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imiseuni under the care of Mr. Svvanton, of Ilaslemere. The 
General Secretary of the Union, Rev. R. Ashington Hullen, of 
Pyrford, has just joined the Council of the Selhorne Society, 
whilst our own Honorary Secretary is on that of the Union ; and 
our Members may be reminded that, as our Society is affiliated 
to the Union they are entitled to attend this Congress, which is 
this year thus close to London, at the reduced subscription of 
2s. 6 d., for which they are also entitled to receive the Transac- 
tions of the Union. 
Insanity in Susse.n. — A correspondent invites us to recon- 
sider this heading in the light of letters from the veteran Mr. 
\V. B. Tegetmeier and other fruit-growers, which have appeared 
in the Field. The most detailed of these letters speaks of the 
publication of the now notorious Bodle Street Club’s “ bag ’ as 
“injudicious” and of the Club’s “slaughter” as “culpably 
indiscriminating,” whilst it concludes with the words, “ It must 
be admitted that the rules of such associations generally require 
amendment, prohibiting the destruction of useful birds.” The 
writer, who exhibits a somewhat defective acquaintance with 
birds when he accuses a winter visitant like the fieldfare of 
eating his currants, states that, in his opinion, “ rooks do more 
good than harm,” that “ the destruction of hawks and other birds 
of prey by gamekeepers has had a pernicious effect,” and that 
“ no one wants to exterminate wild birds other than the house- 
sparrow.” If this be so, we can only continue to consider such 
indiscrimate slaughter alike of friend and foe as that of which the 
Bodle Street Club made public boast as insane. 
An East End Exhibition. — Mr. Edward Owen Greening, 
of the Agricultural and Horticultural Society, is co-operating 
with Canon and Mrs. Barnett in an endeavour to bring before 
the inhabitants of the East End the opportunities which they 
possess of beautifying their surroundings. With this end in 
view an exhibition will be held in July of those kinds of plants 
which will flourish in the smoky atmosphere of London. Such 
an exhibition, with adjuncts to show what country people can 
do with the help of flowers, should prove a great success. The 
expenses of the Exhibition will, we understand, be met by the 
Agricultural and Horticultural Association ; but Members of the 
Selborne Society could do much to help in the way of obtain- 
ing and making exhibits. Suggestions would be welcomed, and 
should, in the first place, be sent to the Hon. Secretary of the 
Selborne Society, at 20, Hanover Square. 
Protection for Big Trees. — We are glad to learn that in 
March last the United States Senate accepted from the State of 
California the gift of the world-famous Yosemite Valley as an 
addition to the Yosemite National Park. This means Govern- 
ment protection for the remaining Mammoth Trees, which we 
commonly call Wellingtonias, though they are known to 
botanists as Sequoia gigantea. 
