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JOURNAL OF THE KOVAL HORTICULTUKAL SOCIETY. 



OFFICIAL REPORT 



OF THE 



CONFERENCE ON LILIES. 



July 16, 1901. 



On Tuesday, July 16, 1901, an exhibition of Lilies was held at Chiswick, 

 followed by a Conference upon them. The usual Committees met at 

 11 o'clock in the great Vinery where the flowers were exhibited. As a 

 general rule it is invidious and unfair to make special mention of any 

 particular exhibit, but on this occasion the honours of the day, as far as 

 Lily flowers were concerned, fell so conspicuously to Messrs. Wallace of 

 Colchester that it would be unfair not to make particular mention and" 

 acknowledgment thereof. Messrs. Wallace staged a magnificent collec- 

 tion of Lilies (fig. 174), in which probably more species and varieties were 

 represented than have ever anywhere or at any time before been brought 

 together, and the thanks of all Fellows of the Society were very obviously 

 due to them therefor, as also for a very large proportion of the flowers- 

 used to illustrate this report. 



The work of the Committees (whose recommendations will be found 

 recorded at the usual places) having been finished, they all sat down icy 

 luncheon at one o'clock with the invited guests of the Conference, to the- 

 number of nearly two hundred, the President of the Society, Sir Trevor 

 Lawrence, Bart., in the Chair. After the usual loyal toasts had been duly 

 honoured, Sir Trevor cordially welcomed the special members and guests 

 of the Conference, combining therewith an acknowledgment of the deep 

 debt of gratitude which the whole Society owes to the members of the 

 various standing Committees, whose very good health he proposed. The 

 toast was very interestingly responded to by Mr. Alexander Dean. 



Luncheon ended, an adjournment was made for half an hour whilst 

 the tables were removed and the tent arranged for the Conference, which 

 assembled at half-past two o'clock under the Presidency of Mr. H. J. 

 Elwes, F.R.S., V.M.H., the well-known author of the magnificent 

 monograph on Lilies. 



