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or THE 



HERTFORDSHIRE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



ORDDfART Meetixg, 23kd Octobee, 1895, AT St. Albans. 



Dr. Jonx MoEisoN, F.G.S., Vice-President, in tlie Chair. 



The Rev. J. Frome- Wilkinson, M.A., F.L.S., Barley Rectory, 

 Royston ; Mr. Thomas James Itann, Hyde Hall, Sawbridgeworth ; 

 Mr. John F. Marchaut, Heronsgate, Rickmansworth ; and Mr. 

 William Page, F.S.A., The White House, St. Albans, were pro- 

 posed for membership) of the Society. 



The following Icctiire was delivered : — 



" Charles Darwin : his Life and Work." By H. W. S. Worsley- 

 Benison, F.L.S. 



Ordinaet Meeting, 19th November, 1895, at Watford. 



Dr. Alfred T. Brett in the Chair. 



The Rev. J. Frome-Wilkinson, M.A., F.L.S. ; Mr. T. J. Mann ; 

 Mr. J. F. Marchant ; and Mr. William Page, F.S.A., were elected 

 Members of the Society. 



Mr. J. Fraser, F.R.C.V.S., Rochester House, St. Albans, and 

 Miss Rose White, Lismore Lodge, St. Albans, were proposed for 

 membership. 



The following lecture was delivered : — 



"Parasitic Fungi: their Mode of Attack and the Means of 

 Prevention." By George Massee, F.L.S., F.R.M.S. {Transactions, 

 Vol. IX, p. 14.) 



In the absence of a lantern which had been promised, 

 Mr. Massee illustrated his lecture on the blackboard, passing 

 round some of his lantern slides.* 



The Chairman said that the subject of the lecture was one 

 of gi'pat practical importance, for the study of parasitic fungi 

 had given rise to very valuable results, especially to the germ 

 theory of disease. It had led to the study of bacteria, and had 

 revolutionized the sciences of medicine and surgery. 



* An oxy-hydrogen lantern has since been purchased by the Society. 



VOL. IX. — PART VII. 



