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and classified so many varieties, especially at the Conference held 

 on May 13 and 14, 1915, in the R.H.S. Hall, but for the untiring zeal 

 and willing co-operation of all those engaged in the work. 



The thanks of the Committee are due to the donors of bulbs for 

 the Trial, viz. Messrs. The Anglesey Bulb-Growers' Association, 

 Llanfair, Isle of Anglesey ; Barr & Sons, Covent Garden, London ; 

 R. H. Bath, Wisbech ; Gebroeders Bijvoet, Haarlem ; W. Blom & 

 Sons, Haarlem ; G. Bony, Clermont Ferrand, France ; J. Carter, 

 Raynes Park, S.W. ; A. Dawkins, King's Road, Chelsea ; De Graaff 

 Bros., Leiden; Hogg & Robertson, Dublin; Rev. J. Jacob, Whit- 

 church, Salop ; Jefferies & Son, Cirencester ; C. Kieft & Sons, Limmen, 

 nr. Haarlem; E. H. Krelage & Son, Haarlem ; J. R. Pearson & Sons, 

 Lowdham ; Polman Mooy, Haarlem ; A. Roozen & Son, Haarlem ; 

 W. Rowlands & Co., Liverpool ; W. Ruijnok & Sons, Hillegom ; 

 Gerrit Segers, Lisse ; Van der Schoot & Son, Hillegom ; Van Meer- 

 beck & Co., Hillegom ; J. Van Til Jshon, Hillegom ; Van Tubergen, 

 jr., Haarlem ; Van Waveren & Son, Hillegom ; Wallace & Co., 

 Colchester ; The Wargrave Plant Farm, Liverpool Street, E.C. ; and 

 E. H. Wheadon & Sons, Guernsey ; to all concerned with the growing 

 of the plants at Wisley ; and especially to Mr. Titchmarsh, the Trials 

 Officer, who made the notes on the growing flowers, superintended the 

 collection of the immense number of cut blooms sent from Wisley 

 to the Hall for the Conference, helped in their grading as to colour, 

 and, with the assistance of the students, Messrs. A. T. Rudge, R. 

 Wightman, N. K. Gould, and P. Greenway, recorded the place in 

 the colour arrangement assigned to each variety, in itself a very 

 heavy piece of work, and also drafted the descriptive report, faithfully 

 embodying the decisions of the Committee at their many meetings. 



