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and its branches was paced, and was found to be abont 38 yards 

 in diameter, or 120 in circumference. On tbe lawn at Langley 

 House (Mrs. Hargreaves'), where this singular tree grows, some 

 splendid cedars and other fine trees were also noticed. 



From Abbot's Langley the route lay through the Leav^esden 

 Woods, where in ordinary seasons the ground would have been 

 richly carpeted with wild flowers, but now scarcely any were to be 

 seen ; the long hard winter had made vegetation at least a month 

 behindhand, and flowers which usually open in March or early 

 in April were only just beginning to show themselves. The ex- 

 treme lateness of the season may perhaps be best made evident by 

 giving a list of the plants which were observed in flower in the 

 course of the walk — 



Anemone nemorosa (wood anemone) . 



Ranunculus Ficaria (pile wort or lesser celandine). 



Viola canina (dog violet). 



V. arvensis (field pansy). 



Oxalis Acetosdla (wood sorrel). 



Prunus spinosa (blackthorn or sloe). 



P. Cerasus (wild cherry). 



Potentilla Fragariastrum (barren strawberry). 



Priimila vulgaris (primrosej. 



P. veris (cowslip). 



Veronica hederifolia (ivy-leaved speedwell). 



Nepeta GUchoitia (ground ivy). 



Mercurialis perennis (dog's Mercury). 



Lamiiim purpureum (red dead-nettle) . 



L. album (white dead-nettle). 



This list contains all that were noted at the time, and if to it we 

 add the daisy and dandelion, it will most probably comprise all the 

 plants which were actually seen in flower. Several were only just 

 opening their flowers, and even primroses were only here and 

 there to be seen, while in ordinary seasons the ground would have 

 been richly carpeted with the flowers of the bluebell, primrose, 

 and spurge. 



Okdinakt Meeting, 13th May, 1879. 

 Arthur Cottam, Esq., F.R.A.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 



Mr. Eussell Gr. Austin, C.E., Castle Street, Hertford ; Mr. Yernon 

 Austin, Castle Street, Hertford ; Mr. William Henry Bowyer- 

 Bowers, North Crescent, Hertford ; Mr. Edward Kawson Parke 

 Francis, The Nurseries, Hertford ; Mr. Thomas Garratt, Hunsdon 

 Lodge, Ware ; Mr. Robert James Gray, Croxley House, Rickmans- 

 worth ; Mr. John Gregory, Hoddesdon ; Mr. Edward Manser, 

 Dicker Mill, Hertford ; Mr. Howard McMullen, St. Andrew's 

 House, Hertford ; Mr. Urban A. Smith, C.E., Castle Street, Hert- 

 ford ; Mr. Thomas Joseph Sworder, Wallfield, Hertford; Mr. 

 Frederick Taylor, Fore Street, Hertford ; Mr. Thomas Toovey, 

 King's Langley ; the Eev. Woolmore Wigram, M.A., St. Andrew's 



