WATFOED NATUHAL HISTOET SOCIETY. XXIU 



of the lady members, all seemed to thoroughly enjoy their after- 

 noon, spent in as varied and beautiful scenery as any in the county. 



Oedinaey Meeting, 14th Octobee, 1875. 

 JoHK Evans, Esq., V.P.R.S., etc., President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Edward H. Ambler, Hemel Hempstead; Mr. R. Russell 

 Carew, F.C.S., P.R.G.S., and Mrs. Carew, Carpenders Hall, Wat- 

 ford ; Mr. George Cawston, P.R.Hist.S., Heathboume, Bushey 

 Heath ; Mrs. George Chippindale, Rough Down Villas, Boxmoor ; 

 Surgeon-Major J. G. Gibbs, Braziers, Chipperfield ; Mr. Charles F. 

 Hancock, jun., Hendon Hall, Hendon ; and Dr. Charles Wotton, 

 King's Langley, were elected Members of the Society. 



The President announced the discovery of Impatiens fulva on the 

 banks of the canal between Hunton Bridge and JS'ash Mills. 



An extract was read from a Letter from the Rev. Dr. Hind to the 

 Secretary, asking for any information on the Botany of the neigh- 

 bourhood of Harrow the members of the Society could give, a new 

 edition of the ' Flora of Harrow ' being ready for the press. 



Mr. Arthur Cottam read a note on the Appearance of Sphinx 

 ConvolvuU ( Vide p. 108). 



The following lecture was delivered, as introductory to the 

 Second Session of the Society : — 



"The Physical Structure of the London Basin, considered in its 

 relation to the Geology of the Neighbourhood of Watford." By 

 Professor John Morris, F.G.S. {Vide p. 89). 



The President, in proposing a vote of thanks to Prof. Morris, 

 made a few remarks on the subject of the lecture. 



Fossils from the London Clay were exhibited by Prof. Morris ; 

 and Cretaceous and Eocene Fossils by Mr. J. Hopkinson. 



Maps and Diagrams, in illustration of his lecture, were also ex- 

 hibited by the Professor ; and the Greenough Geological Map of 

 England was kindly lent for the occasion by the Geological Society 

 of London. 



Oedinaey Meeting, IIth Novembee, 1875. 

 John Evans, Esq., V.P.R.S., etc.. President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Robert Philips Greg, F.G.S. , F.R.A.S., Coles Park, Bunting- 

 ford, and Mr. Stephen Taprcll Holland, Otterspool, Aldenham, were 

 elected Members of the Society. 



The following communications were read : — 



1. Reports of the Rainfall for the second and third quarters of 

 the year: — (1) at Cassiobury House, by the Right Hon. the Earl 

 of Essex ; (2) at Watford House, by Dr. Brett ; (3) at Harwood's 

 Farm, Cassiobury, by Mr. Swauston ; (4) at Oaklands, Hempstead 

 Road, Watford, by Mr. E. Harrison ; and (5) at Nash Mills, Hemel 

 Hempstead, by the President {_Vide p. 112). 



