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valuable gift of boolis which had been made, and the many interest- 

 ing plants which had been discovered by the members of the Society. 

 A vote of thanks was passed to the Chairman, who acknowledged the 

 compliment. A party, accompanied by the Chairman, then went on 

 a geological and botanizing excursion, amongst whom were Messrs. 

 Watson, Denues, the Rev. J. C. Cox, Messrs. Bull, Eager, Molyneux, 

 Medlock, Salmon, and other members of the Society. They proceeded 

 along the side of Chauntry Downs, through a most interesting coun- 

 try, ascending St. Martha's Hill, and from thence to Chilworth Ma- 

 nor, the seat of the Chairman, at whose hospitable board they were 

 entertained. During the excursion the attention of the party was 

 particularly drawn towards large patches of Cuscuta Trifolii, which 

 infested a clover-field, many of the patches occupying a space of se- 

 veral yards in diameter, within which the clover was entirely destroy- 

 ed by this parasite. Fedia Auricula was observed intermixed with 

 olitoria and dentata. This species had not been noticed as occur- 

 ring in the neighbourhood previously. On their return to Guildford, 

 shortly after seven o'clock, they rejoined the party at the Museum, 

 and partook of tea and coffee with about sixty other ladies and gen- 

 tlemen, members of the Society, after which they separated, the 

 whole evidently much gratified with the day's proceedings. 



At the monthly meeting of this Society, held at Guildford, on 

 Thursday evening, the oth inst., specimens of Pyrola minor were 

 presented by Master Wood, from Old Thorns Wood, in the parish of 

 Scale, in this county. This interesting addition to the Surrey Flora 

 was fust discovered by Miss Marian Wood, during the summer of 

 1839, and it is owing to the formation of this Society that the fact of 

 its existence in this county was brought to notice. Mr. Salmon vi- 

 sited the locality, and found the plant in great abundance growing 

 under the underwood. 



J. D. Salmon. 



Godalming, August 11th, 1847. 



