HERTFORDSHIRE NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 
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Jan. 21, at Watford.—Seeds and Fruits; their Structure and Migrations; by 
A. E. Gibbs, F.L.S. 
Feb. 21, at Watford.—Anniversary Address : Field Sports and their bearing on 
the National Character; by the President, the Eight Honourable 
the Earl of Clarendon. 
March 16, at Watford.—Meteorological Observations taken at The Grange, St. 
Albans, during the year 1889 ; by John Hopkinson, F.L.S., 
F.G.S., F.E.Met.Soc. 
- A Eecord of Water-level in a deep Chalk Well at Odsey Grange, 
Eoyston, 1878-88 ; by H. George Fordham, F.G.S. 
- The Swan ; by S. Monckton White. 
April 16, at St. Albans.—On Local Scientific Investigation in connection with 
Committees of the British Association: by John Hopkinson, 
F.L.S., F.G.S., etc. 
- On Geological Photography in Hertfordshire ; by John Hopkinson. 
•-- The Art of Photography ; by S. Monckton White. 
- 22, at Watford.—Eeport on the Eainfall in Hertfordshire in 1889 ; by 
John Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.G.S., F.E.Met.Soc. 
- Temperature and Eainfall at Hitchin, 1850-89 ; by John Hopkinson. 
- Some Hertfordshire Well-sections.—Second Paper; by W. Whitaker, 
B. A., F.E.S., F.G.S., Assoc. Inst. C.E. 
- Hertfordshire Plant-records, 1886-89 ; by John Hopkinson. 
Nov. 18, at Watford. — Climatological Observations taken in Hertfordshire 
during the year 1889 ; by John Hopkinson, F.L.S., F.G.S., 
F.E.Met.Soc. 
- Half-a-Century’s Eainfall in Hertfordshire ; by John Hopkinson. 
- Notes on Birds observed in Hertfordshire during the year 1889 ; by 
George Eooper, F.Z.S. 
Dec. 15, at Watford.—Our Food-Fishes : their Friends and Foes; by Frank 
E. Beddard, M.A., F.Z.S. 
- 18, at St. Albans.—On Eainfall and Water-Supply; by John Hopkinson, 
F. L.S., F.G.S., F.E.Met.Soc. 
- On a Meteorite observed in Switzerland; by H. George Fordham, 
F.G.S. 
1 - Notes on Tineina and other Lepidoptera observed in the Neighbour¬ 
hood of Sandridge, Herts ; by A. F. Griffith, M.A. 
The following Field Meetings were held during the year:— 
April 19.—North Mimms, Hatfield. 
May 10.—Eedbourn and Harpenden. 
- 31.—Eothamsted, Harpenden. 
June 14.—The Barton Hills. 
July 19.—Shenley and Badlett. 
-30.—Park Street, St. Albans. 
Oct. 8.—Hatfield Park (annual fun¬ 
gus foray). 
The thanks of the Society are due, for hospitality kindly afforded 
at the Field Meetings, to Dr. A. Maclean, Harpenden Hall; to Sir 
John B. Lawes, Bart., Eothamsted; and to Mr. F. "W, Silvester, 
Hedges, St. Albans. 
The fifth volume of the present series of the Society’s ‘ Transac¬ 
tions ’ has been completed and the sixth volume has been commenced, 
two parts of the former and three of the latter, containing 176 
pages and three plates, having been published during the year. A 
supplementary catalogue of the Library, containing the additions, 
exclusive of pamphlets, for the last four and a half years, has also 
been issued to the Members. The fifth volume of the ‘ Transactions ’ 
is almost entirely devoted to papers of local interest, the only 
exceptions being the Anniversary Addresses delivered in 1888 and 
1889, on the 4 Means of Protection possessed by Plants,’ and on the 
