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Paul, George. 

 Poe, J. T. 

 Eolt, H. A. 

 Sharman, C. H. 

 Sutton, Arthur. 

 Turner, Harry. 

 Tyerman, J. 



Veitch, Harry J., F.L.S. 

 Walker, A. O., F.L.S. 

 Ware, T. S. 

 Waterer, Anthony. 

 Worsley, Philip. 

 Williams, B. B., F.L.S. 

 Wilson, Geo. F., F.E.S. 



Tymons, Rev. F. 



The co-operation of the following foreign and colonial 

 botanists and cultivators was also requested, and many of thern 

 favoured the Society with their assistance in various ways : — 



As to the Conference, it was arranged that the following 

 Papers should be prepared and read at the meeting, and that 

 a discussion on them should be invited, such discussion being 

 facilitated by the circulation beforehand of copies in proof 

 among those most likely to take part in the discussion : — 



1. "The Origin and History of the Florists' Auricula." 



Introductory Paper, by Mr. Shirley Hibberd. 



2. 44 In what directions should efforts be made with the view 



of improving the Florists' Flowers belonging to the 



genus Primula?" Introductory Paper, by Samuel 



Barlow, Esq., J.P. 

 8. " The Nomenclature of Alpine Primulas." Introductory 



Paper, by Mr. J. Gr. Baker, F.E.S. 

 4. 44 Culture of Hardy Primulas." Introductory Paper, by 



Dr. Maxwell T. Masters, F.E.S., on root- structure, 



and mode of growth, as affording indications of the 



probable best methods of culture. 



Prof. Dr. Eichler, Berlin. 

 Prof. Dr. Wittmaek, Berlin. 

 Prof. Dr. Engler, Breslau. 

 Herr Inspector Stein, Breslau. 

 Herr Inspector Max Kolb, Munich. 

 Heir Max Leichtlin, Baden-Baden. 

 Prof. Dr. Kerner, Vienna. 

 Herr F. Maly, Vienna. 

 Prof. Dr. Willkorum, Prague. 

 Prof. Dr. Peyritsch, Innspruck. 

 Herr Dr. V. Borbas, Buda. 

 Prof. Dr. Kanitz, Kolozsvar. 

 Prof. Crepin, Brussels. 

 Prof. Lange, Copenhagen. 

 Prof. Max Cornu, Paris. 

 M. Naudin, Antibes. 

 M. H. de Vilmorin, Paris. 

 Prof. Planchon, Montpellier. 

 M. Correvon, Geneva. 



M. Otto Forster, Scheibbs, Austria. 



M. Froebel, Zurich. 



Prof. Caruel, Florence. 



Mr. Groves, Florence. 



M. Witte, Leiden. 



M. Krelage, Haarlem. 



Prof. Dr. Henriquez, Coimbra. 



Dr. E. de Kegel, St. Petersburg. 



Prof. Dr. Lindberg, Helsingfors. 



M. Boissier, Valleyres. 



M. A. de Candolle, Geneva. 



Prof. Asa Gray, Harvard, Mass. 



Dr. Lawson, Halifax, N. S. 



Dr. Thurber, New York. 



Prof. Meehan, Philadelphia. 



Dr. George Watt, Calcutta. 



Dr. King, Calcutta. 



Dr. H. Trimen, Peradenyia. 



Dr. Treub, Buitenzorg. 



