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BallincoUig and the Lee Valley. July i. — Carrigaline and Rennie's 

 Point, a whole day drive attended by fourteen. Jui^Y ii. — Waterford to 

 BallincoUig. Jui^y 25. — Youghal, a useful afternoon spent in and around 

 the marshes. AUGUST 12. — Whole day, visiting Rostellan Castle, the 

 grounds of Castlemary and the village, and Round Tower of Cloyne. 

 August 22.— Waterfall and Ballinhassig Glen, September 5. — Blarney 

 and St. Anne's Hill. The winter meetings were— December 10. — ^A 

 lecture by Mr. G. H. Carpenter on "Irish Animals, past and present," 

 delivered in the Ball Room, Imperial Hotel, to a crowded audience. 

 February 14.— Mr. R. Lloyd Praeger gave a very interesting account 

 of Bogs and Bog-bursts, with special reference to the recent Kerry 

 disaster, a subject of special and painful interest, which drew a large 

 number. March 2 and 9. — Mr. R. A. Phillips gave two useful and 

 interesting lectures on " Collecting, Preserving, and Identifying Plants " 

 and ''Rare and Characteristic Plants of Co. Cork." The Committee did 

 not see their way this year to hold a Conversazione, but hope that one 

 may take place before the next General Meeting. No large joint 

 excursion is fixed for the coming summer, but members will be invited 

 to join the Dublin and Belfast Clubs in a three days visit to Ballycastle, 

 Co. Antrim , while in August we hope in conjunction with the Dublin 

 and Limerick Clubs to visit the scene of the bog-slide in Kerry. The 

 Committee would urge upon members the desirability of more systematic 

 study in the various branches of Natural History ; we have lying at our 

 very doors in the Counties Cork and Kerry rich fields for the naturalist 

 in which there is always the incentive to new discoveries, as illustration 

 of which take the following finds by our indefatigable worker Mr. R. A. 

 Phillips — Ranunculus iripartitus found near Baltimore in April, 1896, an 

 addition to the flora of Ireland, while the following species, mostly 

 found on Sherkin and Cape Clear Islands and the Schull promontory last 

 August, are additions to the Cork flora — Fumaria muralis^Hdianthemum 

 Breweri^ Ornithoptis perpusillus^ Kubus macrophyllus ^ R. fissus^ " Galium 

 uliginosum^ Crepis biennis, Mentha gentilis^ Lamium intermedium^ Sparganium 

 affinCt Carex acuta, and Triticum pungens. 



To these may be added Cochlearia anglica and Geranium pusillum which, 

 though recorded by the earlier botanists, have been rejected by recent 

 writers. Both were found in the neighbourhood of Cork Harbour. The 

 Balance Sheet is very satisfactory and shows a sum of £i\ to the credit 

 of the Club, the Committee think that this money should be expended 

 in furthering the objects of the Club, and therefore make the following 

 suggestions; — ist. That juniors (age under 20) be allowed to enter by 

 paying a subscription of 2s. 6d. 2nd. That a prize scheme be formulated 

 to try and create an interest in botany, entomology, and other branches. 

 3rd. That the nucleus of a reference library be made, the books to be 

 available to any member under properly formulated rules. The Secre- 

 tary, who has held office from the inception of the Club, is resigning 

 owing to want of time properly to look after its interests. 



