ADDRESS OF THE RETIRING PRESIDENT, 



(DR. BULL,) 



KEAD AT THE ANNUAL MEETING. TUESDAY, FEB. 26, 1867. 



ri ENTLEMEN,— One last duty remains for me before I quit this 

 \J presidential chair. I have to review as briefly as may be the 

 progress of our Club during the past year, and think I may con- 

 fidently appeal to you to bear me witness that that progress has 

 been most pleasant and satisfactory. Our excursions have been 

 favoured with the brightest and most cheerful weather. The 

 attendance both of members and visitors has been unusually large. 

 The papers and adcbresses have been remarkable for their number, 

 their interest, and the ability they displayed. But more than all 

 this, the Woolhope Club has this year accomplished one of the 

 primary objects for which it was originally formed. The first 

 part of the Flora of Herefordshire is now printed, and ready for 

 distribution to the members. This part contains a list of the 

 flowering plants and ferns of Herefordshire, showing the part of the 

 county in which each species has been observed ; a map of the 

 county, divided into botanical districts corresponding with those in 

 the table of species ; an exact statement of the boundaries of each 

 district ; and a full description of its geological characteristics. We 

 have thus before us, for the first time, a general view of the Botany 

 and Geology of Herefordshire. 



The able and painstaking author of this Flora, the Rev. W. H. 

 Purchas, has been at work on it for many years. His minute 

 accuracy, and his laborious perseverance, have been unwearied, and 

 deserve our warmest gratitude. His labours reflect a lustre, not 



