligo, for a group of very 

 brightly coloured Daffodils. 



Narcissus and Tulip Committee, April 3, 1906. 

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



Thirteen new Daffodils and five groups were judged by the Committee. 



Following a discussion opened by the Rev. G. Engleheart, V.M.H., 

 the Committee agreed, at the suggestion of the Chairman, to recommend 

 the Council to hold a special exhibition of forced Daffodils in the spring 

 of 1907, at which special awards might be made to varieties of proved 

 merit for forcing. 



The Sub-Committee to deal with Tulips only was elected as follows :— 

 Miss ^Yillmott, Rev. J. Jacobs, Messrs. J. Walker, W. T. Ware, R. Wallace, 

 W. Poupart, P. R. Barr, E. A. Bowles, D. Pearson, G. W. Leak, 

 R. Sydenham, and J. T. Bennett-Poe. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver-gilt Banksian Medal. 



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

 fine Irish-grown Daffodils. 



To Mr. C. G. van Tubergen, Haarlem, Holland, for an effective and 

 interesting group of large Tulip blooms. Several new introductions were 

 staged. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Sir Josslyn Gore-Booth, Lissadell, Sligo, for a large display of 

 Daffodils, consisting chiefly of well-known varieties. 



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

 that included several blooms of their new ' Peter Barr.' 



