Frank Verge
Seal Chart, Kent, England
Frank VergeFl. forming a double triangle, 105 mm wide; perianth segments broadly ovate, blunt, with slight white mucro, spreading, plane, smooth and of heavy substance, overlapping half; the inner segments narrower; corona funnel-shaped, ribbed, with mouth expanded and a little frilled, rim crenate.
Frank Verge was one of a number of privileged runners who carried the Olympic Flame through the streets of Kent on its way to London for the 1948 Olympic Games, hence the name of this daffodil.
Olympic Flame, 2 Y-O, Frank Verge, England, 2005
Photo #27210 Michael Baxter, England