I have Mr. B. M. Watkins' hearty co-operation in taking the present opportunity to place on record several Flowering Plants and Ferns which have been detected upon the Doward Hills since 1881, and which are therefore additional to the species mentioned by him in his Florula. (The numbers appended indicate the position of the plant in relation to those in the original list). 36A. Barbarea intermedia, Boreau. 66A. Stellaria umbrosa, Opitz. 77A. Hypericum calycinum, L. Naturalised. 152A. Fragaria elatior, Ehrh. Naturalised. 159A. Rubus Maasii, Focke. R. macrophyllus, W. var. umbrosus, of L. C., Ed. vii. 160A. Rubus Drejeri. G. Jensen. R. Purchasii, Blox., Herefordshire Flora. 163A. Rubus thyrsiflorus, W. and N., teste Prof. Babington R. Lohri, Wirtg., teste Dr. Focke. 182A. Pyrus latifolia, Syme. 189A. Epilobium Lamyi, Wirtg. 274A. Inula Helenium, L. Naturalised. 293A. Crepis biennis, L. Naturalised. 301A. Hieracium tridentatum, Fr. 384A. Myosotis sylvatica, Hoffm. Naturalised. 431A. Quercus intermedia, Don. Confirmed through the London Botanical Exchange Club. 442B. Salix hippophaæfolia, Thuill. 563A. Festuca sylvatica, Vill. 587. Nephrodium Oreopteris, Desv. 585A. Cystopteris fragilis, Bernh. REPORT ON THE COLLECTIONS REV. J. F. CROUCH. By Rev. A. LEY. OF THE LATE [Bequeathed to the Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club, and now placed in the Museum Room, Hereford. October 20th, 1890.] I. LICHENS. (a) Four quarto cloth bound volumes of ExSICCATA, by W. A. Leighton; all mounted. In a good state, although slightly injured by insects. (b) Three quarto cloth bound volumes of ExSICCATA, by W. Mudd, all mounted. In the same state as the last. (c) Six quarto cloth bound volumes of a General Collection of Lichens, many of them certified by W. A. Leighton; all mounted. In the same state as (a) and (b). (d) Two quarto volumes of General Collection; in the same state as the above, but the present covers are too small for the collection, which is consequently suffering. II.-MOSSES AND HEPATICÆ. (a) Seven fasciculi, numbered 1 to 7, of a General Collection, small quarto, tied in boards. All mounted and in excellent order. Mosses only. (b) Two fasciculi, numbered 1 and 2, of ExSICCATA by the late W. Wilson. The specimens are unmounted in thin paper envelopes, which are mounted on small quarto sheets, and tied in boards. All in excellent order and condition. Mosses only. (c) One small folio volume of SPHAGNA BRITANNICA EXSICCATA, by R. Braithwaite, M.D., F.Z.S.; the whole mounted, and in excellent order. A presentation copy. (d) Twenty-five brown paper volumes of a General Collection; small folio, mounted on thin paper, in very good order and condition. 24 vols Mosses; 1 vol. Hepaticæ. (e) One fasciculus, small quarto, tied in boards. COLLECTION OF MOSSES OF HEREFORDSHIRE and the WOOLHOPE CLUB DISTRICT. All mounted and in very good order. (f) One small quarto volume, in bound cloth covers, of a General Collection, chiefly from Herefordshire, mounted and in good order. Most of them are Mosses; a few Hepaticæ. (g) General Collection of Mosses, in small folio paper books. The specimens are unmounted, in thin paper envelopes, which are mounted on the folio sheets. Twelve volumes, all in good order. (h) Three volumes, forming a similar collection to (9). and in similar condition. 1 vol. Mosses, 2 vols. Hepaticæ, (i) Twenty volumes, forming a collection similar in every way to (g) and (h), but in darker paper covers, and slightly smaller size. The specimens are in notepaper envelopes. Three fasciculi of HEPATICE BRITANNICE EXSICCATE, by Messrs. Carrington and Pearson; small quarto. The specimens loose, in notepaper envelopes, mounted on larger sheets. The species numbered 1 to 215. All in excellent order. (k) One volume, quarto, tied in boards, of a GENERAL COLLECTION OF HEPATICE; the specimens partly mounted partly loose in mounted envelopes. All in excellent condition and order. (2) One folio book. A small collection of mounted mosses from Canterbury, New Zealand; in good order. (m) A small collection of general foreign mosses; all named by H. Boswell. In good order. (n) A small collection of mosses, unmounted, in thin paper envelopes; nearly all from Herefordshire. This collection is of some value, and ought to be placed in a box. (0) A small general collection of mosses, mounted in newspaper in a box. III.