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An annual publication for those interested in Narcissus, Galanthus and Tulipa. Articles include Alan Street s account of recent selections of double Lent lily, Richard Perrignon's daffodil biography of David Jackson, and Malcolm Bradbury s demonstration of the success of reverse-bicolor daffodils. Matt Bishop reviews the year s UK snowdrop season, Paul van Leeuwen explains how the Dutch deal with snowdrop fungal diseases, and Hagen Engelmann tells of discovering several distinctly green-flushed Galanthus nivalis in Germany as well as some unusual new yellow hybrids. Kit Strange describes the tulip collection at Kew, and John Page tours some special tulip collections in Holland and portrays a renowned garden full of tulips at Chenies Manor House in Buckinghamshire. Regular articles include AGMs awarded after an RHS daffodil trial; RHS awards to plants for exhibition; show reports from the UK, the US and the antipodes; two awards to people and one to a plant; book reviews; and obituaries.