Grammar Test B Answer 3


3. Her efforts to defend the rare dune tansy earned her the Gold Veitch Medal, the highest award given to a non-British citizen by the Royal Horticultural Society.

Ans. 3. Her efforts to defend the rare dune tansy earned her the gold veitch Medal, the highest award given to a non-British citizen by the Royal Horticultural Society.


1) and 2) both Gold and Veitch must be capitalized because these are names that refer to a specific medal, a specific award. It is a proper noun. Normally, however, plant names, unless they refer to specific geographic (e.g. California poppy) or national varieties (e. g. Scottish broom) are not capitalized.