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first of the Second Series of the Manchester Vegetarian Lectures took place on the evening of Tuesday, October 25, 1887. The lecturer, Mr. E. J. Baillie, F.L.S., of Chester, took as his subject ‘‘Foods from the Vegetable, World.” The chair was taken by Mr. Leo H. Grindon (the author of “Fruit and Fruit Trees,” and other well known horticultural and botanical works). The meeting was preceded by a Vegetarian dinner. Over 120 guests were present, members of the Manchester Field Naturalists, Scientific Students, Microscopical, and other socleties.

Mr., in opening the meeting, expressed his great sympathy with those who sought to promote the extension of fruit culture in this country, the more so because the. drink bill was the smaller. (Applause.) If everyone in this country had what they ought to have, as a matter of health, they would have a pound weight of fruit every day. For this country to supply so great a quantity was, under the present system of cultivation, impossible, and therefore it behoved all those who desired the general welfare of the community and the reduction of the drink bill to promote the cultivation and the cheapening of all the best kinds of fruit. He felt sure that before: very long they would perceive that this question of the cultivation of fruit would form a part of a great educational movement in which all would take part. (Applause.)

then delivered his lecture. He said: There are, I know, people present here who are depts in the botanical aspect of the question, as there are others familiar, with the practical aspect of the question; and there may also be some others who know something about the subject, and little more perhaps'than the young lady, in