Clii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Award of Merit. 



To Narcissus ' Pearl of Kent ' (votes, 15 for, 0 against), from the 

 Rev. G. P. Haydon, Westbere, Canterbury. A large, finely proportioned 

 ' Ajax ' variety, with ample perianth segments and a soft ivory-white, bold, 

 frilled trumpet. 



To Narcissus Warleyensis (votes, unanimous), from Miss Will- 

 mott, V.M.H., Warley Place, Great Warley, Essex. A very fine golden 

 yellow ' Ajax ' variety ; flowers well expanded ; stems very stout and long. 



To Narcissus odorus rugulosics maxivius (votes, 16 for, 0 against), 

 from Messrs. Barr & Sons, Covent Garden. A glorified form of an old 

 garden favourite. The flowers are golden-yellow, 3 inches across. 



Othep Exhibits. 



Mr. Robert Sydenham, Tenby Street, Birmingham, staged a small 

 group of Daffodils growing in moss fibre in undrained pots. 



Messrs. William Bull & Sons, King's Road, Chelsea, set up a small 

 group of Daffodils. 



Messrs. W. Gilbert & Son, Dyke, Bourne, Lines., exhibited Daffodils 

 and Tulips. 



Mr. G. Reuthe, Fox Hill Nursery, Keston, showed a few Daffodils and 

 some very large Tulip flowers. 



Miss Willmott, V.M.H., Great Warley, sent vases of Warleyensis and 

 ' Duchess of Bedford ' Daffodils. 



Rev. G. H. Engleheart, V.M.H., Dinton, Hants, contributed several 

 beautiful unnamed seedling Daffodils. 



Bake Daffodil Cup Competition. 



On this date the competition for the Barr Daffodil Cup was held. 

 There were four competitors on this occasion. The Cup was awarded to 

 the Rev. G. P. Haydon, Westbere, Canterbury, who had good blooms and 

 a number of seedlings of his own raising. Miss Katherine Spurrell, 

 Hanworth, Norwich, was awarded the second prize, a Silver Flora Medal. 



The judges expressed an opinion that considerable improvement 

 might have been shown in the staging of the first-prize exhibit, and they 

 deprecated the use of board and tubes in the second-prize exhibit. 



Narcissus and Tulip Committee, May 1, 1906. 

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



Seven new Daffodils and twelve new Tulips were brought before the 

 Committee, and there were six groups staged. 



A resolution, " That when Daffodils are sent to the Committee for 

 awards only the foliage belonging to the variety may be shown with the 

 flowers," was submitted and discussed, but was lost. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Gold Medal. 



To Miss Willmott, V.M.H., Warley Place, Great Warley, Essex, for 

 an exceptionally fine group of rare Daffodils. This display gave ample 



