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by Mr. Wilson that one is thankful to remember and glad to 

 acknowledge. 



Discussion and Conclusion of Conference. 



The Chairman : It is my pleasure and privilege now to move 

 a hearty vote of thanks to those who have contributed papers. I am 

 sure that such a vote will be accorded a warm acquiescence from all 

 here. It will go from our hearts, and I am only sorry some of the 

 speakers have been obliged to leave and have not remained until 

 the time arrived for the reception of this approval from you. It will, 

 as I say, come from our hearts, and I shall have pleasure in moving 

 it. I should like to add that I think this Conference will certainly 

 leave a very pleasant reminiscence in our minds, and that we have 

 every reason to believe it will bring a great accession to the ranks of 

 our lovers of spring flowers to admire the beauties that the Almighty 

 and His beautiful Nature have placed before us. I also hope that 

 the Conference will have another result. I think what we want 

 in the Horticultural world as much as anything is a good Monograph 

 of the Primulas. If that could be prepared and illustrated by the 

 new process of colour photography it would be acceptable to a large 

 number of admirers of that plant. It is my great pleasure to move 

 a hearty vote of thanks to the speakers and readers of papers. 



Mr. Wallace : I have great pleasure in seconding the resolution. 

 I should like also to say what a great pleasure it was to listen to 

 Professor Balfour and to see the illustrations he gave us of the new 

 Primulas. He was followed by an interesting paper by Miss Jekyll, 

 which described the use of one or two Primulas. In connexion with 

 P. japonica and the use which can be made of it in positions 

 such as she alluded to, especially in woodland, one may note the 

 wonderful effect to be obtained. Nowhere is it better appreciated 

 than in open woodlands. P. pulverulenta is also particularly useful in 

 this way : that wonderful plant, the name of which she did not 

 mention, which has already given proof of new colouring, as Messrs. 

 Veitch showed at Chelsea last year, a white form and one almost 

 pink. This pink colouring, with waves of bold silver yellow 

 associated with the darker reds of the japonicas, gives a scheme 

 of colouring of extreme value and enables us to get patches of great 

 beauty when used with a free hand. We know they grow freely 

 from seed, and that there is no difficulty in raising them by 

 thousands, so that we can deal with them in an effective manner, 

 as Miss Jekyll has pointed out. The paper of Miss Jekyll provides 

 the complement to that of Professor Balfour, as Professor Balfour 

 showed us the plants as we have them from Nature, and she suggests 

 the proper way to use them in our gardens. 



Mr. Jenkins : May I just add a word ? Miss Jekyll referred to 

 the exacting nature of the double crimson primrose. It is true, 

 but I think if we treated it liberally, gave it more manure, 

 we should be much more successful with it. Some years ago I 



