scale had been attempted, despite of the weather. Our indefatigable friend, Dr. Bull, 

 who is the life and soul of these campaigns, had kept his men-at-arms up to their work, 

 and many a distant contingent had contributed handsomely to the plunder. On our 

 arrival at the Green Dragon on Wednesday we found that a signal honour had been con- 

 ferred upou the Club by the arrival from North Wales of Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Wynne, of 

 " Coed Coch." The lady, whose pre-eminent knowledge and Important discoveries in 

 Mycology, have been celebrated by the noble veteran Berkeley, needs no encomium from 

 me. but all who had the rare pleasure of associating with her in the field 

 or at the fungus exhibtion, must have been struck no less with the familiar 

 acquaintance she possesses with this difficult branch of Natural History, than 

 with her kind and courteous readiness to impart to all inquirers the results 

 of her extensive experience. Mr. Worthington Smith, assisted by Mrs. Lloyd Wynne, 

 Mr. Broome, Dr. Bull, and Mr. Plowright had taken great pains to arrange a fine 

 collection, comprising not a few species seen for the first time, and many more so rare as 

 to be only known to advanced students of the science. This arrangement was of immense 

 service to those who, having a moderate knowledge of fung^uses, were desirous of obtain- 

 ing a clear idea of this remarkable and interesting group. Tables had been set out around 

 one end of the large room in which the meeting, and subsequently the dinner, were to 

 take place, and on them a series of specimens labelled with their respective names, 

 generic, suigeneric, and specific, were displayed in consecutive order, commencing on 

 the left with " Hymenomycetes," "Agaricus," " Leucosporei," "Amanita" — so succes- 

 sively distinguishing each grade, in the descending order observed by Fries, from the 

 highest and most perfect to, far on the right, the lowest and simplest forms. Thus was 

 presented a panoramic view, not otherwise obtainable, and which, for instructive distinct- 

 ness and comprehensiveness, could not be surpassed. I need hardly say that so admirable 

 an opportunity for study enlisted universal satisfaction and acknowledgment. 



My kind friend Dr. Bull has promised to give us an appendix to this report 

 of our foray, containing the names of all the species exhibited or found during 

 the subsequent field operations, enriched with his commentaries on the more rare 

 and interesting kinds. I shall not, therefore, attempt to give a record of them 

 but pass on to note the occurrences of the principal day. The appointed Thursday, 

 following a night of heavy rain, wore a very threatening aspect, but Mrs. Lloyd Wynne, 

 supported by Mrs. Cooper Key, having signified her willingness to brave whatever the 

 elements might have in store for us, no Woolhopean could be craven enough to fear. 

 Escorted by your President, with Dr. Bull, Mr. Lloyd Wynne, |Mr. West, and other 

 doughty knights of the field, these ladies committed themselves bravely to the perils of 

 the road. The advanced party, thus formed, after arriving at the turn leading directly to 

 Whitfield Park, left it to the right and diverged by another road which brought them to 

 the south of Treville Wood, Dr. Bull having planned for us to scour across this excellent 

 foraging ground on our way to the park. Unfortunately the exact line of march had not 

 been marked out in the programme, and, after arrival at a small school building, which 

 was to be the trj'sting place, we waited in vain for our friends, whom we had last seen 

 assembled in front of the Green Dragon, ready, as we supposed, to mount and follow us. 

 So long a delay here occurred that a council of war was called and having arrived at the 

 unavoidable conclusion that no ordinary contretemps could account for the non-arrival of 

 the missing carriages, but that a misapprehension as to the proposed route had led them 

 direct to Whitfield, we did all we could do under the painful circumstances, and went on our 

 way without them. We crossed fields and wound up narrow roads and paths till we reached 

 Treville Wood. Here, for the first time, our search for funguses was rewarded, and our 



