DR. DURHAM
StR,—During the ten years I was County Agricultural Organiser for Herefordshire my work often brought me in touch with Dr. Durham both with regard to fruit growing and cider making as well as at meet- ings of the Herefordshire Fruit Growers' Association and I was very pleased to see Sir W. Beach Thomas referring to his valuable work in his weekly notes.
It is no doubt very largely due to Dr. Durham that the above Asso- ciation paid a visit to Normandy in order to study their methods of growing apples and pears, when Caen, now famous during this war, was our headquarters. This visit gained much from Dr. Durham being a member of the party, because he could converse fluently in French and had the technical knowledge necessary to secure full information of the technique being adopted in that interesting and progressive country.
I notice in the same issue Sir William refers to the "blue bells of Scotland" remaining in constant flower this month. Could Sir William state which specific flower is understood by this oft-used term?
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