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Repotting of the flowering plants should be attended to in 
May ; and they ought to go into their summer quarters, on the 
north side of a building or fence, before they are repotted. 
Ordinary garden-frames are the best places for them. 
Discussion. 
Mr. Milne-Redhead referred to a Primula, which he showed, 
supposed to be the result of intercrossing between P. integrifolia 
and P. viscosa. He had been looking for it in the neighbour- 
hood of Luctron for some time (ten years since, Mrs. Milne- 
Redhead having picked up a flower by the wayside), and at last 
found the plant growing near the Pont du Diable. P. viscosa 
grew in the vicinity, but he never saw P. integrifolia there. He 
sent some of the plants to the Royal Gardens, Kew, but at that 
time no clear idea could be given as to its identity. Now it was 
generally regarded as a hybrid between the two species men- 
tioned. Primula scotica, as grown at Kew, seemed to have 
much longer flower-stalks than his plants (which came from the 
same habitat in Orkney), and the segments of the corolla much 
more divided. He believed it to be a biennial, as it disappeared 
in a mysterious way, and rarely lived until the third year. 
Primula farinosa, which grew in boggy places, he said, would 
sow its seeds in limestone or gravel walks. It was certainly 
a perennial. 
Prof. Michael Foster, in bringing the Conference to a 
close, said that he hoped everyone had been interested in the 
possibilities opened up by the papers and discussion. There were 
possibilities of many things arising from the smaller species, and 
some of the finest forms yet had been derived from them. In 
regard to the nomenclature, something had been done, but there 
was still more, and he hoped the Society would one day issue an 
authentic list of Primulas. He thought Mr. Baker was right in 
calling the attention of collectors to the fact that they should 
give every information regarding the altitude at which plants 
were found, as it would be helpful to cultivators, but he (Prof. 
Foster) would like a little more than this. He had himself 
received many species with the altitudes at which they were 
found, but one very important item was generally lacking, namely, 
some information as to the kind of soil in which the plants grew. 
If this were also mentioned, he thought that growers would 
stand a far better chance of succeeding with new species. 
