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carry on the work satisfactorily, always supposing that it would be well supported 
by annual subscriptions from the public. The Club ought carefully to consider the 
subject. He had prepared a resolution which he hoped might be acceptable ; and 
as that would explain his ideas more fully he would, without further remarks, read 
it. He would suggest :— 
‘«'Phat a Pomological Committee, consisting of members of the Woolhope 
Club, in conjunction with the growers of fruit, be formed to investigate the 
varieties of apples and pears grown in the district ; to inquire into their origin and 
history ; to ascertain their value and uses; and to name such varieties as are not 
known elsewhere, and have a really distinct character, with a view to the publica- 
tion of a ‘“‘ Herefordshire Pomona”; and that Dr. Hogg, F.L.S., be requested to 
edit the work. It is proposed that ‘The Herefordshire Pomona’ should be pub- 
lished in annual parts, quarto size, to correspond with Knight’s ‘ Pomona Here- 
fordiensis.’ That the first part should be issued at the close of next year, 1877, 
and that it should consist of three or more coloured plates, with descriptive letter- 
press, according to the amount of annual subscriptions received. That the 
expenditure of the committee be kept entirely distinct from the ordinary funds of 
the Woolhope Club, and that a separate subscription list be opened for defraying 
the expenses of publication. That the price of the parts separately be 10s. 6d. 
each ; to annual subscribers 7s. 6d.; and to annual subscribers who are members 
of the Club 5s. each part. The names of all subscribers to the work must be given 
to the hon. secretary before the last Club meeting of the year, and the subscription 
must also be paid before that time.” 
The particular form that the publication should take had been discussed among 
themselves, and it was agreed that although ‘‘ The Herefordshire Pomona” should 
be an entirely separate and distinct work from the ‘‘ Pomona Herefordiensis,” it 
would have the same objects in view, and be of the same size, and in that sense 
would be a continuation of Mr. Knight’s work. If the illustrations were always 
to represent the exact size of the apples, he questioned whether a representation of 
the Gloria Mundi could be got on any page less than a quarto (laughter). In Mr. 
Knight’s ‘“‘ Pomona” the illustrations were beautifully done, brought out with 
copperplates; but the plates in the proposed publication would be chromo- 
lithographs, The illustrations would doubtless appear a little more flashy in 
colour than if they were hand-painted ; but he trusted they would be true to 
nature, which was the great object to attain (hear, hear). Dr. Bull had seen a 
good wood engraving of Mr. Knight himself: and he thought it would appear 
exceedingly gracious on their part to publish a likeness of Mr. Andrew Knight 
with the first part (hear, hear). In order to carry out these suggestions the Club 
would require the services of an active secretary, and he was happy to say they 
could obtain such assistance from Mr. Reginald Symonds, who was very willing 
to take up the subject, and to study the pomology of his native county. He would 
have plenty of work to do, for the real practical success depended very much upon 
the honorary secretary ; but he was ready to do it because he believed it would be 
of great service to the county (hear, hear). With regard to the expense of the 
publication, that, of course, depended upon the number of parts published and 
