Ivi PROCEEDINGS OF THE 



Ordinaet Meeting, 8th Maech, 1877. 

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



Mr. G. P. Bernard, Marlowes, Hcmcl Ilompstoad ; Mr. Henry 

 Haynes, Langley lload, Watford; Mr. Henry ^larnham. Beech 

 Lodge, Watford ; Miss S. Pugh, High Street, Watford ; and Mr. 

 H. l)cmain-Saunders, Brickendon Grange, Hertford, were elected 

 Members, of the Society. 



Letters were read from Mr. Charles Darwin, F.R.S., and the 

 Rev. George Henslow, thanking the Society for their election as 

 Honorary Members. 



The following lecture was delivered : — 



*' The Fertilisation of Plants." By the Rev. George Henslow, 

 M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S. {Vide p. 201). 



A discussion ensued, in which Mr. E. M. Chater, Mr. Arthur 

 Cottam, and the President, took part. 



Specimens of plants, with drawings of their organs of fructifi- 

 cation, and diagrams, were exhibited by Mr. Henslow in illustration 

 of his lecture. 



Okdinaet Meeting, 12th Apeix, 1877. 

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



Mr. J. E. Cussans, 179, Junction Road, Upper Holloway, London, 

 was elected a Member of the Society. 



The following communications were read : — 



1. "Instructions for taking Meteorological Observations." By 

 William Marriott, F.M.S., Assistant Secretary of the Meteoro- 

 logical Society. Communicated by the Honorary Secretary ( Vide 

 p. 211). 



2. "Meteorological Observations taken at Holly Bank, 'V\ atford, 

 during the year ending 28th February, 1877." By John Hopkin- 

 son, F.L.S., F.M.S., etc., Hon. Sec. ( Vide p. 217). 



3. " Report on the Rainfall in Hertfordshire in 1876." By the 

 Honorary Secretary. 



4. " Notes on a Remarkable Storm in Hertfordshire on the 4th 

 April, 1877." By Lieut. Richard B. Croft, R.N., F.L.S., etc. 



Meteorological Instruments were exhibited, in illustration of 

 these papers, by tlie President, the Secretary, and Mr. Marriott. 



Mr. J. J. Hicks, of Hatton Garden, London, also exhibited some 

 new meteorological instruments, amongst which was a solar-radi- 

 ation thei'mometer mounted with a radiometer to test the vacuum 

 in its outer jacket, — an invention of considerable interest, being the 

 first application of the radiometer to a practical purpose. 



