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After tea some of the members strolled into Tring Park, where 
emus, rheas, and kangaroos were seen in their living state and 
appeared to he less timid than the deer. Others went on through 
Tring, past the “Britannia,” across the allotments, and by field-path 
and through woods to the summit of Coombe Hill, one of the highest 
spurs of the Chiltern Hills. It is upwards of 800 feet in height, 
and is one of four such hills in the neighbourhood, with much the 
largest surface above the 800 ft. contour-line, the others being 
Coombe Hill near Wendover, on which a monument has been 
erected to the men of Bucks who fell in the South African War; 
part of the hill between Bingshall and Ivinghoe Beacon Hill; and 
the highest point between Kensworth and the Dunstable Downs, 
where the road crosses the boundary between the counties of Beds 
and Herts. The fact that there are two hills of the same name 
within a few miles of each other is doubtless due to the combes or 
dry valleys in the Chalk which descend from them, one of which 
was well seen and gave rise to a discussion on their origin. The 
splendid view from the Coombe Hill of Tring over the Yale of 
Aylesbury was felt to be well worth the climb, and from it the geo¬ 
logical features of the landscape were pointed out by Mr. Hopkinson 
and Mr. Kidner. 
Eield Meeting, 18th June, 1904, 
ST. ALBANS. 
A party of about forty met at the Hertfordshire County Museum, 
and proceeded, under the direction of Mr. A. E. Gibbs, to the 
orchid-houses of Messrs. E. Sander & Co., where they were 
received by the late Mr. H. G. Moon, who conducted them over the 
premises. 
Several new and rare plants were shown, and Mr. Moon 
explained the results attained by cross-fertilization of several 
species. A house containing young seedling orchids was seen, and 
orchids in flower from a cross made seven years ago were examined, 
this being about the time, it was explained, before any judgment 
could be formed of the result of the crossing. 
A vote of thanks, proposed by Mr. Neele, was accorded to 
Messrs. Sander & Co. and to Mr Moon, and the party then 
returned to the County Museum, where tea was kindty provided 
by Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Gibbs, to whom, also, a vote of thanks, 
proposed by Mr. Hopkinson, was accorded, after which the contents 
of the Museum Avere inspected. 
238th Oedinaey Meeting, 2nh November, 1904, at Watford. 
John Hopkinson, E.L.S., E.G.S., Y.P.B. Met. Soc., Assoc. Inst. 
C.E., in the Chair. 
The Bev. A. H. Cooke, M.A., E.Z.S., Aldenham School, Elstree; 
Captain J. B. Gilliatt, D.S.O., Chorleywood Cedars, Bickmansworth; 
