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ADDRESS OF THE COUNCIL. 
Herbarium of the Society is already enriched with 
upwards of 300 of our native plants. A collection 
of mosses from the Malvern Hills has been recently 
added by Mr. Vareme. 
In the departments of Geology and Mineralogy 
will be found numerous specimens of rocks, fossils, 
and minerals, including also collections of various 
formations in the county, and of the Geology of 
particular districts. These have been obtained, 
partly through the exertions of the Geological 
Committee, and partly through the kindness of 
several gentlemen who have taken a warm interest 
in the pursuits of the Society. Among the speci- 
mens illustrative of the Geology of certain forma- 
tions and districts, the Council are desirous of calling 
the especial attention of the Society to the series 
from the Abberley Range, presented by the Rev. 
T. Pearson, of Great Witley, and to that of the lias 
and oolite formations, the donation of Hugh Strick- 
land, Esq., of Cracombe House, as they are illustrative 
of valuable papers descriptive of the rocks from 
which they have been obtained. Other series of 
specimens illustrative of the Geology of parts of this 
and the adjoining counties have been presented by 
Dr. Hastings, from Derbyshire ; by Thomas Mead, 
Esq., of Chateley Lodge, Bath, from the Somerset 
coal basin ; by Mr. Jabez Allies, from the Storage and 
Ankerdine Hills ; by E. Morris, Esq., and W. Addi- 
son, Esq., of Malvern, from the Malvern Range. In 
addition to which there are several valuable collec- 
tions of fossils from the limestone formations, and 
