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Committee of the Town Council, who manage the Grosvenor 
Park, met our Committee at the Park on October 22nd, 1878, 
and they then very kindly allotted a portion of ground to be 
laid out for this purpose. Owing, however, to the great 
severity of the winter, and a change of park-keepers, this has 
not yet been done, though it is hoped that before another year 
has passed, it will be put in hand, so that the citizens, and 
strangers visiting Chester, may see arranged, in their natural 
orders, some, at least, of the wild flowers that adorn the lanes 
and fields of Cheshire and North Wales. 
We turn now to the more immediate work of the Society, 
which may be placed under the following heads :— 
1. Excursions ; 
2. Eventinc WALKS; 
3. CONVERSAZIONE ; 
4, GENERAL MEETINGS; 
5. SEcTIONAL MEETINGS; 
6. CLasses FOR INSTRUCTION. 
There have been Seven Field Excursions, when the following 
places were visited :— 
May LOU... ca saracesvoasvesuans Burras Moss, near Gresford 
Way QOUE Seevocenccazorecseiwers Ellesmere, Shropshire 
SUNG Al Ghiecasesccscrssssccasebecl The Great Orme’s Head 
atl g AGG os icccasen-cereseaneaee Hilbre Island (by Steamer) 
August 5th ...1:..c0.s6s, sseee Halkin Mountain 
August 22nd . ......ssecceee Delamere Forest 
September 10th ...........000 Valley of the Clwydog 
~ At two of these excursions, to Halkin Mountain, and also 
to the Valley of the Clwydog, we were fortunate enough to have 
our President with us, and we always appreciate the readiness 
with which he identifies himself both with the pleasure and 
work of the day. One of the most successful excursions, both 
with regard to numbers and interest, was to Ellesmere. The day 
was fine, and we had the leadership of our old and constant friend 
Mr. MackintosH. The tea arrangements on all these occasions 
have been under the management of Mr. and Mrs. Biake, and 
