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the stony hillside of Goblin Combe, supjiosed to be an unusual form 

 of Viola hirta; Fol i/ podium Calcareum, abundant in Goblin Combe; 

 Orchis morio and Mascula, a pure white specimen of the latter was 

 picked, which is rare. -. 



The Second Excursion, fixed for May '2'6th, to Fonthill and 

 Wardour, seems to have been less successful. In the unavoidable 

 absence of the Secretary, Col. Wyndham Baker kindly undertook 

 the necessary preparations. The train was taken to Warminster, 

 where conveyances were in waiting to take the members on ; owing, 

 however, to the vehicles being badly horsed and proving unequal ta 

 the task before them, much time appears to have been wasted on 

 the way. The day was neither too hot nor too cold, and the drive 

 across the downs with the gorse in full bloom was most refreshing. 

 The American gardens at Fonthill had outbloomed themselves, and 

 their beauty consequently gone by. The Marchioness of West- 

 minster, with her usual courtesy, afforded every facility for viewing 

 the grounds, and her steward conducted the members through the 

 garden. 



T/ie Third Excursion to West Harptree and the Mendips took 

 place on 25th of June, under a persistent downpour, which 

 contrary to the usual Club weather seems to have continued 

 throughout the day. A party of members and their friends (20 

 in all) started in a break at 8 a.m., and after a wet drive of 17 

 miles through a country undulating and interesting but viewed 

 through a dismal veil of moisture, an-ived at East Harptree, where 

 they were met by Mr. Charles Kemble. Some, under the latter 

 gentleman's guidance, ventured through the rain to seek out the 

 beauties of the Combe, and perhaps the least said about this part of 

 the day the better. Others sought the hostlery, and under its 

 somewhat more friendly shelter listened to some notes from Mr. 

 McMurtrie, on the' " Mining Laws of the Mfendips," which we hope 

 to have embodied on some future occasion in a number of the 

 Club's Proceedings. The Church of East Harptree, dedicated to 

 St. Lawrence, was visited, and is reported to be in a most 

 dilapidated condition and sadly needing restoration. The architec- 

 ture is principally in the perpendicular style. One of the objects 

 worthy of notice in the Church is the eflSgy in armour and in a 



