190 A YORKSHIRE NATURALIST 



Germans, came each morning to overhaul my wife's 

 invitation list ; to his kind help we are indebted for 

 pleasant intercourse with our many guests. We 

 had found that at other meetings the Sunday after- 

 noons were often dull, and tried to prevent this 

 for our friends, by issuing invitations for a small 

 assembly of naturalists in our own house and garden. 

 Fortunately the afternoon was fine. I believe every 

 invited guest arrived, and many of our intimate neigh- 

 bours who were not invited. We were glad our 

 little effort was so kindly responded to. One 

 enthusiastic friend said to my wife that "most of 

 " the distinguished botanists of Europe and America 

 41 were in the garden, and not one but who had seen 

 " something growing he never saw before." 



