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HERTFOEDSHIRE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY 



AND FIELD CLUB. 



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

 Geology, Botany, Zoology, and Pre-historic Archfeology 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 discom-ngement of 

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

 characteristic, and of exterminating rare birds, fish, and other animals. 



The head-quarters of the Society are at the "Watford Endowed Schools. 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 

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

 meetings are held dm-ing the Spring and Summer in various parts of the County. 



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 are 

 eligible for election. 



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

 to the Librarian, AV. K. Carter, B.A., Bushey Hall Eoad, "W^atford; 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, 

 "\Yaitord. 



Members 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., Eose Hill, Hoddesdon. 



