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only on our Club, but ou the couuty at large, which now sees its 

 Botanical treasures put on permanent record. In some districts of 

 the county this list is, after all Mr. Purclias's endeavours, exceed- 

 ingly imperfect ; and no one is better aware of this than Mr. 

 Purchas himself. But living as he has done for so many years out 

 of the county, and incessantly occupied with the higher duties of his 

 profession, his progress has necessarily been slow, and he feels that 

 the assistance of other members of the club is required to work out 

 effectively the more distant parts of the county. Eor these reasons 

 he has kindly yielded to the wish of the chib that the first portion of 

 the work should be printed without further delay. We shall then 

 be in a position to render him efl'ectual help ; for we shall see 

 exactly what districts want exploring and what blanks yet remain 

 to be filled up before the list can be considei'ed in any way complete. 

 Personal observation is the only means of ascertaining what our 

 Flora really is, and how it is distributed. Is it too much to ask 

 those of our members who take an interest in Botany to note down 

 the plants they meet with, and the localities in which they are found ? 



The Geological description of the several districts has been 

 written by the Rev. W. S. Symonds, president of the Malvern Club, 

 and one of our honorary members. He has conferred a great 

 favour on the club by this series of very interesting sketches, which, 

 taken together, present the most accurate description of the 

 Geology of the country that has yet been published. 



We have also the satisfaction, this year, for the first time, of 

 placing on record a list of Herefordshire Lepidoptera for two districts 

 of the county, amovuiting together to 54G separate s^jecies. For this 

 list the club is greatly indebted to the family of the Rev. Thomas 

 Hutchinson, M.A., of Grantsfield, near Leominster, and to Mr, 

 Alfred Purchas, of Ross . 



At the beginning of the year an inquiry was commenced as to 

 the exact size and condition of "the more remarkable trees of 

 Herefordshire " at the present time ; and circulars were distributed 

 through the couuty for information with regard to them. Tlie result 

 thus far obtained, besides many observations for future use, has 

 been the very excellent paper on " Herefordshire Yew Trees," by the 

 Rev. Thomas Woodhouse, M.A., which will appear in the Trans- 

 actions, illustrated by photographs of the yew trees of Peterchurch, 



