XVI PEOCEEDINGS OF THE 



Three of these meetings were held in conjunction with other 

 societies. In the annual whole day meeting, on the 25th of June, 

 the Geologists' Association and the Luton Natural History Society 

 participated. The meeting on the 18th of June was held in con- 

 junction with the Quekett Microscopical Club, and that on the 

 12th of July with the Epping Forest and County of Essex Natu- 

 ralists' Field Club. 



For hospitality kindly afforded at the Field Meetings the Society 

 is indebted to Mr. H. Domain Saunders, Brickendon Grange, Hert- 

 ford ; Mr. George Brightwen, The Grove, Stanmore ; Mr. A. H. 

 Holland Hibbert, Munden Park ; Mrs. Warner, The Woodlands, 

 Hoddesdon ; Mr. Henry Brown, Highfields, Luton ; and Dr. A. T. 

 Brett, Watford House. The thanks of the Society for permission 

 to pass through private grounds are also due to Earl Cowper, 

 Panshanger ; Mr. S. T. Holland, Otterspool ; the Earl of Clarendon, 

 The Grove ; and the Earl of Essex, Cassiobury Park. 



To plan and arrange such a number of Field Meetings entails a 

 considerable amount of work, and the Council wishes to point out 

 how greatly individual members may relieve your secretaries by 

 organising, conducting, and reporting upon such meetings. 



In the Report for 1880 the announcement was made of the dona- 

 tion to the Society of the late Rev. R. H. AVebb's botanical library 

 and herbarium. The herbarium, then stated to be in the hands of 

 Mr. R. A. Pryor, has since been received, and as Mrs. Webb has 

 also presented to the Society Messrs. Coleman and Webb's manu- 

 scripts and botanical correspondence, the Society is now in posses- 

 sion of nearly the whole of the material from which the ' Flora 

 Hertfordiensis ' was compiled. 



It is now the duty of your Council to announce a most valuable 

 bequest. Amongst the members the Society has lost by death, will 

 have been noticed the name of Reginald A. Pryor. Mr. Pryor had 

 for the three years preceding his death been a vice-president of the 

 Society, and had contributed several valuable papers to the ' Trans- 

 actions.' At the time of his death he was engaged in the completion 

 of a new ' Flora of Hertfordshire,' in compiling and collecting 

 material for which, he had for several years devoted the greater 

 part of his time. The MS. of his ' Flora,' his botanical library, his 

 herbarium, and the sum of £100, he has bequeathed to the Society. 

 The following are the terms of the bequest : — " I bequeath to 

 the Hertfordshire Natural History Society all my botanical books, 

 manuscripts, and collections, together with £ 1 00 to enable the 

 Society to keep and preserve the same as one collection ; such £100 

 to be paid exclusively out of my pure personal estate, and the re- 

 ceipt of the treasurer of the said Society to be a sufficient discharge 

 for the said legacy." 



The botanical library consists of about 400 volumes, including 

 many valuable and rare works. The herbarium is not extensive, 

 for Mr. Pryor did not collect with the view of forming an herbarium, 

 and seems to have retained in his possession only such specimens as 

 were necessary to solve doubtful points, either in the discrimination 



