Dictionary of GCV Flower Shows Awards

Artistic Awards

* denotes outright award.  All others are perpetual, held for one year.

Daffodil

Lily

Rose

Horticulture Awards

Daffodil

There are seven different types of awards presented at the Daffodil Shows.  Except for Host Club Cups, the GCV Daffodil Chairman is responsible for all horticulture awards listed.

1. GCV colored embossed satin ribbons are given to all winners in the single and collection entries—Blue 1st; Red 2nd; Yellow 3rd; White, honorable mention. These ribbons are ordered by the GCV Daffodil Chairman, and given to the clerks for distribution at the show. The ribbons are stapled to the upper Right corner of the Exhibitor Entry tag card according to the judges’ wishes.
2. GCV Award Cards (5 x 7-1/4) are awarded to all color ribbon winners ( B,R,Y) only in Section A, Section B, Section G, Section I, and to the Best Stem in the Show. Obtain from GCV Flower Shows Chairman.
3. American Daffodil Society Ribbons are sent to the Host Club Show Co-Chairmen prior to the show by the ADS Awards Chairman according to the classes offered in the show. Ex. Intermediate Ribbons if we offer Intermediate classes. Any ribbon that is not awarded is to be returned to the ADS.
4. Perpetual Awards Cards – (Large 7 x 9) are only given to those winners in Section A. All award cards are filled out in green ink. BEFORE any of these cards are signed by the GCV President, make sure they were actually won and will be awarded. There will be some perpetual award cards not awarded and may have been passed along from the prior show. The cards are obtained from the GCV Daffodil Chairman or the GCV Flower Shows Chairman.
5. Perpetual Trophy Awards - All silver/crystal trophies are placed on the awards table in the order to be awarded going directly by the schedule. Provide for adequate protection for all trophies. Open only to GCV Members.  Perpetual award, held for one year.
    
   • The Eleanor Truax Harris Cup  - Twenty-four blooms, eight varieties three stems each, from at least four divisions of daffodils.
   • Mary McDermott Beirne Challenge Bowl - Four all-white va­rieties, three stems, each, from at least two of the first seven divisions. The exhibitor may not win in two consecutive years.
   • Katherine Leadbeater Bloomer Award  -  Five varieties from five different divisions.
   • Edith Hardison Walker Award - Ten varieties, one stem each, from any collection, previous and/or current. Name of variety, hybridizer, color code and date of collection to be shown.
   • Jacqueline Byrd Shank Memorial Trophy - Best miniature grown by GCV member.
   • Helen Louise Broyhill Trophy - Best collection of three of a kind.
   • Louise Morris Goodwin Bowl - Five varieties of American bred daffodils, one stem each.
   • Jennette H. Rustin Trophy: Daffodil parent and one child. Two cultivars, one being the parent (seed or pollen) of the other. May be won only one time by any exhibitor.
   • Patricia Mann Crenshaw Award: Novice Class. A class for those who have never won a Blue ribbon in a show approved by the American Daffodil society. A single specimen from any divi­sion. Only one entry per exhibitor.
   • William Pannill Award - Five Standard Cultivars, One stem each from at least three of the first seven divisions. The cultivars must have been bred by Mr. Pannill. The exhibitors cannot win in two consecutive years.
6. Annual Awards - Open only to GCV Members.  Award won outright.
    
   
   • Daffodil Collection Chairman’s Cup - for GCV Member Club Daffodil Chairmen, exhibited in the name of their respective clubs. Twelve varieties, one stem each as specified on sched­ule, from at least four years’ collections. Each variety named, dated and color-coded.
   • Presidents of Member Clubs’ Cup -  For the Runner-Up in Horticultural Sweepstakes. To be awarded to a GCV member scoring the second-highest number of Blue ribbons. In case of ties, Red ribbons, and possibly Yellow ribbons are totaled.
   • Award honoring the Host Club - A single stem from any divi­sion exhibited by a member of the Host Club.
   • Worshipful Company of Gardeners of London Cup - Three varieties, one stem each, from Divisions 1-7. Novices only. Given by Jean Printz. 
     
