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THE HEREFOEDSHIRE POMONA. 



PEESENTATION TO MISS BULL AND MISS ELLIS. 



3?HE invaluable services of Miss Bull and Miss Ellis, of Hereford, in painting 

 the original drawings for illustrating the Herefordshire Pomona, were to some 

 extent recognised by a testimonial on Tuesday, May 4th, 1886. Throughout his 

 great work, the late Dr. Bull was encouraged by Lady Emily Foley, the rich 

 and fruitful gardens of Stoke Edith House being ever open to the Woolhope 

 Naturalists' Field Club ; and it was with her ladyship that the idea originated of 

 making the presentation under notice. It was also, we may mention, through 

 her ladyship that Her Majesty the Queen commanded a copy of the Herefordshire 

 Pomona to be specially prepared for the Royal Library at Windsor. About eighty 

 of the nobility, gentry, and professional gentlemen subscribed, and the testimonial 

 to each lady took the form of a miniature portrait on ivory of the late Dr. Bull, 

 together with a cheque of 100 guineas. The interesting ceremony took place in 

 the drawing-room of the Deanery, and many of the subscribers were present. 

 The following is a copy of the circular issued : — 



Hereford, November, 1885. 

 " The Herefordshire Pomona " which promises to be of great use to the 

 Orchards of the County, having now been completed, it appears to be the general 

 opinion, that the artists. Miss Ellis and Miss Bull, to whose talents and patient 

 'perseverance the work owes so much of its beauty and exactitude, are entitled to 

 some expression of public appreciation on the termination of their labours. 



Miss Ellis is a Queen's Gold Medalist of the Bloomsbury School of Art, 

 a lady of great artistic ability, who has lately Qome to reside iu Hereford. Miss 

 Bull, as the subscribers are generally aware, is the accomplished daughter of the 

 late Henry G. Bull, Esq., M.D., of this City, the learned general Editor and 

 originator of the work, to whom the Woolhope Club is greatly indebted for 

 numerous interesting papers contained in it, and for the immense amount of 

 information he has collected together on the various branches of Pomology. 



These ladies have given, gratuitously, their valuable services for eight 

 successive years, and have produced a series of illustrations unequalled in any 

 previous work of a similar character. It has been suggested that the subscribers 

 to these beautiful volumes, and many others personally interested in Apple and 

 Pear Culture, would be willing to co-operate with the Club in the presentation of 

 a suitable testimonial to them. We are permitted to add to this circular the 

 following extract from a letter addressed to Lady EmUy Foley by the distin- 

 guished Pomologist, Robert Hogg, Esq., LL.D., F.L.S., of London. 



99, St. George's Road, S.W. 



"Dr. Hogg presents his compliments to Lady Emily Foley, and approves 



very highly of her Ladyship's proposal to recognize the devotion and ability with 



which Miss Ellis and Miss Bull have worked upon the illustrations for the 



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