clxxxii PROCEEDINGS OF THE ROYAL HORTICULTURAL SOCIETY. 



Narcissus and Tulip Committee, May 18, 1909. 

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



The proposed new scheme of Classification of the Narcissus, as 

 prepared by the Sub- Committee appointed on March 9, was brought 

 forward, and on behalf of the Sub -Committee its acceptance was formally 

 moved by the Rev. G. H. Engleheart. The scheme was taken section by 

 section, unanimously approved and adopted by the Committee, and sent 

 on to the Council for endorsement. 



Awards Recommended :— 



Silver- gilt Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. Sutton, Reading, or May-flowering tulips. 

 To Messrs. Barr, Covent Garden, for May-flowering, Darwin, and old 

 English florists' tulips. 



To Messrs, Cuthbert, Southgate, for late tulips. 



To Messrs. Alex. Dickson, Newtownards, Ireland, for tulips, including 

 ' Mr. Farncombe Sanders,' ' Duke of Westminster,' ' Bouton d'Or,' 'May 

 Queen,' ' Inglescombe Pink,' ' Margaret,' &c. 



To Messrs. R. Wallace, Colchester, for new and old varieties of late 

 tulips. 



Silver-gilt Banksian Medal. 



To Messrs. J. Veitch, Chelsea, for May-flowering tulips. 

 To Messrs. R. H. Bath, Wisbech, for tulips, yellow varieties pre- 

 dominating. 



Silver Flora Medal. 

 To Messrs. Hogg & Robertson, Mary St., Dublin, for tulips. 



Silver Banksian Medal. 



To Lord Hillingdon, Uxbridge (gr., Mr. A. R. Allan), for tulips. 



To the Rev. Canon Fowler, Earley Vicarage, Reading, for late tulips. 



To Messrs. William Bull, Chelsea, for tulips. 



Award of Merit. 



To Tulip ' The President ' (votes, unanimous). A shapely May- 

 flowering variety, bright red, suffused with orange, from Messrs. R. Wallace, 

 Colchester. 



