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given rise, first to the name of the parish of Dorstone—which some prefer to think 
arose from the river Dore—and next to the fancied connection of King Arthur 
with this place. Mr. Piper concluded with an account of the melancholy visit of 
Charles I. to this spot, on his vacillating journey from Monmouth to Hereford, 
and a short description of the geology of the neighbourhood. 
During the address, the Rev. E. Stooke-Vaughan and Mr. Salwey were busy 
(as elsewhere during the day) photographing the objects of interest—a most useful 
way of fixing their appearance for future reference, 
The mounted members of the party next made for Meerbage Point, whence a 
view of the landscape extending to several counties can be obtained. 
The geology of the excursion was, hewever, altogether marred by the per- 
sistent rain, and the botany would have been, but for the enthusiasm of some of 
the visitors. The walls at Dorstone were at once seen, from beneath the umbrellas, 
to form a locality for Cotyledon wmbilicus, wall Pennywort or Navelwort, an 
interesting and not inelegant plant, with virtues, moreover, for the cure of corns. 
Can this be the reason the natives walk so well? One member brought the 
Nasturtium amphibium, Great Water Rocket, or Amphibious Cress, which he had 
gathered by Bredwardine Bridge. Geranium lucidum, shining Crane’s bill, was 
gathered on the stones, at Meerbage point. Zguwisetum umbrosum, the dense 
Horsetail, was gathered at the Golden Well, and Moenchia erecta was also fouud ; 
and all these plants are rare in Herefordshire, 
Mr. J. S. Haywood, honorary secretary of the Worcestershire Field Club, 
(who has always a happy knack of carrying about with him something of much 
interest appropriate to the occasion), brought with him Helleborous viridis, Green 
Hellebore; Geranium Pheum, dusky Crane’s bill; Lathrea squamaria, Greater 
Toothwort, a parasite on the roots of Hazel and some other trees; and some fine 
specimens of the Great Leopard’s Bane, Doronicum pardalianches, so named from 
its roots having formerly been used to destroy wild beasts. This last-named plant, 
Leopard’s Bane, was particularly appropriate, since a well-known station for it 
formerly existed in this Valley, a mile out of Peterchurch, on the Hereford-road. 
Some ruthless roadman, however, levelled the ‘“‘tump” it grew upon, and its 
golden blossoms were no longer there to gladden the mind of the passer-by. The 
unhappy man, doubtless, did it in ignorance, or the dire malediction of Science 
would rest on him for ever hereafter. 
Assembled at the Pandy Inn (Pandee—a tannery—we are in the midst of 
old Welsh memories), with appetites sharpened by the journey and the weather, 
such a dinner was waiting that showed that the resources of the Golden Valley 
are quite equal to entertaining all the visitors it can reasonably expect. Dr. Bull 
then made some announcements relating to the Woolhope Club, referring 
particularly to the loss it had recently sustained, by the death of Mr. T. Curley, 
a good practical geologist, and a member of the Central Committee. Mr. Curley 
has left to the Club a valuable collection of portraits—photographs—of the 
leading scientific men, ready framed, for the Club Room at the Free Library, 
and his scientific books. It was also announced that the next meeting of the 
Club, for Coxwall Knoll and Brampton Bryan Park, would be held on Tuesday, 
