Author: James Akers, England

Portugal 2012

Early in February, Wendy and I with Brian Duncan and Mark Reid went to Portugal. Some photographs from the trip can be found at the following link http://daffodils.thenortherngroup.co.uk/?p=857 James Akers

Portugal

Would anyone like to suggest a name for the species in the attached photograph and in the next email. Golden flowers growing on a cliff 100 ft high and unreachable, flowers and leaves about a foot high. Have we found…

FW: Division 9 consultation paper.

p75.pdf —–Original Message—– Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 19:22 Further to Nial’s comments about page 75 of the RHS Yearbook, I have attached the two relevant pages James Akers —–Original Message—– [mailto: Sent: Tuesday, October 18, 2011 18:30 Cc: American…

Narcissus flavus

Nomenclatura_1_entrega.pdf I assume that this is a reaction by Kew to the new draft Flora Iberica which states Queltia jonquilla (L.) Herb., Amaryllidaceae: 315 (1837) Stephanophorum luteum Dulac, Fl. Hautes-Pyrénées: 134 (1867), nom. illeg. {} = Narcissus flavus Lag., Elench.…

Harrogate

Those who came on the European Tour a couple of years ago will have visited Harrogate Spring Show. There is also an autumn show which is attended by around 50,000 visitors. The Daffodil Society stand received a Gold Award for…