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indeed I do not think that any of the poeticus group should be 

 kept out of the ground an hour longer than necessary. 



A good deal has also been said about obvaUaris, the Tenby 

 Daffodil. We can only speak of things as we find them, but in 

 my garden I cannot grow obvallaris. It is most disappointing, 

 for do what I will no spot seems to suit it, and every year it 

 grows less and threatens to die out altogether. I therefore 

 cannot recommend it, but the one I grow in its place, Troilus, is 

 a plant of magnificent constitution and enormous capacity both 

 for seed-bearing and increase of bulbs. The flower is not unlike 

 the Tenby, and blossoms at just the same time. 



Before he sat down, Mr. Wilks said he was quite sure that the 

 Conference would not like to separate without giving a hearty 

 vote of thanks to those gentlemen who had been kind enough to 

 read papers. The papers had taken a very practical form, and 

 when they were published in the Society's Journal would afford 

 much valuable information to their readers — both amateurs and 

 professionals. 



In the vote of thanks he ought also to include those gentlemen 

 of the trade who had been so ^kindas to bring their splendid 

 exhibits to the Conference. He felt confident that there had 

 never been seen such a grand display as that which was then 

 spread before them, and he begged to propose a hearty vote of 

 thanks both to the gentlemen who had read papers and to those 

 who had exhibited flowers. 



Mr. J. Fraser, in seconding the vote of thanks, said that no 

 doubt amateurs could produce individual flowers quite as good as 

 any in the trade, and he must say that those exhibited that day 

 by Mr. Wilks were some of the very best he had seen. 



Mr. J. G. Baker then put the vote of thanks, which was 

 carried unanimously by an appreciative audience. 



The Kev. C. Wolley-Dod' replied on behalf of those who had 

 come to give the Conference the benefit of their experience, and 

 said he was sure they were all much obliged to the Secretary and 

 the Chairman for their kind vote of thanks, and were always most 

 happy to do anything they could to further the objects of the 

 meetings. What was particularly wanted, however, was to pro- 

 voke discussion, for a great deal more would be learnt that would 

 be of great value to all if those who took part in the discussions 

 did so with the determination to contradict anything which they 

 heard and knew to be contrary to their individual experience. 



