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Monsieur le President et Messieurs, il ne me reste plus qu' k vous remercier trfes 

 sincferement de la patience avec laquelle vous m' avez dcout^, et de vous exprimer, au 

 nom fie mes confreres et au mien. . . . mais la reconnaissance ne doit pas etre 

 balbutiante et hesitante ; je demande la parole en anglais pour quelques instants: 



Mr. President and Gentlemen, — You have received my friends and myself so 

 very kindly, that I prefer to express in English how deeply sensible we are of the 

 honour you pay us. 



We have come to you in the interest of Pomology, to gain information that 

 may be useful in our orchards, and to our fruit-growers ; you give us an oppor- 

 tunity of acquiring it by your fine exhibition of fruit, and by admitting us so 

 freely and pleasantly to your interesting and instructive meetings. We have come 

 to you as strangers, you receive us as friends, and have to-day most cordially 

 admitted us to this handsome entertainment. I will only add that we reciprocate 

 your very kind feelings towards us with great sincerity. 



Oui, Monsieur le President et Messieurs, mes confreres et moi nous sentons 

 vivement le gracieux accueil que vous nous avez fait. Nous vous remercions du 

 fond de nos coeurs. 



Je demande encore une faveur, c'est la permission d'exprimer un sentiment, 

 ou, si vous voulez, une prifere de la part de mes confreres, et je vous assure que les 

 Anglais en g^n^ral y prendraient part avec une cordialite sincbre, c'est que : 

 Dieu b^nisse la France. 



(The speech was received with much applause, and is printed in the Transactions 

 of the Society at Rouen.) 



ANOTHER REPORT. 



There could be no question that the collection of apples and pears from 

 Herefordshire formed the chief attraction at the grand fruit show which was held 

 last week in the Hall of the Hotel des Soci^t^s Savantes, Rue St. L6, Rouen. The 

 French visitors crowded around the table, and on Sunday, when the attendance 

 was large, they created quite an obstruction. The exhibition of table fruits was 

 held in the rooms of the Soci^te centrale d'Horticulture de la Seine-Inferieure. 

 There was no real competition in this class, for the French Society, like our own 

 Royal Horticultural Society in London, only awards "merits." There were but 

 three gold medals given on the present occasion, and it was very gratifying to 

 know -that one of them was awarded to Herefordshire fruit, and this in the very 

 centre of Normandy. 



The Woolhope Club was very ably represented by Dr. Hogg, the great pomo- 

 logist, whose fame may be said to be widespread, and by Dr. Bull, of Hereford, 

 and Mr. Piper, of Ledbury. Besides this beautiful collection of fine fruit, they 

 carried with them The Herefordshire Pomona, a work which did not fail to create 



