WATFOKD NATURAL HISTOET SOCIETY. XVU 



Although this Field Meeting was chiefly devoted to geology, a 

 few plants were collected by the botanists ; and the following list 

 of moUusca collected by one of the party — Mr. H. J. J. Lavis — 

 will show that the conchology of Berry "Wood is also worthy of 

 attention : 



Clausilia, sp. Berry Wood Chalk-pit, " amongst moss." 



Cochlicopa (Jeffre)-s), sp. Near Otterspool, Berry Wood, " in some moss around 

 an old tree stump." 



eantiana{T\ \^'^^'^ Otterspool, Berry Wood, "imder some bricks and 

 ',; nemoralis, ) stones," abundant. 

 Lymnea peregra, "^ 



,, stafftialis, I « Jq a pond by the side of the road, just after crossing 

 Fhysafontmahs, ^ ^^^ ^^^^^ ^/^^ „ ,3^^, ^^^s 

 Flanorbts carinatiis, \ o \ j 1 



,, co9-neus, j 



Zonites glabra, ) Near Otterspool, Berry Wood, " under some bricks and 



,, radiatula, ) stones." 



On their return to "Watford the members of the Geologists' 

 Association had tea at Holly Bank before leaving for London by an 

 evening train, to which the saloon carriage in which they had 

 arrived — kindly provided by the Railway Company — was attached. 



Oedixahy Meetiis^g, 13th May, 1875. 

 Alfred T, Brett, Esq., M.D., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



The Honourable Arthur Capel, Cassiobury Park, "Watford ; Mr. 

 William T. Eley, Oxhey Grange, Watford; Mr. John B. Fairman, 

 Aldenham ; the Rev. Canon Gee, D.D., The Vicarage, Abbot's 

 Langley ; Mr. Frank Hollingsworth, The Netherwyld, St. Albans ; 

 Mrs. Jones Loyd, Langleybury, Watford; Miss Willshin, Kings- 

 bury, St. Albans; and Major J. Andover Wood, 11, Princes 

 Square, Bayswater, London, were elected Members of the Society. 



Letters were read from Professor AUman, Dr. Hooker, and Sir 

 John Lubbock, thanking the Society for their election as Honorary 

 Members. 



The following papers were read : — 



1. "On the Observation of Periodical J^atural Phenomena." By 

 John Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.G.S., Hon. Sec. {Vide p. 33). 



2. " 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. ( Vide p. 43). 



3. "Notes on the Observation of Insects in Connexion with 

 Investigations on Seasonal Phenomena." By Arthur Cottam, 

 F.R.A.S. (F?^ep. 50). 



4. "On the Pleasure and Advantages to be derived from a Study 

 of Natural History, and more particularly from the Observation of 

 Birds." By J. E. Harting, F.L.S., F.Z.S. ( Vide p. 52). 



The Rev. Dr. Hind exhibited a number of plants, freshly 

 gathered, in illustration of his paper. 



Mr. Cottam exhibited a collection of insects. 



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