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Anne of Warwick as lady paramount, were there again. Archery and falconry 

 would be their sports in common ; or, leaving the ladies, hunting would be the 

 order of the day : — 



" All the long summer's day rode the king pleasantlye, 

 With all his princes and nobles eche one. 

 Chasing the hart and the hind and the buck gallantlye 

 Till the dark evening forced all to turn home." 



"The King and the Miller of Mansfield." 

 Percy's Rcliques. 

 It was time, however, to separate. The great majority of visitors had to 

 catch the evening train at Leominster, and taking a hasty glance at the interest- 

 ing church of "Wigmore they joined the coaches at the inn in the village. 



A few still remained to linger awhile about the castle ruins — to visit once 

 more the chapel of the Lollards — to pass again the mistletoe oak, whose renown 

 is henceforth established— and to bid a kind farewell to their hospitable friends 

 at the Haven. 



The following plants, in addition to those already named, were gathered 

 during the day, about whose claims to nativity there could be no doubt : — The 

 pretty golden-flowered Needle-whin, Genista anglica, though a rare plant, was 

 there in considerable abundance ; the sweet briar, Rosa rubiginosa, truly wild ; 

 and the hairy leaved rose, Rosa villosa ; the wild service tree, Pyrus tormentaUs; 

 the mountain ash, Pyrus auciqiaria ; the raspberry, Eubus Idaus ; the beautiful 

 wood vetch, Yicia sylvatica ; the elegant water-avens, Gcum rivalc, whose 

 crimson-tinged pendant flowers were favourites of the late Sir James Smith, 

 who made " English Botany" so famous in his day. In a little pond the 

 Potamagcton o-ispa was also found. The Vaccinium myrtiU/us, Call una vulgaris, 

 Polygonum Bistorta, Tormentilla officinalis, Myosotis collina, Viola hirta, 

 C/ulidunium majus, Cynoglossum officinale, Asperula odorata, and many others. 



Dr. Griffith H. Griffiths also observed the following cryptogamic plants : — 

 Hypnnm splendens, albicans, murorum, Hpwrium, triquetrum and doiticulatum ; 

 Phascum subtdaUtm, Dieranum scoparium , Gymnostomum microstomum, Junger- 

 mannia bidcndala and epiphylla ; with the Lichens, Vcrrucaria rupestris, 

 Urccolaria scruposa, Borrera tcnella, Lccidca porosema, Lecanora subfusca and 

 glaucoma, Coniocybc furfuracca and Leptogcnum laccrum. The weather had 

 been dry too long for many mosses and Lichens to appear. 



Passing once again through Aymestrey in the evening twilight, another 

 remark of the Rev. T. T. Lewis was called to mind, "It is an advantage of 

 our ' Field days ' that they must send \is to our books ; whereas owing to the 

 vis incrti(r of our nature, the perusal of the very best books will not necessarily 

 send us into the field ; for this reason, most strictly one of bodily and mental 

 enjoyment, Naturalists' Field Clubs are worthy of all encouragement." 



The following members and visitors took part in the day's proceedings : — 

 The President, the Eev. H. Cooper Key, M.A., F.K.A.S. ; the Vice-presidents, 

 Kev. Arthur Gray, M.A., and Elmes Y. Steele, Esq. ; Hon. Secretary, the Eev. 

 Sir George H. Cornewall, Bart. ; the Eev. "W. S. Symonds, F.G.S., President of 