-FLOWERING PLANTS AND FERNS. (a) A Collection of Flowering Plants and Ferns in very large bound cases. The sheets are in imperfect order, some of them of considerable value, many worthless, and much of the collection injured by insects. (b) A small collection on sinaller quarto sheets, in brown paper wrappers, and contained in a single cover. This collection is of little consequence, and the sheets which are of value might well be combined with (a). Woolhope Naturalists' Field Club. APRIL 9TH, 1891. THE Annual Meeting of the Club was held in the Woolhope Club Room, on Thursday, April 9th. The following members were present :-The President, Sir Herbert Croft, and Rev. Sir George H. Cornewall, President-elect for 1891; Mr. James Rankin, M.P.; Count Lubienski; the Revs. James Barker, J. O. Bevan, H. B. D. Marshall, M. G. Watkins, and H. T. Williamson; Messrs. F. Bainbridge, H. C. Beddoe, Cecil Butler, Joseph Carless (junr.), R. Clarke, James Davies, H. Easton, M. J. Ellwood, C. G. Martin, O. Shellard, H. Southall, Guy Trafford, H. Vevers, H. C. Moore (Honorary Secretary), and James B. Pilley (Assistant Secretary). The accounts, duly audited, were passed. The Assistant Secretary is to be congratulated upon his success in recovering almost all the arrears due from subscribers, whilst the Treasurer retains a satisfactory balance in hand, which will enable the Editors to persevere in their efforts to print all the arrears of Transactions. In his report, Mr. Pilley informed us that the number of members on December 31st, 1890, was 185, a total which has only once been exceeded, namely, in 1884, when there were 191 members; the arrears due from subscribers then amounted to £41, in comparison with 10s. arrears due on December 31st, 1890. Three members have died during the past year, ten members have resigned, twenty-four new members have joined, thus making a net increase of eleven. At the Meeting two members were elected, as usual by ballot, and the names of three gentlemen were proposed to be balloted for at the next meeting. The dates and places of the four Field Meetings of the year were appointed as follows:-May 28th, Thursday, Haugh Wood and the Woolhope district; June 30th, Tuesday, Aberedw Rocks; July 28th, Tuesday (Ladies' Day), Llanthony Abbey; August 25th, Tuesday, Moccas Park. The Rev. M. G. Watkins, of Kentchurch, has sent us information of the following ANTIQUARIAN DISCOVERIES AT ABBEY DORE. "Some curious finds were recently discovered when cleaning out two watercourses in the north of Abbey Dore, in Herefordshire. The dormitories and domestic offices of the Cistercians who built it were on this side of the Church, and doubtless many more singular relics would be discovered were a thorough investigation made. Nine old keys-probably of stables, granaries, and the like were picked up, ranging from about two to six inches in length, and some of them cut into very remarkable wards. One resembled an intricate modern latchkey, and may have belonged to a padlock. A keen-edged pointed dinner knife was also found, and three coins; one, a silver groat of Elizabeth; the second, a fine specimen of a copper sixpence of James II., dated, 1689; and the third a copper halfpenny (?) bearing the legend NVMMORVM FAMVLVS, probably of William and Mary, but in very bad preservation on one side, although the double rose was plainly visible on the other. A quantity of hewn stones and fragments, which had formed part of the conventual buildings, were also dug out. These relics are carefully preserved by the owner of the land, Captain T. Freke Lewis, of Abbeydore." The following is a list of books received during the year 1890:- Cotteswold Field Club Proceedings, 1889-1890, Vol. x., Part 1; Report of British Association for Advancement of Science for 1889; British Naturalists' Society Proceedings, 1889-90, Vol. vi., Part 2; Oldham Microscopical Society and Field Club Journal for 1890; Warwickshire Naturalists' and Archaeologists' Field Club Proceedings for 1889; Holmesdale Natural History Club Proceedings for 1888 and 1889; Marlborough College Natural History Society Report; Geologists' Association Proceedings, Vol. xi., No. 6, Vol. xi., No. 7, Vol. xi., No. 8; United States Department of Agriculture-North American Fauna, No. 3, also No. 4 of 1890; Cardiff Naturalists' Society, Vol. xxi., Part 2; Essex Naturalist-Journal of Essex Field Club, Vol. iii., Nos. 10 to 12; Vol. iv., Nos. 1 to 3, Nos. 4 to 6, Nos. 7 to 9, Nos. 10 to 12. Bagnall's Flora of Warwickshire was purchased; two small treatises on the Fungi of Finland, and two plates of illustrations of Swedish Fungi, were presented by Mr. William J. Humfrys. with Some more official business having been transacted the meeting concluded |