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Hill, the party found a cluster of not less than seven very fine specimens of the 

 Broom-rape, Orobanche major ; and in the Park, the lesser Burnet (Sanguisorba). 

 At a distance of about 300 yards N. from the Lodge, they found one of the oak 

 trees upon which the mistletoe grows, of which only three (we believe) are known 

 in England, This plant grows in no less than six places upon the tree, and a 

 singular effect is produced by the mistletoe alone being alive in the upper 

 branches, those parts of tlie tree being quite withered. 



The Rev. J. H. Thompson, of St. Nicholas, Worcester, brought to the 

 meeting for inspection some very interesting specimens of rare British plants 

 which he is culti\ating in his garden. Amongst them were Carex montana, 

 Geranium sylvaticiim, Impatiens Noli-me-tangere, Poterium muricatum, &c. Dr. 

 Bull, of Hereford, brought specimens of Bird's-nest Orchis (Neottia nidus-avis), 

 &c.. gathered near this City. 



THE DINNER 



was a plentiful one, served up in a creditable manner. The chair was taken by 

 Mr. B. Baker, President of the Cotteswold Club, and the vice-chair by the Rev. 

 T. T. Lewis, President of the Woolhope Club. Among the company were Mr. 

 Strickland, Rev. B. Brodie, Professor Buckman, Dr. Wright, Mr. Lees, Rev. 

 W. S. Symonds, Rev. G. Davies, Vicar of Tewkesbury, Rev. R. Holmes, 

 Eldersfield, Mr. T. Lee Warner, Capt. Guise, Mr. Hewett Wheatley of Hereford, 

 Dr. Bull, Rev. J. H. Thompson, Rev. R. Hill, Mr. W. H. Purchas, the Hon. 

 Secretaries of the Clubs, &c. 



The healths of the Queen, Prince Albert, and the rest of the Royal Family 

 having been drunk, the health of the Chairman was next given, followed by 

 those of the Vice-chairman, and the Rev. W. Symonds, as the Presidents of the 

 two junior Clubs. In reply to the last -mentioned toast, the Rev. W. S. Symonds 

 delivered an excellent address on the practical value of geologic studies. 



The health of "Sir R. Murchinson and the Honorary Members" was 

 responded to by Mr. Strickland, who explained that Sir Roderick's absence was 

 due to the singular coincidence that on that very daj', and at that very time, he 

 was engaged at the Oxford Commemoration, receiving the deserved honour of the 

 degree of D. C. L. (applause). After alluding to the interesting fact of the Meeting of 

 the Clubs on the ground rendered classic to geologists by Sir Roderick's work on the 

 Silurian system, which would hand down his name to posterity, Mr. Strickland 

 remarked that, if Sir Roderick was the father of that system, the Rev. T. T. 

 Lewis, by his previous extensive and valuable researclies, was justly entitled to 

 be called the grandfather of the system (laughter and applause). 



In returning thanks for the toast of " the President of the Woolhope Club," 

 the Rev. T. T. Lewis neatly acknowledged the compliment paid him, and 

 expressed a hope that these united meetings would recur annually. 



