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Houses of Parliament can be seen on clear clays, and the 

 view is bounded by the hills beyond London, probably the 

 Chilterns. From the Hall the party walked through the Park 

 to the Druids' Grove, on the Dorking side of the Hall. Here, as 

 well as in the Park itself, are some magnificent trees, the most 

 striking being many remarkably fine Beeches, some of them 

 veritable giants of the vegetable world ; and in the Druids' 

 Grove a great profusion of very old Yew-trees. Amongst the 

 botanical specimens met with on the excursion may be men- 

 tioned : — Dropwort {Sjyirma Filipevdula), in considerable abun- 

 dance in the Park ; Basil Thyme [Calamintha acinos), Dark 

 Mullein {Verhascum nigrum), Lesser Broomrape [Orobanche 

 minor), Ground Pine [Ajuga Chamccpitys), the last two growing 

 in some profusion in one large fallow-field at the foot of the 

 Downs ; and Dwarf Mallow [Malva rotundifolia), on the road- 

 side near Burford Bridge. 



GoDSTONE, WoLDiNGHAM, &c. — July 22. (Couductor, Mr. 

 A. J. Orosfield). Members met at Godstone Station, and 

 took the road northward through the village of Godstone, 

 ascending the Downs to the N.E. of the village to an elevation 

 of 820 feet in the neighbourhood of Woldingham. By the 

 road- side between Godstone Station and village Trifolium 

 niediiwi and Lysimachia nummularia were gathered. On the 

 Downs we met with Campanula glomerata, Spirma Filipendula, 

 Verhascum Thapsus, and other species of plants characteristic 

 of our chalk-hills. Brachypodium sylvaticum and Festuca 

 gigantea abounded in the hedgerows. Woldingham Church is 

 one of the smallest in the kingdom, and the situation is very 

 bleak ; a very old Yew and Ash tree stand in the churchyard. 

 Coming down into the valley, and crossing the new line of 

 railway from Croydon to East Grinstead, a very slippery 

 path with preserves on either hand brought us to Marden 

 Park ; and following the course of the valley, a walk of 

 nearly three miles further took us to Warliugham Station, on 

 the Caterham Valley Eailway. 



Godstone Stone-quarkies. — August 12. (Conductor, Mr. 

 W. Gilford). The members met at Eedhill Junction, and 

 proceeded to Godstone station, which is on the Weald Clay. 