     Open to any amateur grower.  Award won outright.
     
     
   • Member Clubs’ Cup - Best Bloom in show.
   • GCV Cup for Horticultural Sweepstakes - presented to the winner of the greatest number of Blue ribbons. In case of ties, Red ribbons, and possibly Yellow ribbons are totaled. The Tricolor counts as an additional Blue ribbon.
   • Pat Lawson Memorial Trophy - Best stem in Division 7.
   • Gale and Lockwood Frizzell Award - Best collection of 3 different varieties of Irish Blooms from Divisions 1-4.  May come from 3 different divisions. Name of variety, hybridizer, color code required.
7. The Host Club may donate additional cups for any Horticulture class for which a trophy award is not already designated.

Lily

Open only to GCV members. Perpetual award, held for one year.

1. The Eleanor Truax Harris Cup - Collection of six regis­tered varieties, one stem each in separate containers.
2. Violet Niles Walker Memorial Cup - A single stem, grown by the exhibitor from seed, scales, or bulbils and so labeled. (No purchased material or bulblets from stem below the ground may be used.) A plant that has won this award is not eligible for com­petition in this class.
3. Blanche Rohrer Davis Memorial Cup - Single stem species lily grown by exhibitor.
4. Blue Ridge Garden Club Cup - Best stem grown by a novice. A novice is someone who has never won a Blue ribbon in the Horticulture section of a Lily Show. This section will follow the same classification as the General Schedule.
5. Sponsor’s Cup - Best stem of an Asiatic hybrid lily grown by a Garden Club of Virginia member. Open to all Asiatic hybrid classes. To be chosen after “Best in Show.” “Best in Show” lily may also be eligible for this award.
6. Asiatic Hybrid Lily Bowl

Open only to GCV members. Award won outright. 

1. Lily Test Chairman’s Cup - For GCV Member Club Lily Chairmen, entered in the name of their respective clubs. Eight to 12 varieties, one stem each to a container, correctly named with collection year, from last 10 years of GCV collections. Lilies from club lily test garden or any club member’s garden are eligible.
2. Presidents of Members Clubs’ Cup - For the Runner-Up in Horticultural Sweepstakes. To be awarded to a GCV member scoring the second-highest number of Blue ribbons. In case of ties, Red ribbons and, possibly, Yellow ribbons are totaled.

 Open to any amateur grower.  Perpetual, award held one year.

1. Gertrude Cody Minter Memorial Award - Single stem of un­named seedling hybridized by the exhibitor, parentage given where possible. A plant that has won this award is not eligible for competition in this class.
2. Colonel Robert S. Pickens Memorial Cup - collection of three to six hybrid lilies, all different, one stem each, staged in differ­ent containers. May include named strains or hybrid groups, num­bered selections and/or clones.
3. North American Lily Society Award - One to three blooming stems in a pot, not more than 12” in diameter.

Open to any amateur grower.  Award won outright. 

1. Members Clubs’ Cup - Best Bloom in show.
2. GCV Cup for Horticultural Sweepstakes - presented to the winner of the greatest number of Blue ribbons. In case of ties, Red ribbons and, possibly, Yellow ribbons, are totaled. The “Tricolor” counts as an additional Blue ribbon.

The Horticulture awards listed are the responsibility of the GCV Lily Chairman. The Host Club may donate additional cups for any Horticulture class for which a trophy award is not already designated.

