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Dr. Cradock, the President of the Worcestershire Club, and lately the Rector of Ted- 

 stone, without finding the plant. This showed that the field of observation was 

 never exhausted, and he hoped that their friend Mr. Purchas, now working up the 

 plants of Herefordshire, would take the hint thus given him, and emulate Mrs. 

 Smith by introducing some plant at present unknown to the county of Hereford 

 to their notice next year. To give him encouragement in the wide field he had 

 to observe, he would beg to propose the health of Mr. Purchas, and success to 

 his botanical labours. (Applause). 



Mr. Purchas, in acknowledging the compliment paid to him, expressed the 

 obhgation under which he and the Herefordshire botanists felt to Mr. Lees and the 

 Worcestershire botanists for having crossed the boundary, and made what might 

 be called an inroad into this county. In preparing the Flora of Herefordshire, 

 a work which is in progress, he felt that the labours of Mr. Lees would in that 

 respect be of very great assistance. With reference to that part of the county 

 which lies near the Malvern HiUs, to which the labours of Mr. Lees had extended, 

 the work could not possibly have been better done. 



The health of Mr. R. M. Lingwood, the first President of the Club, was then 

 given, and neatly acknowledged. 



This toast was followed by the health of the Rev. T. T. Lewis, the President 

 of the last year, whose researches laid the foundation for the elaborate investi- 

 gation of the SUurian rocks by Sir Frederick Murchison. The Rev. Mr. Lewis 

 suitably returned thanks. 



The party rose from the table about 8.30 p.m. ; and the Hereford members 

 departed from Pontrilas station. Through the kindness of Mr. Leyland, the 

 traffic manager, a carriage had been appended to the luggage train which was 

 ordered to stop at Pontrilas for the purpose of taking up the party, who reached 

 Hereford about 10 p.m., much gratified by their last field meeting for 1854. 



Plants Gathered during the Day. 

 Although no plants were found which could be termed new to the county, 

 yet during the day many of the rarer plants of the district were met with. 



Epipactis latifoUa — Broad-leaved Helleborine. 

 Spiranthes autumnalis — Lady's tresses. 

 Gentiana Amarella — Autumnal Gentian. 

 Ranunculus hirsutus — Hairy Crowfoot. 

 Sinapis nigra — Black Mustard. 

 Reseda Luteola — Weld. 



Geranium pratense — Meadow or Blue CranesbiU. 

 Vicia tetrasperma — 4-seeded tare. 

 Rosa villosa — Downy Rose. 



micrantha — Small-flowered Sweetbriar. 



EpUobium roseum — Rosy WiUowherb. 



angustifoUum — Rosebay Willowherb. 



Carex strigosa — Wood Carex. .1 , 



