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many; M. Oannart d'Hamale, for Belgium; M. Doumet, for 

 France, and Mr. Blandy for Great Britain. 



The Congress then proceeded to their proper work, viz. — the 

 correction and assimilation of the nomenclature of fruits in the 

 ,different countries, the formation of -a catalogue of the best 

 kinds of fruit, and the determination of the value oi new varie- 

 ties. For this purpose four sections were estaHished, whose 

 attention was respectively directed to Pears, Apples, Grapes, 

 aixl Stone-fruit. To one or other of these each member was 

 attached according to his own choice, and lists, which had been 

 prepared in anticipation by the officers of the Belgian Federation, 

 were examined, and the opinions of the different sections 

 taken upon the fxniits specified in them. 



After the disposal of the other business, a proposition was laid 

 before the meeting for tlie establishment of a European Pomo- 

 logical Society on the basis explained in an avant-projet circu- 

 lated among the members. Of the most important parts of this 

 the following is a copy : 



"This proposition is made with the view of favouring the 

 progress of Pomology and Fruit Arboriculture, in the temperate 

 climates of Europe ; of causing each country to participate in the 

 discoveries made in others :; of forming a uniform and purified 

 Jnternational Pomological nomenclature in the following dif- 

 ferent points of view ; 



'* 1. Exactitude of names and synonyms. 

 "3. Designation of fruits recommendable for general cul- 

 tivation in regard to quality, fertility, and vigour of 



trees. 

 " 3. Designation of fruits worthless, and conser[uently to be 

 rejected. 



And the Federation of the Horticultural Societies of Belgium 

 having convoked an International Congress at Namur, on tha 

 28th of September, 1862, the Committee of Organisation pro- 

 poses txD constitute an International Association on the follow- 

 ing basis, and under the name of the PoiioLOGicAL Society of 



EUBOPE. 



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1, Each of tlie adherent countnes to be represented ia 

 this Society T^y means oF National Committees, eonsti- 

 tuted either by the Hoa-tlcultural Societies -of these 

 countries, or by their Con^ 



8. The number i^f the membera irf eac^h National -Com- 



