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IIERTFOEDSHIRE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY 



AND FIELD CLUB. 



The objects of the Society are: — 1. The investigation of the Meteorology, 

 Geology, Botany, Zoology, and Pre-historic Archaeology of the County of Hertford. 



2. The publication of the results of such investigation made by its Members. 



3. The dissemination amongst its Members of information on Natural History, 

 Microscopy, and Photography. 4. The formation of a Library of works on 

 Natural History, and of a Museum illustrative of the Geology, Botany, and 

 Zoology of the County (the Vertebrata excepted). 5. The discoiu-agement of 

 the practice of removing rare plants from the localities of which they are 

 characteristic, and of exterminating rare bii'ds, fish, and other animals. 



The head-quarters of the Society are at the AYatford Public Library. Here 

 the Society has a Library of over 1200 volumes of Scientific Works, which are 

 lent free to Members ; and also a Museum, the chief feature of which is the 

 Herbarium of the authors of the first Flora of the County, Messrs. Coleman 

 and Webb. 



Evening meetings of the Society are held at the Watford Public Library at 

 least once a month during the Winter and Spring. Evening meetings are also 

 held occasionally at St. Albans, Hertford, Ware, and other places. Field 

 meetings are held during the Spring and Summer in various parts of the Coimty. 



Members pay an Entrance Fee of 10s., and an Annual Subscription of 10*., 

 for which they may, if preferred, compound by a payment of £5. Ladies ai-e 

 eligible for election. 



Donations to the Library, and letters relating thereto, should be addressed to 

 the Librarian, W. R. Carter, The Limes, Grosvenor Road, Watford; and to the 

 Museum, to the Curator, A. E. Gibbs, F.L.S., The Hollies, St. Albans. Sub- 

 scriptions, etc., are payable to the Treasurer, John Weall, 38, High Street, 

 Watford. 



INIembers may obtain any of the publications of the Society, postage free, by 

 remitting the price to the Assistant Secretary, H. J. Wardale, 3, Adela Terrace, 

 Watford. They may also be obtained through any bookseller. 



Forms of proposal for Membership, and any further information, may be 

 obtained on application to either of the Honorary Secretaries 



JOHN MORISON, M.D., F.G.S., St. Albans. 



F. M. CAMPBELL, F.L.S., etc., Rose Hill, Hoddesdon. 



