WATFORD NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. XXXI 



Five members have compoiindecl for their annual subscriptions ; 

 and five Honorary Members have been elected. The census of the 

 Society at the end of the year was therefore : — 



Honorary Members ., „. 5 



Life Members ... ... ... ... ... ... 5 



Annual Subscribers 140 



Total 150 



The rapid growth of the Society during the first few months of 

 its existence was considered sufiicient to justify the commencement 

 of the publication, in a permajient form, of the lectures and papers 

 communicated ; and the first two parts of a volume of ' Transac- 

 tions ' have been printed and distributed to the Members. A third, 

 with a few pages of ' Proceedings,' is now in the j)ress. 



The following are the principal papers and lectures which have 

 been read, or delivered, at the evening meetings during the year 

 1875:— 



Feb. 11. — Inaugm-al AdcU-ess ; by the President. 



March 11. — The Cretaceous Rocks of England; by J. Logan Lobley, 



F.G.S.,F.R.G.S. 

 April 8. — Notes on a proposed re-issue of the Flora of Hertfordshire, 

 with Supplementary Remarks on the Botany of the Watford 

 District; by R. A. Pryor, B.A., F.L.S. 



. On the Botanical Geography of Hertfordshrre ; by Arthur 



Cottam, F.R.A.S. 

 . Notes on the Flora of the Watford District; by Arthur 



Cottam, F.R.A.S. 

 May 13.— On the Observation of Periodical Natui-al Phenomena; by John 



Hopkinson, F.L.S. 



. Notes on the Plants on which the Meteorological Society invites 



Observations as to their Time of Flowering ; by the Rev. W. 

 Marsden Hind, LL.D. 



. Notes on the Observation of Insects in connexion with Investi- 



gations on Seasonal Phenomena; by Arthur Cottam, F.R.A.S. 



. On the Pleasures and Advantages to be derived from a Study of 



Natiu-al History, and more particularly from the Observation 



of Birds; by J. E. Harting, F.L.S., F.Z.S. 

 Oct. 14.— The Physical Structui-e of the London Basin, considered in its 



Relation to the Geology of the Neighbourhood of Watford ; 



by Professor John Morris, F.G.S. 

 Nov. 11.— On the Botanical Work of the Past Season; by R. A. Pryor, 



B.A., F.L.S. 



. A Few Words about our Local Ferns ; by John E. Littleboy. 



Dec. 9.— List of Works on the Geology of Hertf ordshu-e ; by William 



Whitaker, B.A., F.G.S. 



Quarterly Eeports of the Eainfall at a number of stations in the 

 vicinity of Watford, and brief notes and observations in various 

 departments of IS'atural History, have also been communicated; 

 and although these are not enumerated above, they are not deemed 

 deficient in value or interest, and have appeared, or will appear, 

 in the ' Transactions.' 



A considerable number of members have thus, it will be seen, 

 taken an active part in the proceedings of the Society — a number 

 that the Council hope will be largely increased during the present 

 year. 



