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NOTTINGHAM LITERARY AND PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. 

 — Natural Science Section. — June 29th. Aa excursiou was made to 

 Stantou-by-Dalo aud West Hallam. The party visited an interesting cliff of 

 calcareous iiuuter conglomerate near the Stantou Gate Station, and the Mill- 

 stone Grit and Buuter quarries were also seen. Near Dale the Kilburn coal 

 seam is worked from the outcrop. This seam is 1ft. in thickness, aud is the 

 lowest seam worked in the Midland Coal-field. At Dale the ruins of the nbbey 

 and the x'icturesque little church were seen, aud iit!:ir Stanley a quairy in the 

 Coal Measures sandstone. The Botanists of the party obtained a large number 

 of interesting plants. A field near Stanton Gate is remarkable for the uuuiber 

 of species it contains, eg., as many as five of the Vetches, including fetrasperma, 

 being found within a very short distance. Jasione and Genista finctoria are also 

 very abundant. The Orohanche, which is said to grow near Dale, was not found. 



OSWESTRY AND WELSHPOOL NATURALISTS' FIELD CLUB 

 AND ARCHAEOLOGICAL SOCIETY.— Third Excursion. July 17.— The 

 meeting-place was Wrexham. After a visit to the fine old church, the party took 

 train to Cefn-y-bedd, whence their route lay up the beautiful Nantyfridd Valley, 

 a narrow wooded dell, along which runs the line of the Great Cambrian Fault. 

 Rocks of mountain limestone aud millstone grit protrude here aud there. At 

 the upper end of the valley is a very pretty waterfall. Ht>re the party left the 

 valley, and proceeded over the hill to Minera, celebrated for its lead mines and 

 lime works. Here a break met them, in which, after seeing the church, they 

 returned to Wrexham. The day was lovely, though very hot. Among the 

 plants found, we may mention Coriithdh vlnvieiilaid, llijjicricinn Androscvnmm 

 and moiifnnuin, Geranium prafensf nnd liiciilinn, aud a bciuUiful white variety 

 of G. Robertiauum, Campanula latij'olia, Cijstopte.ris j'no/ilis, and rohjstichuin 

 angular e. 



PETERBOROUGH NATURAL HISTORY AND SCIENTIFIC SOCIETY. 

 — On June 2'2nd, July 6th, and '2()th, afternoon excursions were made in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Peterborough ; also evening excursions on June 25th and July 3rd. 

 On the 8th, 17th, 21th, and 29th inst. evening botanical excursions took place, 

 and were highly satisfactory. 



WOOLHOPE NATURALISTS' FIELD CLUB.— On June 20th there 

 was a lai-ge gathering of members at Ross for Symond's Yat and the Doward. 

 After visiting the recently-erected church at Ross, the party proceeded to Symond's 

 Yat, on the top of which the formal business of the Club was transacted. Mr. 

 H. Southall pointed out and named the surrounding hills, &c. The members 

 then took boat about a mile down the Wye to the Dripping Well, which was 

 examined. Proceeding further down the river to the Old i^ish House, they 

 landed and visited King Arthur's and the other Caves. Little Doward Hill was 

 then ascended, through the woods, to the Iron Tower. After jiassing through the 

 Leys Park, the party proceeded in carriages from Crockford's Ash to Ross. After 

 dinner, Mr. Southall read a most interesting paper on the Doward Caves, the 

 botany of the district, &c., &c. 



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