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they should express some feelings of thankfulness to those who had so kindly sup- 

 plied them wnth fruit. Letters had been received from Lady Emily Foley, and 

 the Earl of Chesterfield, the latter of whom had been compelled to decline the in- 

 vitation to attend on accoimt of his health. The Pomona had rested almost mainly 

 on the very extensive gardens of Stoke Edith H<iuse and Holme Lacy, which had 

 always been open to them. He required some pears of a particular kind this year, 

 and he went to Holme Lacy. There were, however, only six or seven of the kind 

 he wanted on the trees, and he really had not the face to take them. The follow- 

 ing day the Earl of Chesterfield arrived home, and went through the list which he 

 had prepared. His lordship saw that he had not taken these particular pears, 

 and directed that they should be sent to him. Tliat circumstance showed how 

 kindly and freely the gardens of the Earl of Chesterfield and Lady Emily Foley 

 had been open to them. Lady Emily Foley had written a letter to him, saying 

 what an extreme pleasure it had been to her to send fruit for so excellent a work 

 as the Pomona. They were also greatly indebted to Mr. Higgins, Thing-hill, Mr. 

 Rankin, M.P., and a great many other people. Wherever they had known of 

 good fruit they had only had to ask for it. Mr. Arkwriglit, the Rev. Sir George 

 Cornewall, and Lord Bateman, had sent fruit, but their gardens had not been so 

 well looked after as those of Stoke Edith and Holme Lacy. Their greatest thanks 

 were due to all those who had so kindly thrown their gardens completely open to 

 the Pomona Committee (applause). At times they had been rather criticised in 

 saying that the Pomona was not entirely a scientific work. He did not say that it 

 was, but they were the ouly people who could take it up, and he thought they had 

 done it well (applause). They had already commenced The Flora of Herefordshire, 

 which, he hoped, would be the book for next year. The Birds of Herefordshire 

 would be the work for the following year. They had already gone into this 

 question. The last thing on the list in his hand was Tlie Fungi of Herefordshire. 

 He had now to perform the pleasing duty of welcoming the visitors (applause). 

 If the Club had depended on the Woolhope people, he did not think they should 

 have gone on so far as they had. In connection with the visitors, he asked them 

 to drink the health of Mr. Broome (applause). 

 Mr. Broome replied. 



The Chairman said he had the pleasure of calling upon Dr. Bull to give his 

 report of the Rouen Exhibition (applause). 



Dr. Bull said it would be difficult to name, in a few words, all the adventures 

 with which he and Mr. Piper met, during the few days they were upon the conti- 

 nent in the service of the Club. In Herefordshire there were upwards of twenty 

 kinds of so-called Norman apples. They could hardly finish the Pomona with 

 satisfaction without knowing something of these apples. Last year, eighty-five 

 varieties of apples were sent by some of the best growers in Normandy, to the 

 Pomona exhibition at Hereford. Not one of them resembled the Herefordshire 

 apples ; therefore it became a question whether they should place their so-called 

 Norman apples alongside the Norman apples to be exhibited in Normandy, and 

 thus decide whether the Herefordshire apples were really Norman or otherwise. 

 In the spring of this year, he. Dr. Hogg, and Mr. Piper, were appointed a depu- 



