INDEX 
A. 
Additions to the Library in 1885 , xiv; 
in 1886 , xxxviii. 
Address, Anniversary, 1886 , 1 ; 1887 , 
129. 
Agaricus nigripes , Pers., new to Britain, 
xxxii; Ag. hamadrys , Fr., second 
British locality, xxxii. 
Air in relation to health, 140. 
Albino sports, 63, 168. 
Albnry, earthquake felt at, in 1755 , 24. 
Aldbury visited, xlix. 
Aldenham Woods, fungus foray in, 
xxxii. 
Andrews, R. T.: On some points in 
the Anatomy of the Honey-Bee (title 
only), xliii; insects observed by, in 
1885 , 49; in 1886 , 201 ; pheno- 
logical phenomena observed by, in 
1885 , 93 ; in 1886 , 176. 
Anniversary Address, 1886 , 1; 1887 , 
129. 
Anniversary meeting, report of, 1886 , 
xi; 1887 , xxxv. 
Aphides, prevalence of, in Herts, in 
1885 , 51, 202 ; swarm of, at St. 
Albans, in 1885 , 52, 202. 
Applebee, Mrs., phenological pheno¬ 
mena observed by, in 1885 , 93; in 
1886 , 176. 
Apples injured by codlin-moth, 50. 
Araucaria imhricata bearing cones, 118. 
Ashridge visited, xlix. 
Ash-tree injured by goat-moth, 49. 
Ashwell, earthquake of 1884 felt at, 28. 
Assimilation, laws of, 19. 
Astwick, Hitchin, ancient remains 
found near, 40. 
Attenborough, Mr. and Mrs., re¬ 
ception of members by, xlvi. 
Attfield, Prof. J.: Anniversary Ad¬ 
dress, 1886 (the Laws of God in 
Nature), xi, 1-22 ; 1887 (the Laws 
of Nature in relation to Health), 
xxxv, 129-152; analyses of water at 
Bedford, xxviii; reception of mem¬ 
bers by, xxxvii. 
Ayot brickfield, Welwyn, visited, xxiii. 
YOL. 1 Y.—PART IX. 
B. 
Badcock, J.: On Melicerta ringens : 
a chapter from the Great Book of 
Nature as revealed by the Microscope, 
x, 33-38. 
Badgers in Herts, 119. 
Baker, J. G.: The Flora of the British 
Possessions (title only), xxxiv. 
Balance-sheet for 1885 , xv; for 1886 , 
xxxix. 
Baldock, earthquake of 1884 felt near, 
28. 
Barley, earthquake of 1884 felt at, 28. 
Barnet, East, rainfall at, in 1885 , 74 ; 
in 1886 , 217. 
Batchworth Heath visited, xlviii. 
Bayfordbury, Hertford, rainfall at, in 
1885 , 74 ; in 1886 , 217. 
Bedford visited, xxviii; water-supply 
of, xxviii. 
Bedmond, ash-tree at, injured by goat- 
moth, 49. 
Beech Bottom, St. Albans, visited, xx. 
Bennington, rainfall at, in 1885 , 74; 
in 1886 , 217. _ 
Berkhamsted visited, xlix; rainfall at, 
in 1885 , 74; in 1886 , 217. 
Bernard’s Heath brickfields visited, 
xx. 
Biography of a cuckoo, 223. 
Birds observed in Herts in 1885 , 53 ; 
in 1886 , 161 ; flights of, in 1886 , 
167. 
Bishop’s Stortford, earthquake felt at, 
in 1755 , 24 ; in 1884 , 28. 
Botany, notes on, 118, 222 . 
Brett, Dr. A. T. : Section at the 
Sewage Farm, Watford Fields, xxi, 
117 ; Araucaria imhricata bearing 
cones, xxi, 118-119 ; Badgers ( Meles 
taxus) in Hertfordshire, xxii, 119- 
120 ; on earwigs in 1886 , 204 ; a 
Nectarine growing on a Peach Tree, 
xlv, 222 ; reception of members by, 
xxvi, xlviii. 
British remains near Hitchin, 39. 
Broxbourne visited, xxv ; plants found 
near, xxv; fungus foray at, li. 
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