CONTENTS. 



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1. Anniversaiy Address — Mutual Aid amongst Animals. 



By Pkince Kropotkin 1 



2. Parasitic Fungi : their Mode of Attack and the Means of 



its Prevention. By George Massee, F.L.S., F.R.M.S. 14 



3. Notes on the Characeae, with a List of Species from the 



South Midlands. By James Saunders 19 



4. Notes on Lepidoptera observed in Hertfordshire during 



the year 1895. By A. E. Gibbs, F.L.S., F.E.S 27 



5. Hcrtfol-dshire Rainfall, Percolation, and Evaporation. 



By John Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.G.S., F.R. Met. Soc. 

 (Plate I.) 33 



6. Notes on Birds observed in Hertfordshire during the year 



1895. By Alan F. Grossman, F.L.S 73 



7. Meteoi'ological Observations taken at The Grange, 



St. Albans, during the year 1895. By John Hopkinson, 

 F.L.S., F.G.S., F.R. Met. Soc 85 



8. Climatological Observations taken in Hertfordshire in' the 



year 1895. By John Hopkinson. (Plate II.) .. .. 93 



9. Report on Phenological Phenomena observed in Hertford- 



shire during the year 1895. By Edward Mawley, 

 Pres. R.Met.Soc, F.R.H.S 97 



10. List of Mosses collected in the Neighbourhood of Hertford. 



By Hugh Darton 104 



11. Report on the Rainfall in Hertfordshire in the year 1895. 



By John Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.G.S., F.R. Met. Soc. . . 109 



12. On some Overlooked Records of Hertfordshire Plants. By 



B. Datdon Jackson, Sec. L.S 121 



13. Notes of the Observation of Swallows. By A. Sainsbury 



Verey, M.B.O.U 12G 



14. On the Destruction of an Elm-Tree by Fungi at St. Albans. 



By George Abbey. (Plate III.) 129 



15. On an Ancient British Coin found near Watford. By 



Sir John Evans, K.C.B., D.C.L., LL.D., Sc.D., 



Treas. R.S., V.P.S.A., etc 133 



IG. The Rimtgen or "X" Rays. By Thomas Mansell, 



F.R.M.S., F.R.P.S 135 



