LIST OF ILLUSTRATIONS. 



PLATES. 



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I. Larch at Eussells, Watford, struck by Lightning, 

 9th July, 1905. Photographed by the Editor 



Frontisjjiece, or 33 

 II. Section of Palaeolithic Grravel at Long Valley Wood, 

 Croxley, near Rickniansworth. Photographed by 



Miss Barker 65 



III. Section of Gravel at Long Valley Wood, showing black 



band. Photographed by Miss Barker . . .66 

 IV. Broom on Wild Cherry, Markyate, Herts. Photo- 

 graphed by Mrs. A. Staddon . . . .68 

 V. Broom on Birch, Grove Park, Watford. Photographed 



by the Editor 73 



VI. Broom on Spruce-Fir and Hornbeam, Luton. That 



on Spruce photographed by W. J. Roberts . . 76 

 VII. Mass of Reading Beds in Palaeolithic Gravel at Long- 

 Valley Wood, Croxley, near Rickmausworth. Photo- 

 graphed by the Editor ...... xxxi 



VIII. Plan of Berkhamsted Castle with the Walls restored. 



The plan drawn by the Editor from a sketch by 



D. Montgomerie ; the ground as seen at present 



reduced from Ordnance Survey Town Plan . .195 



IX. Plan of the Walls of Berkhamsted Castle. From a 



drawing by D. Montgomerie . . . . .198 



X. Weetwood, Watford, after the Snow - storm of 



Christmas, 1906. Photographed by the Editor . 221 

 XL Sarsen Stone in Reading Beds at Long Valley Wood, 



Rickmansworth. Photographed by the Editor . lii 



OTHER ILLUSTEATIONS. 



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Fig. 1. Erect Broom on Hornbeam, Stockwood Park, Luton. 



Photographed by Mrs. A. Staddon . . .75 

 „ 2. St. Alban's Abbey Church, 1833 . . . .133 



„ 3. Initial Letter A, 1648 134 



„ 4. " Hertfordshire" (points of the compass), 1793 . 140 

 „ 5. Berkhamsted Castle and part of the Town. From 



Ordnance Survey County Map . . . .195 

 „ 6. Map of Hertfordshire showing its Meteorological 



Stations and River Basins. By the Editor . 221 



