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The nettle-leaved BtU Flower, Campanula Trachelium, was abundant, and 

 some ladies thought it could scarcely be wild ; the shining Ci-ane's bilt, Geranium 

 lucidum, several of the St. John's worts, Hiipericum dubium, H. Pulchrum, and 

 H. Androscemum — the (Enanthe crocata, and several other more ordinary plants, 

 were also observed. 



Thus jjleasantly loitering, the green at the Hay Mill, at the far end of the 

 Walks, was reached in due time according to programme, at half-past two o'clock, 

 but as each party got there, it was only to leam that the cart with the hampers 

 had not arrived. Happy they who carried with them their provender ! It had 

 been heard of, however, "inquiring the way," as some one merrily observed. So 

 sending off messengers in search of it, the President ordered the signal of con- 

 centration, the whistle, to be sounded, that the business of the day might begin, 

 and thus occupy the minds of the visitors. 



The Kev. "W. H. Purchas then exhibited some fine specimens of the pretty 

 wild pink that was seen to be growing so freely on the walls of Ludlow Castle in 

 the morning. It was the Dianthus plumarius, and many there were greatly 

 pleased to get a specimen. He also distributed specimens of the Milium effusum 

 already mentioned. He then produced from his herbarium some rare and inte- 

 resting plants which he had brought with him from Gloucester, the Lcpidium 

 draha, Melilotus arvensis. Nasturtium amphibium, several varieties of Sedum Fos- 

 terianum, one from Borrer's own garden, the Sedum rupestre, the Bristol stone- 

 crop, from St, Vincent's Eocks, Clifton, and its greatly magnified self from 

 Cheddar. 



Dr. Algernon Chapman then took the eager attention of all present by the 

 exhibition of some magnificent American moths. They had been sent as pupae 

 from New York, and had emerged as moths at Abergavenny, 



CERATOCAJIPA REG A LIS. 



The curiously spiny or homed larva of this moth feeds on Hickory 

 and Walnut leaves. It is an object of fear to the negroes of the Southern 

 States of America, and has been called the Hickory Horned Devil. The 

 moth is nearly six inches in expanse of wing ; it rests with its wings in penthouse 

 fashion, and is a very beautiful object. The body is clothed with long fur, marbled 

 red and yellow ; the wings have a deep neutral tint as a gi'ound colour, which 

 displays to advantage the patches of rich yellow on the wings and the red markings 

 along the nervures. 



CEEATOCAMPA 1MPEBIALI3, 



Called the Emperor, must be distinguished from our English Emjwror 

 Moth, to which it is not at all allied. It feeds on Sassafras, &c. It is 

 rather smaller than Regalis, of a rich yellow, dotted with black, and with 

 two red fasciae, expanded into blotches in the male. It rests with its wings 

 extended. 