Rose

1. Jane Marshall Broyhill Trophy - Queen of the Show denoting the best Hybrid Tea or Grandiflora single specimen
2. Yancie Donegan Casey Memorial Award - best Old Garden Rose
3. The Eleanor Truax Harris Cup - GCV mem­ber for a collection of eight Hybrid Tea or Grandiflora specimens of different varieties
4. Edith Farr Eliott Memorial Triad Award - GCV mem­ber for a triad collection of one Hybrid Tea, one Grandiflora and one Floribunda
5. The Elizabeth Campbell Wright Bowl - GCV member for four Hybrid Tea or Grandiflora blooms represent­ing white, yellow, pink and red color classifications
6. The Mary Jean Printz Rose Award
7. Peace Rose Perpetual Trophy 
8. Dr. F. Whitney Godwin Memorial Trophy - best red Hybrid Tea collection of three specimen blooms
9. The Captain and Mrs. Edgar M. Williams Trophy - best Shrub collection
10. Dr. and Mrs. James R. Hundley Cup

 The following cups and awards are won outright.

• Rose Chairman’s Cup - best Member Club Rose Chairman Collection consisting of six Hybrid Tea or Grandi­flora blooms of different varieties, or three sprays of Floribunda or Shrub roses of different varieties. Entries permitted in either or both sections.
• Member Clubs’ Cup - Queen of the Miniatures/ Mini-Floras.
• Benjamin F. Parrott Award - best Hybrid Tea entry in the Novice Class.
• Garden Club of Virginia Horticultural Sweepstakes Cup  - winner of the greatest number of Blue ribbons. Queen awards are given the value of an additional Blue ribbon.
• Presidents of Member Clubs’ Cup Horticultural Sweepstakes runner-up Cup - awarded to a member of the Garden Club of Vir­ginia having the highest number of Blue Ribbons. Queen Awards are given the value of an additional Blue ribbon.
• Royal National Rose Society of Great Britain Bronze Medal Award - winner of the English Box Class.

The Horticulture awards listed are the responsibility of the GCV Rose  Chairman. The Host Club may donate additional cups for any Horticulture class for which a trophy award is not already designated. American Rose Society Certificates are awarded to the Court of Honor and Members of the Court. The GCV Rose Chairman pur­chases them from the American Rose Society.

Procedures for Donating a Perpetual Trophy

The garden club sponsoring a proposed perpetual trophy will submit a written proposal of its desire to donate an honorary or memorial perpetual trophy to a specified GCV Flower Show. The proposal will include reasons the names individual is to be so honored/memorialized. The proposal must then be sent directly to the GCV Flower Shows Chairman as well as the appropriate GCV Daffodil, Lily or Rose Chairman by email

1. The GCV Daffodil, Lily or Rose Chairman, after having determined that an additional perpetual trophy can be accepted, will present the proposal at a meeting of the Flower Shows Committee. The Flower Shows Committee will vote on the proposal and, if passed, the Committee, in cooperation with the GCV Daffodil, Lily or Rose Chairman, will determine to which class in the show schedule the trophy will be awarded. The sponsoring club may request that the trophy be awarded to a certain class; however, there is no guarantee that such a request will be granted.
2. The sponsoring garden club will present to the Flower Shows Committee, for approval, the trophy (or a well-defined photograph) and the intended working to be engraved thereon.
3. The approved / finalized proposal and a representation of the trophy and engraving will be presented to the GCV Board of Directors for final approval at the next Annual Meeting (May) or Board of Governors' Meeting (October).
4. Having received a positive response to all the above-named requirements, the sponsoring garden club will advise the donor (if other than the club itself) to proceed with securing and engraving the trophy for awarding at the next appropriate show.

Regarding Perpetual Trophies

1. Perpetual trophies should be sterling silver, quality silverplate, or quality pewter. Because of the risk of breakage, crystal trophies are not recommended.
2. One-piece trophies are recommended. (NOTE: a few existing trophies have separate bases and/or two or more components. It is imperative that the various pieces be accounted for when awarded and when returned.)
3. Engraving on the trophy itself is required and must include the show (daffodil, lily or rose) for which it is intended as well as the year first awarded.
4. The GCV requires, for insurance purposes, an appraisal of perpetual trophies: those made of sterling silver and certain antique sliverplated ones of great value. New trophies shall be available for appraisal as determined by the GCV Finance Committee.