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stating that it ought to be called " The British Pomona" instead of " The Here- 

 fordshire Pomona." The committee did not, however, propose to change its 

 name, but decided to make Part II. much larger than Part I. ; so that, as would 

 be seen by the plates, 41 different fruits would be given instead of 22 in Part I. 

 In this way the work would be completed at a much earlier period. The sub- 

 scription also to all who were not members of the Club must therefore be increased 

 to £1 Is. per annum. The plates were beautifully executed, and like those in 

 the first part, are so well done that the fruit seems to lie upon the paper. The 

 great success of the beautiful work gives much satisfaction to the Club. 



Mr. Ballard then exhibited some Roman and other objects of great interest, 

 which were found in the neighbourhood of Hereford during the excavations for 

 the canal, and a cordial vote of thanks was passed to him. 



The meeting ended, the members adjourned to the Green Dragon Hotel, 

 were they were joined by Rev. C. H. Bulmer, Rev. W. C. Fowle, Rev. C. E. 

 Maddison Green, Mr. Haggard, Rev. Rees Price, Mr. J. F. Symonds, and other 

 members, with their friends, to dine, and when the cloth was removed the Presi- 

 dent read his retiring address, and Dr. Bull afterwards read a "Sketch of the 

 Life of Lord Scudamore," prepared for publication in Part II. of "The Hereford- 

 shire Pomona." 



ADDRESS BY THE RETIRING PRESIDENT, 

 REV. H. W. PHILLOTT, M. A. 



April 15th, 1879. 



In delivering the valedictory address which the custom of the Woolhope Club 

 requires from its retiring president, the first duty which he has this year to per- 

 form is the sorry one of making apology for his own neglect. We have all heard 

 of the low value which is to be set upon a man who is good at this sort of work, 

 and I fear that your out-going President has no right to claim exemption from 

 the censure which that description implies. Permit me, however, to express my 

 great regret that on two of the occasions on which the club went forth last year I 

 was prevented by illness from joining them. The first of these, the expedition to 

 the great landslip at Much Marcle, which goes by the name of the Wonder, and 

 Kempley Church, vv^as one possessing elements of very great interest — natural and 

 antiquarian— and I may say that my own disappointment at being unable to join 

 it was very great, more especially as for its first portion, the members were able 

 to enjoy the services of so able and experienced a shovnnan as Mr. Symonds, of 

 Pendock. In the second, the visit to Kempley Church, the duty which would 

 have fallen on myself to discharge if I had been present, was, I believe, efficiently 

 fulfilled by my son, who read to the members present the very able and interest- 



