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incapable of removal, I commenced at the narrow bed of grey sandstone, opposite 

 the end of the goods shed in the station yard, and thence proceeded in an eastward 

 direction. Time will not allow me to do more than briefly mention the thicknesses 

 of the various beds. 



The President then proceeded to give the respective thicknesses of the various 

 beds between the Grey sandstone of the Old Red formation — The Red Marls and 

 Clays, the Top of the True Passage Beds, Ledbury grits or Auchenaspis Beds, 

 down to the Upper Ludlow Shales, Aymestry Limestone, Transition Beds, and 

 Lower Ludlow soft muddy rock — 29 beds in all. This very interesting geological 

 subject will be treated of, with the attention its importance demands, separately 

 in a paper by the President. 



The way was then taken for Wall Hills, some in carriages, and some on foot, 

 as inclination led. From the farmhouse below the camp, the route was taken up 

 the fosse way, beneath a 40-foot embankment on the south side, as far as the 

 King's Ditch, when the chief camp was entered ; then the little camp or proces- 

 trium, or place of drill ; then, passing by the wet fosse, across Peas hill, the great 

 bastion, guarding the main northern entrance to the camp, was reached. Here a 

 halt was called, and a very interesting paper on Wall hills was read by Dr. Bull, 

 which gave rise to some discussion. It was illustrated by an admirably drawn plan 

 of the whole entrenchment made by Mr. H. H. Lines, of Worcester. The beauti- 

 ful spring which arises close by was then visited, and the party then left the camp 

 by the main entrance through the division. Pluck's Close, and returned to the 

 farm. 



The foliage and wild flowers were in great perfection, Water Dropwort 

 ((Enanthe Phellandrium) grew in the pool by the fosse. The common bugle (Ajuga 

 reptans) was remarkably fine, and often grew in such masses of colour as to be mis- 

 taken at first for clusters of bluebells (Scilla nutans), and these, too, were very fine. 

 A good specimen of the bugle with \vhite flowers was gathered here — a very un- 

 common variety. A butterfly orchis (Orchis bifolia) \vas gathered in flower at 

 least a week earlier than usual, showing that the bulbs are not so late as ordinary 

 vegetation. The Iris fcetidissima, or stinking iris, a very local but not very un- 

 common plant, grew on the camp, and so, too, did Astragalus glycyphyllos, the 

 sweet milk vetch. The Rev. Augustin Ley had made a botanical ramble before 

 the arrival of the Club, and has recorded the followng list of plants, with their 

 localities : — On the Ragged-stone hill, he gathered Lepidium campestre, Mcenchia 

 erecta, Cerastium semidecandrum, Ornithopus perpusillus, Potentilla argcntea. 

 Taraxacum IcBvigalum, and Filago minima. At Eastnor, he gathered Paris quadri- 

 folia, and Ranunculus floribundus. On Midsummer hill, Carcx vulgaris. About 

 Ledbury, Sagina. apetala, Sedum album, Carex vulgaris, Carex distans, Rumex 

 Hydrolapathum, and some others, more common, with several mosses. 



The beautiful old parish church was then visited, and the rector, the Rev. 

 John Jackson, who is so thoroughly acquainted with its architecture, pointed out 

 choice bits of the Norman period, grand masses of Early English. Decorated and 

 Perpendicular, with here and there specimens of " Churchwardens' Gothic," and 

 other enormities. The restoration of the church (which, by the way, is not yet 



