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him off there to examine them, and it was in the dilemma in -which they 

 were left that Mr. Curley, when applied to, very kindly at once consented to 

 prepare it (applause), and he therefore all the more deserved their hest thanks. 



The next subject he had to bring before them was the resolution with 

 regard to our next meeting at Koss, which had been unanimously carried at 

 the club that morning, and that was that ladies were permitted to attend it 

 (applausej, so that however good thtir present meeting was, Ross was to be 

 the meeting of the year, nevertheless (laughter). The Ross meeting would 

 be a most interesting one, and attended with very little fatigue. They would 

 go from the train to the boats, have a delightful two hours' row down our 

 beautiful river, land at the ColdweU rocks, and walk over Sjmond's Yat to 

 the ferry — about a mile and a half — whiro the carriages would meet them to 

 convey them back to Ross. 



He was happy to inform them that the Rev. P. B. Brodie, the distin- 

 guished geologist, had most kindly consented to come and give them not only 

 a short field address on Symond's Yat, but also a short lecture on " Coal " after 

 dinner, a subject peculiarly intertsting just now. There were also several 

 most interesting papers to be read from which a selection would be made. 

 The following had been kindly announced : — " On the means of measuring 

 the height of trees and other objects," by the President, with the exhibition 

 of a self-calculating instrument, made for this purpose by Blr. Wells, of Holm 

 Lacy; "The Lepidoptera of Herefordshire," with a special reference to the 

 neighbourhood of Ross, by Alfred Purchas, Esq. ; "Herefordshire Yew Trees," 

 by the Rev. Thomas Woodhouse, of Hay; "The Variations of the "Water 

 Ranunculus," by Thomas Blashill, Esq., of London; and "The Elm Tree in 

 Herefordshire," by the President. With reference to the trees, he must 

 again call on all members of the Club to assist the gentlemen, who had 

 kindly taken up the several trees. The Rev. Thomas Woodhouse, of Hay, 

 would be very much obliged to any gentleman for measurements of any 

 remarkable Yew trees in the county, or if any gentlemen did not know how to 

 do this carefully, if they would kindly write to Mr. Woodhouse and teU him 

 where such trees were situated. In the same way onr honorary secretary, the 

 Rev. George Cornewall, Moccas Rectory, Hereford, would be very glad to 

 get all particulars with reference to the remarkable Oaks of the county, and 

 he himself wovdd be thankful to be told of any large Elms now in existence 

 in Herefordshire. 



3?he last subject he had to mention was that he had again received a 

 Very interesting box of orchidaceous plants from Surrey. Mr. Woods had 

 most kindly sent him the following kinds : — A few fly orchis (Orchis muscifera), 

 several specimens of the bee orchis (Orchis apifera), a few of the sweet- 

 scented orchis (O. conopseaj, and some of the Helleborines (Epipactis grandi- 

 flora and ensifolia). Now all these varieties were more or less rare in Here- 

 fordshire. He could not keep them until the present meeting, but he had 

 carefully dried them, and should be happy to present specimens to any 



