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HERTFORDSHIRE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY 



AND FIELD CLUB. 



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

 Geology, Botany, Zoology, Ethnology, Pre-Norman Archaeology, and Topography 

 of the County of Hertford. 2. The publication of the results of such investi- 

 gation made by its Members. 3. The dissemination amongst its Members of 

 information on Physics and Biology. 4. The formation of a Library of works on 

 Natiu-al History, and of a Museum illustrative of the Geology, Botany, and 

 Zoology of the County (the Vertebrata excepted). 5. The discom-agement 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 Endowed Schools at 

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

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

 are held dming the Spring and Summer in various parts of the County. 



Members pay an Entrance Fee of lO.v., and an Anmial Subscription of 10*., 

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

 eligible for election. 



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

 to the LibrMrian, W. R. Carter, B.A., Endowed Schools, Watford; and to the 

 Museum, to the Curator, A. E. Gibbs, F.L.S , Avenue Hou.-^e. St. Albans. Sub- 

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

 Watford. 



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

 remitting the price to cither of the Secretaries. 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 tlie Honorary Secretaries — 



JOHN HOPKINSON, F.L.S. , F.G.S., etc.. The Grange, St. Albans. 

 F. M. CAMPBELL, F.L.S., F.Z.S., etc., Rose Hill, Hoddesdou. 



