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Woolhope Club, as you know, took up last year the suV)ject of Edible Fnngusea, 

 and when at the instigation of our great mycologist, the Rev. M. J. Berkeley, 

 special prizes were for the first tinie oifered for them at the Royal Horticultural 

 Society on Tuesday last, it was felt by the Central Committee that our own 

 meeting could not he satisfactorily held to-day without a full knowledge of what 

 had been shown and what had occurred there. To decide upon going there was, 

 of course, to decide upon competing for the prizes ; and to compete meant, 

 equally as a matter of course to win the very first prize if iJossible (applause). 

 As plans fell out, it became his lot to represent the Club on that occasion ; and 

 he would tell tliem where the funguses came from. Mr. GriflBth Morris helped 

 him to get one good basketful. Two other large ones were most kindly collected 

 and sent by Sir. Symons, of Mynde Park. At the station a good hamper from 

 the Rev. Archer CHve, of AATiitfield, met him, and three more hampers from 

 our President, collected by himself, Dr. Chapman, and Mr. Elmes Steele, all 

 most carefully packed ; and lastly, at Holme Lacey Station, Mi. Wells kindly 

 sent him a hamper fi-om Holme Lacey Park ; and thus with eight hampers ixxM, 

 the result of other people's diligent, energetic search, he went in and won. And 

 since these are the simple facts, it really seemed to him that if all had their 

 due GUI' President's name shoidd have been in front (applause). Indeed, if 

 success had not really taken him by surprise, he would have taken care not to. 

 Isave had so gi-cat an amount of honour all to himself (applause). 



