clxx; Monthly Council, Novemher 4, 1891. 
Seeds and Plant Diseases. 
The President then said that 
before the report of the Seeds and 
Plants Committee was brought up, he 
desired to make a short statement to 
the Council. It would be in their 
recollection that a resolution was 
passed at their last meeting on July 
29, urging the Board of Agriculture 
to make an inquiry into the ravages 
of the Diamond-back Moth, and 
promising any assistance which the 
Society and its officials could afford 
in making such inquiry. That reso- 
lution was passed, he need not say, 
in all good faith, no difficulty being 
anticipated in carrying it into effect. 
Miss Ormerod, however, declined to 
co-operate in the inquiry, basing her 
objection on the ground that by the 
terms of her appointment slie was not 
under obligation to do so. They must 
admit that the resolution, so far as 
Miss Ormerod was concerned, was vltra 
vires : but she had in the past been 
so ready and anxious to comply with 
the wishes of the Council that they 
could not have foreseen the objection 
which she raised. Miss Ormerod, 
under a misapprehension as to the 
intentions of tlie Council in passing 
the resolution, thought it necessary to 
send in her resignation. He felt sure 
that the Council would not desire 
that their association with one for 
whom they entertained such great 
respect, and who had rendered such 
valuable services to the Society, should 
be severed on account of this diffi- 
culty. (Hear, hear.) The Secretary, 
with his (Lord Feversham's) full con- 
sent, had therefore endeavoured to 
remove the misapprehension, and, he 
was happy to say, with success. A 
settlement which was, he thought, 
honourable to all parties had been 
arrived at, and the Seeds and Plants 
Committee would bring up a recom- 
mendation on the subject, which he 
hoped might receive the unanimous 
approval of the Council, and would 
put matters on a sound and satis- 
factory footing for the future. (Hear, 
hear.) 
Mr. Mainwaring said that he had 
been asked to take the chair at the 
meeting of the Seeds and Plants Com- 
mittee, held on the previous day, in 
consequence of the unavoidable ab- 
sence of Mr. Whitehead, through con- 
tinued illness. He was sure he was 
only expressing the general feeling of 
the Council in hoping that Mr. White- 
head might soon be restored to his 
usual health. (Hear, hear.) The 
Secretary had submitted a corre- 
spondence which he had had with 
Miss Ormerod as to the resignation 
which she had desired to tender of 
her post of Consulting Entomologist. 
At the request of the President, the 
Committee had given careful consi- 
deration to the conditions under 
which Miss Ormerod was willing, if 
desired by the Council, to resume her 
association with the Society, and they 
recommended that the original ar- 
rangement made with Miss Ormerod 
in 1882 be reverted to, and that she 
be reappointed as Honorary Consult- 
ing Entomologist, substantially on 
the same conditions as at the outset. 
The adoption of the report of the 
Seeds and Plants Committee was then 
put from the chair, and carried unani- 
mously. Mr. Frankish was added to 
the Committee. 
The Secretary read a letter, dated 
November 2, which he had received 
from Miss Ormerod, stating that she 
would feel herself honoured by re- 
association with the Society, and that 
she fully authorised him to accept 
such re-association on her part, if the 
Society thought fit to desire it.' 
' The following is a copy of Miss Ormerod's 
letter subsequently received, dated November 
7, 1891 :— 
DKAn Sir, — I have learned with much grati- 
fication of tlie desire of the Council that I 
should resume association with the Royal 
Agricultural Society as its Honorary Consult- 
ing Entomologist. 
I therefore beg to signify to yourself as 
Secretary my acceptance of the office on the 
terms and conditions laid down in the minutes 
of the Seeds and Plants Committee, dated the 
3rd instant. ^ 
To my formal acceptance I beg to be allowed 
respectfully to add the expression of my great 
satisfaction in being reunited with the Society, 
and with tlie expression also of my own deep 
regret for anything on my part which through 
misapprehension or want of knowle<lge o! 
business has added to the temporary dilDculty, 
I beg to offer my cordial and sincere thanks 
for the friendly and kind consideration shown 
me in the arrangements of my re-association. 
I am, dear Sir, yours very truly, 
(Signed) Ei.KANon A. OuMF.non, 
Honorary Consulting Entomologist 
of the Royal Agricultural Society 
of England. 
Ernest Clarke, Esq. 
Secretary of the 
Royal Agricultural Society, 
