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to those who have so kindly devoted time and attention to their 

 preparation. 



Rev. C. Wolley Dod : I have very great pleasure in seconding 

 the motion, which, I am sure, you will carry with acclamation. 



Mr. Wilson : As the votes of thanks were given en masse to 

 the readers of the papers, I wish very much, personally, as a 

 grower of Primroses, who has been trying many experiments, 

 to say what great value the drawings which accompany 

 Dr. Masters' paper will be to me. I am ashamed to say I had 

 never studied the characteristics of the roots of Primulas as I 

 ought to have done. This paper will be a valuable guide to me, 

 not only as to positions, but also as to the soils in which to 

 place them. 



The resolution was unanimously agreed to. 



Mr. Richard Dean : I trust we shall not separate without 

 giving to our Chairman a cordial vote of thanks for the admirable 

 manner in which he has conducted the business of this meeting. 

 I trust, also, that this Conference and this Exhibition may have 

 been to him something in the shape of a refreshment from other 

 work. 



Mr. Baker : I have great pleasure in seconding that vote of 

 thanks. We have had a most interesting meeting and discussion. 

 Of course, as Mr. Wolley Dod observed, we must mainly rely 

 on practical experience. We have curtailed the formal pro- 

 ceedings of the meeting in order to give members attending here 

 a fuller opportunity of discussing practical matters and of 

 studying the rich store of material which there is downstairs. 

 I am sure all will join in cordially supporting a vote of thanks 

 to our Chairman, who is most emphatically, as a practised 

 cultivator, the right man in the right place on this occasion. 



The resolution was carried by acclamation. 



The Chairman : I thank you very much for the kind way in 

 which you have proposed and received the vote of thanks. I 

 can only say I have enjoyed the meeting as much as any one in 

 this room can have done. 



