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The Christine Erin Stamile
Youth Award Winner
Miss McKenzie Williams
by Judy Heath
I am very proud to introduce you to
Miss McKenzie Williams. McKenzie
became the seventh recipient of the
Christine Erin Stamile Youth Award
at the AHS National Convention in
Cincinnati this year.
McKenzie is the 16-year-old
daughter of Eric and Judy Williams
and the granddaughter of Don and
Lea Ann Williams. McKenzie is a
junior at Mater Dei high school in
Evansville, Indiana and lives with
her parents and two brothers.
McKenzie stays very busy with
many school activities and has two
part time jobs. She is a Youth member
of the Daylily Enthusiasts of
Southern Indiana.
AHS Region 2/Great Lakes Newsletter
McKenzie Williams
Image: Allen McLain
McKenzie is no stranger at the Region 2 and AHS National meetings.
She has been attending with her grandparents for many years.
As a youth member, she is always ready to help and talk to everyone.
If you hear laughter, it is very possible McKenzie is there!
The Christine Erin Stamile Youth Award gives the winner a Life
Membership in the AHS. McKenzie submitted an essay and pictures
of her daylily collection and explained why she enjoys growing
daylilies. A panel of judges evaluated and selected the winning
application.
Our hats are off to McKenzie, “a super young lady.”
The AHS Youth Committee ee Members s vote e for the
following award:
Christine Erin Stamile Youth Award (1996)
The Christine Erin Stamile Youth Award was initiated by Patrick and Grace
Stamile to honor the memory of their daughter Christine. She was a Life
Member of the AHS who once expressed the thought that a Life Membership
gives, to its holder, daylilies for that person’s “whole life.” In keeping
with this thought, the award presently funds one Life Membership in AHS
each year to a qualified AHS Youth Member.
The rules of eligibility and application are as follows:
♦ The applicant must be a current Youth Member and must have held
AHS membership for at least two consecutive calendar years prior to
receiving the award.
♦ The applicant must grow and maintain a personal collection of daylilies;
no minimum number of cultivars is required.
♦ The applicant must submit the following material:
√ An essay of any length, in the Youth Member’s own words,
explaining how the collection began.
√ A statement, in the Youth Member’s own words, telling of the
personal enjoyment of growing daylilies.
√ Ten photographs from the Youth Member’s own collection. These
photographs must include
• one example of an individual bloom.
• one example of a clump.
• one example of a garden view which includes a part of the
Youth Member’s collection.
From The AHS Bulletin Board
The following appeared in our AHS The Daylily Journal ,
Vol. 60, No. 3, Fall 2005 (page 350).
AHS Registrar Gretchen Baxter announced:
When a name is being printed within an AHS publication
(journal, newsletter, etc.), the cultivar would need to be
listed as such:
H. ‘Strawberry Candy’ (The H should be placed in italics)
If the cultivar is printed outside of a Hemerocallis
publication, the H. should be indicated as Hemerocallis
‘Strawberry Candy (Hemerocallis in italics) This will
make sure readers know we are referring to a registered
daylily and not possibly a hosta or other plant genus.
Below you will find a mixture of the correct “upper and
lower” case of numerous examples.
Beauty of Bath not Beauty Of Bath,
David McCosh not David Mccosh
Purple-leaved Group not Purple-Leaved Group,
Baden-Baden not Baden-baden.
The International Code of Nomenclature for Cultivated
Plants (ICNCP) feels it is best practice to use upper and
lower case as this gives more precise information.
AHS Board Member and AHS President-elect Kevin Walek
explains further:
The following guidelines are very basic and are not
intended to cover every usage. These are correct according
to the ICNCP.
The genus name, Hemerocallis, is always capitalized,
italicized and written out entirely in the first reference (to a
specific plant or to the entire genus) in an article. Subsequent
references can be abbreviated to H. However, if there
is an intervening genus such as Hosta in the article, the next
reference to Hemerocallis must be fully spelled out. The
Cultivar name is enclosed in single quotes and is always
capitalized. Cultivar names are not italicized. Many
scientific, botanical, publications prefer to fully spell out
the genus name at the beginning of each paragraph. And
allow the abbreviated form thereafter in the paragraph. The
Daylily Journal will use this method.
The following are correct usages:
One of my favorite plants is Hemerocallis ‘Strawberry
Candy’. But H. ‘Last Flight Out’ is a close second. Species
names are in lower case and italicized, but not included in
single quotes: Hemerocallis minor.
Note from Editor: Watch for more detailed information
on this topic in the AHS Winter Journal.
The remaining photographs may be of the Youth Member’s own choosing.
Instructions for applying are published in the Winter issue of The Daylily
Journal and the Fall/Winter issue of the Youth News newsletter. All
material (essay, statement, and photographs) should be mailed to the current
AHS Youth Committee Chairman, postmarked no later than March 31
of the year in which the award selection will be announced. If requested, all
material will be returned upon completion of the judging.
The AHS Youth Committee members will evaluate the entries and select
the winning applicant by vote. The award will be presented at the AHS
National Convention.
Source: AHS Judging Daylilies Handbook, A1-3, Personal Awards.
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