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 THE DINNER 



Took place at four o'clock, and was very well served by Mrs. Pritchard. 

 The tables were beautifully decurated with flowers and ornamental plants, moat 

 kindly sent for the occasion by Mr. Cranston, of Kings-acre. The attendance 

 was much larger than usual, and included Dr. Bull, the retiring President, 

 in the chair; Chandos Wren Hoskyus, Esq., the President-elect; the Mayor of 

 Hereford, J. F. Sjmonds, Esq. ; Sir William Guise, Bart., President of the 

 Cotswold Club ; Rev. W. S. Symonds, President of the Malvern Club ; E. Lees, 

 Esq., F.L.S., Vice-President of the Malvern and Worcester Clubs ; Rev. H. 0. 

 Key and C. G. Martin, Esq., Vice-Presidents; Rev. G. H. Cornewall, hon. 

 Secretary of the Woolhope Clnb ; Arthur Armitage, Esq. ; Capt. Pateshall, 



B. Haigh Allen, Esq., Rev. S. Clark, R. M. Liiagwood, Esq., James Rankin, 

 Esq., the Rev. Thos. Woodbouse, Rev, W. H. Phillott, Rev. J. H. Jukes, Rev. 

 W. Stillingfleet, Rev. E. Du Buisson, Rev. R. Dixon, Rev. H. T. Mogridge, 

 Rev. J. E. Jones, J. E. Smith, Esq., Rev. C. J. Westropp, Rev. Thomas 

 Phillips, Rev. T. West, H. Jenkins, Esq., James Davies, Esq., Captain 

 Williams, Thomas Blashill, Esq., Flavell Edmunds, E^q., William Aston, Esq., 



C. Neate, Esq., T. Curley, Esq., N. S. Wynn, Esq., O. Shellard, Esq., R. D. 

 Harrison, Esq., A. Lomax, Esq., W. J. Bonnor, Esq., F. Thomas, Esq., Mr. 

 G. With, Mr. Arthur Thompson, Mr. H. Edmonds, &c. 



On the removal of the cloth, the Peesident commenced the proceedings 

 by a rapid survey of the operations of the club during the past year. One 

 of its first works, he said, had been to bring forward the subject of " The more 

 Remarkable Trees in Herefordshire," for which purpose the following circular 

 had been printed and distributed through the county :— 

 HEREFORDSHIRE TREES. 

 It ia very desirable — for obvious reasons — that a record should be 

 obtained of the exact size and condition of the More Remarkable Trees of 

 Herefordshire at the present time. The subject is within the proper field of 

 the Woolhope Club, and it is necessarily so extensive that it can only be done 

 satisfactorily, within a reasonable time, by the mutual co-operation of its 

 members. 



The inquiry is intended to embrace, not only the indigenous trees, oak, 

 elm, yew, beech, ash, &c., but also the introduced trees, chestnut, walnut, 

 cedar, and the coniferje in general, &c. ; in short, whatever forest trees are 

 growing in the county that are now remarkable for their size and luxuriance, 

 or that promise hereafter to become so, especially if their exact age is known, 

 and they are in situations where there is every probability of their being 

 allowed to remain. 



All members of the club, and all gentlemen who may be interested in 

 the subject, are requested to report on the trees in their several districts, in 

 order that when a sufficient number of facts and observations are obtained, a 

 trustworthy paper may be prepared from them for the Transactions of the club. 



The report should contain, first, general observations on the trees which 



