June, 191 3. The Irish Naturalist. loi 
THE COMING OF AGE OF THE 
"IRISH NATURALIST." 
On April 23rd the " coming of age " of the Irish NaHiralist — 
whose first number appeared in April, 1892 — was most 
agreeably commemorated by a dinner given to the Editors 
and to a large number of the supporters of the Journal 
by the joint hospitahty of Mr. R. M. Barrington, Mr. N. 
Colgan, Dr. R. F. Scharff, and Mr. R. J. Ussher. The 
idea that an event so worthy of note as the completion 
of the Irish Naturalist's twenty -first year should not be 
allowed to pass by without some form of celebration had 
been first put forward by Mr. Colgan, and was warmly 
taken up by the three other hosts, with the result that 
a gathering representative of every branch of natural 
history was brought together to honour the occasion. 
The dinner, which took place at Mills's Rooms, 8, Merrion 
Row, DubHn, was presided over by Mr. Barrington, the 
three other hosts, and the three editors, as principal guests, 
occupying seats near the chair. 
There were also present Sir Charles Ball, Canon Lett, 
Mr. John Adams, Professor Bayley Butler, Major G. E. H. 
Barrett -Hamilton, Professor Grenville Cole, Professor T. 
Johnson, Mr. G. P. Farran, Dr. A. H. Foord, and Messrs. 
J. N. Halbert, T. Hallissy, J. de W. Hinch, George R. 
Humphreys, C. B. Mofiat. C. M. Selbie, R. Southern, 
Alexander Williams, W. J. Wilhams, and W. B. Wright. 
Letters regretting inability to accept were read from Sir 
F. Moore, the Hon. R. E. Dillon, Rev. H. Friend, Professor 
E. J. McWeeney, Mr. D. R. Pack-Beresford, Mr. W. F. de 
Vismes Kane, Professor Haddon, Mr. H. K. G. Cuthbert, 
and others. 
The table decorations included a fine display of flowering 
Mediterranean Heath, fresh from the Curraun peninsula, 
and other characteristic plants of the Western -Irish 
