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hope Club held a sitting in an adjoining apartment, the Rev. J. Davies, 

 President, in the chair. Present : The Revds. Cooper Key, R. H. Williams, 

 S. Clark, Mr. A. Armitage, IMr. O. Shellard, Mr. J. Griffith Morris, Mr. W. 

 Swinburne, V.P. , and several others. At this meeting the Editorial Com- 

 mittee of the past year was re-elected. The Revds. C. J. Robinson and W. 

 C. Fowle, Mr. T. Algernon Chapman, M.D., and Mr. Arthur Armitage 

 were re-elected vice-presidents for the ensuing year ; and the Rev. James 

 Davies (the President for 1873) was re-elected President for 1874. 



Mr. Henry Carless, proposed and seconded at the last meeting, was duly 

 elected a member; and the Rev. R. H. Cobbold, Rector of Ross, was pro- 

 posed by Mr. A. Armitage, and seconded by the Rev. H. W. Tweed, for 

 election at the next meeting. An-angements were discussed for calling toge- 

 ther the Editorial Committee at an early day ; and on the proposal of the 

 Rev. S. Clark, seconded by the Rev. H. C. Key, it was resolved that " in 

 future two copies of every number of the Hereford Times containing parti- 

 culars of the meetings of the Club, or papers read at them, be purchased by 

 the Secretary, and preserved for the use of the committee." 



There being no other business, the committee rejoined the general 

 company, and proceeded to dinner. Among the fifty-four gentlemen present 

 we noticed the following gentlemen, who took part in the week's proceedings : 

 — The President, the Rev. James DaNies, Moor Court ; the Hon. Secretary, 

 the Rev. Sir George H. Cornewall, Bart.; the Rev. 'M. J. Berkeley, F.L.S., 

 &c., &c., London ; Mr. C. E. Broome, F.L.S., &c., Bath ; the Rev. William 

 Houghton, M.A., F.L.S., &c., &c., Preston, Salop; Mr. James Renny, 

 London ; Mr. Edwin Lees, F.L.S., &c., President of the Malvern Field 

 Club; Mr. C B. Plowright, King's Lynn; Mr. Worthington G. Smith, 

 F.L.S., &c., London; the Rev. J. Vize, Welshpool ; Mr. Wm. Phillips, 

 Shrewsbury ; Dr. Chapman ; ]Mr. Thomas Cam ; the Rev. J. La Touche and 

 Mr. Lyall, Stokesay ; the Revds. H. C. Key, Samuel Clark, R. H. Williams, 

 A. Gray, J. F. Crouch, J. H. Jukes, W. Jones Machen, W. C. Fowle, H. 

 W. Phillott, T. M. Beavan, and A. G. Jones ;" Colonel Symonds ; Mr. J. F. 

 Symonds ; Dr. McCuIlough ; Mr. Elmes Y. Steel ; Mr. A. Armitage ; Mr. T. 

 Curley, F.G.S. ; Mr. John Lloyd; Mr. J. Griffith Morris; Mr. H. C. 

 Moore ; Mr. W. Swinburne ; Mr. Flavell Edmunds ; Messrs. 0. Shellard, 

 Howse, With, Lane, Arthur Thompson, &c., &c. 



At the close of the repast, at which, inter alia, were served up the vege- 

 table beefsteak (Fistulina hepatioa) and the delicate Hygrophorus pratensis, 

 admirably cooked, and at which Dindon aux truffles was one piece de resistance, 

 the Chairman (Rev. J. Davies) briefly proposed the health of the Queen. He 

 then proceeded at once to express, as the mouthpiece of the Club, the gratifi- 

 cation felt by it at the honour paid to it by the various mycologists — some of 

 European reputation — who had accepted their invitation on this occasion, 

 and of one he named especially, one veteran botanist and horticulturist, Mr. 

 Berkeley. Their presence was not only a compliment to the Club and 



