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drive through Hagley, Clent, and Bell End brought them to the New Hose and 

 Crown Inn. They then walked to the new Borough Lunatic Asylum, which is 

 being erected at the foot of Rubery Hill, for the purpose of seeing some 

 interesting excavations for the foundations of part of the buildings. A small 

 patch of coal measures lies here, deposited on the altered Llandovery sandstone, 

 and in the foundation for the large chimuey was exposed one of the most 

 interesting and instructive sections that can be observed anywhere. At the 

 bottom of the excavation was seen the Llandovery rocks, altered from a coarse- 

 grained sandstone to compact quartz, and on this was a bed of fire-clay, about 

 li>in. thick, on which was a seam of coal about eighteen inches thick, surmounted 

 by another bed of fireclay. The junction of beds, widely separated in geological 

 age, and so clearly developed, is a sight which all geologists should take an 

 opportunity of visiting. The party afterwards walked to several of the quarries, 

 remarking the dip of the beds, and the remarkable manner in which the quartz 

 rock is in some places contorted, and broken up into sharp, angular fragments. 



EVESHAM FIELD NATURALISTS' CLUB.— The excursions for this 

 season have now come to an end, the last having taken place on Saturday, the 

 28th August. Owing to the politically disturbed state of ihe town, very little 

 has been done in the Club this season, and only few excursions have taken 

 place. The first was held ©n the 1st May to Oddington Wood, 

 Addlestrop. The next, on the 22nd May, to Stanway, when the following 

 flowers were found : — Habenaria viridis, Polygonatum vulgahim Convallaria 

 majalis. The third, on the 31st July, to Snowshill, when the following plants 

 were found : — Spircea filipendula. Campanula glomerata, Orchis conopsea, 

 Senecio eampestris, Thlaspiperfoliatum, and Anemone Pulsatilla. And the last, 

 as above stated, on the 2sth August, to Oversley Wood, near Wixford, when the 

 following were amongst the plants taken: — Viola canina, (several plants ia 

 bloom,) Spe.rgularia rubra, Hypericum humifusum, Lotus corniculatus. var. 

 hispidus, Vicia hirsuta , Vicia tetrasperma, Alchemilla arvensis. Fragaria vesca, 

 Peplis portula, Carduus acanthoides, Campanula rapmnculoides (?), Centunculus 

 minimus, and Calamagrostis Epigeios. 



OSWESTRY AND WELSHPOOL NATURALISTS' FIELD CLUB AND 

 ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.— The fourth excursion for 1880 took place on 

 Monday, September 6th, when the members and their friends met at Arddleen 

 Station, and then proceeded to Llwyn. Here they were most hospitably invited to 

 luncheon by Mrs. Manford, who also obtained permission fur the party to visit 

 the Old Hall at Penrhos, formerly the residence of Sir John Owen, but now 

 divided into cottages. It was built in the reign of James I., in the gabled black- 

 and-white style of that period ; and the rooms inside are wainscotted with oak. 

 Although it was once the residence of one of the chief families of Montgomery- 

 shire, it is not at all in accordance with the modern ideas of comfort. On the 

 way to Penrhos another picturesque old house was visited, called " Tredderwen," 

 covered, by a very fine pear tree. After seeing Penrhos Church, the party 

 proceeded over Cefn Rhowniarth, (from which they obtained a grand view of the 

 Meifrod valley and bills over Llaufylliu,) to Gaer Fawr. There is a very fine old 

 camp with a commanding view of the surrounding country, embracing the plain 

 of Shropshire, the valley of the Severn, and the Breidden range beyond, and then 

 westward extending to the Aranes and Cader Idris. They then descended to (iuils- 

 field, and saw the church in its beautiful restored condition. It has a new oak 

 chancel screen of great beauty, but it seems a pity that the dormer windows, 

 which were such a picturesque feature of the old church, could not have been 

 kept. After being refreshed with tea at the vicar's, they visited Trelyden Hall 

 another fine black-and-white house, and arrived at length at Gungrog, whither 

 they had been kindly invited to tea by Mr. Morris Jones, F.S.A. After doing 

 ample justice to his hospitality, and having admired his rich collection of carved 

 oak, the party separated, having had a most successful and enjoyable excursion. 

 The weather was all that could be wished. Among the plants found, we may 

 mention Mentha rotundifolia. Carduus nutanti-crispus, (a hybrid between the 

 musk and welted thistles,) Hieracium boreale, and Agrimonia odorata. 



