HERTFORDSHIRE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 
XIX 
Several kinds of Microbes alluded to by Mr. Shelly were exhibited 
under microscopes in illustration of his paper. 
Ordinary Meeting, 16th March, 1886, at Watford. 
Professor Attfield, Ph.D., F.R.S., F.I.C., F.C.S., President, in the Chair. 
The Rev. T. G. Gibbons, M.A., was elected a Member of the 
Society. 
The following paper was read :— 
“ Wild Plants : their Attributes and Names.” By P. G. Lloyd, 
Hon. Sec. ( Transactions , Yol. IV, p. 105.) 
Ordinary Meeting, 18th March, 1886, at Hertford. 
Richard B. Croft, Esq., R.N., F.L.S., F.R.M.S., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
Mr. A. P. Griffith, Elmfield, Hertford, and Mr. Horace J. Tuck, 
St. Holmes, Bengeo, Hertford, were proposed as Members of the 
Society. 
The following paper was read :— 
“An Account of British and Roman Remains found in the 
Neighbourhood of Hitchin. By William Ransom, P.L.S. ( Trans¬ 
actions, Yol. IY, p. 39.) 
Diagrams and specimens were exhibited by Mr. Ransom in illus¬ 
tration of his paper. 
Ordinary Meeting, 20th April, 1886, at Watford. 
John Hopkinson, Esq., F.L.S., F.G-.S., etc., Vice-President, in the Chair. 
Mr. A. P. Griffith and Mr. Horace J. Tuck were elected Members 
of the Society. 
Mr. W. R. L. Lowe, Hatfield Road, St. Albans; Mr. E. P. 
Noel, Manor House, Stanmore ; Miss P. Sullivan, Lemsford Road, 
St. Albans; and Mr. T. J. Villiers, Watford, were proposed as 
Members. 
The following papers were read :— 
1. Report on Insects observed in Hertfordshire during the year 
1885.” By P. W. Silvester, P.R.Met.Soc. ( Transactions , Yol. 
IY, p. 49.) 
2. “Notes on Birds observed in Hertfordshire during the year 
1885.” By John E. Littleboy. ( Transactions , Yol. IY, p. 53.) 
Ordinary Meeting, 29th April, 1886, at Hertford. 
F. M. Campbell, Esq., F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.R.M.S., Vice-President,in the Chair. 
The following papers were read — 
1. Meteorological Observations taken at Throcking, Herts, during 
the year 1885.” By the Rev. C. W. Harvey, M.A., P.R.Met.Soc. 
( Transactions , Yol. IY, p. 65.) 
