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round us. We appreciate their presence exceedingly. We know what 
valuable work they are doing in the cause of horticulture. We know 
what they have said about the Society has been said from their hearts, 
and we thank them most heartily for what they have said. 
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The proceedings of the Conference were brought to a close by a most 
enjoyable Luncheon and Garden Party on Thursday, July 13, given by 
the Master of the Worshipful Company of Gardeners, Philip Crowley, 
Esq., F.L.S., F.Z.8., &e., &e., at his residence, Waddon House, near 
Croydon. Covers were laid for 120, and among the guests invited were 
the Right Hon. C. T. Ritchie, M.P., and Mrs. Ritchie, Sir Trevor 
Lawrence, Bart., and Lady Lawrence, Sir John Llewelyn, Bart., M.P., 
and Lady Llewelyn, Sir Frederick and Lady Edridge, Sir William and 
Lady Farmer, Colonel and Sheriff Probyn and Mrs. Probyn, the Mayor 
and Mayoress of Croydon, the Master of the Leathersellers’ Company, 
the Rev. Canon and Mrs. Pereira, and all the foreign and distinguished 
members of the Conference. 
Special trains conveyed the guests from London, setting them down 
at the very boundary of Mr. Crowley’s gardens. Luncheon was served 
in a marquee, a military band being in attendance. After luncheon, Mr. 
Crowley received upwards of 250 guests at a Garden Party, and when 
the time came for the special train to convey the members of the Con- 
ference back to London all were agreed that a most delightful conclusion 
had been given to the Conference by the hearty welcome and unbounded 
hospitality of the Master of the Gardeners’ Company. 
