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opposite Beauparc, accompanied by Armoracia amphibium ; Cdcrach 

 officinarnm, wall at Slane. 



Mr. H. K. Gore Cuthbert collected beetles and obtained the followint( 

 noteworthy species, the first of which is believed to be an addition to 

 the Irish list i—Anchomenus angustkollis, Lcistus fulvibarhis, Calathus jnceus, 

 Coelambics lineatus, Lacon murinus, CJwlcva fusca, and Cis boldi. 



Armagh Naturai. History and Phii^osophicai, Society. 

 Octobe;r 6.— Annual General Meeting. The following officers were 

 elected :— President, Rev. W. F. Johnson, M.A., F.E.S. ; Hon. vSecretary, 

 G. H. Johnston ; Hon. Treasurer, F. I^. Martin ; Hon. Ubrarian, J. Boyd ; 

 Committee, Dr. Gray, W. Gallagher, E. Fullerton, D. A. Simmons, 

 A. Gibson, J. Pellow, S. Greer, S. Davison, R. H. Dornian, E. L. Fischer, 

 R. Best, F. J. Anderson, W. Whitsitt. The funds of the society were not 

 in as good a position as usual, and a deficit of ^10 was announced ; but, 

 as an offset to this, the members were informed that the late Rev. G. 

 Robinson had bequeathed a sum of ;^5o to the society. 



NOTKS. 



BOTANY. 



PHANEROGAMS. 



Autumn Blossomingr of Spring Flowers.— The remarkably 

 early season, with its accompaniment of intense heat and drought, fol- 

 lowed by a showery autumn, has resulted in a September blossoming of 

 a number of our spring and early summer flowers, and I place on record 

 such cases as have been reported by correspondents, or have come to my 

 own notice : no doubt readers of the Irish Naturalist will be able to supple- 

 ment the list. Ranunculits circinatus — there was an abundant second growth 

 of this in the canals near Dublin, and a good deal of flower. R. peltatus — 

 Mr. Stewart reports this in flower in several lakes in Co. Down. Caltha 

 palustris — Mrs. Leebody reports this from Londonderry, and Mr. Stewart 

 from Co. Down. Viola sylvatica — in bloom at Londonderry (Mrs. Lee- 

 body), Cork (Mr. Noonan), and in Co. Meath and north Donegal 

 (R. LI. P.). Cytisus scoparius — same localities as last. Lotus pilosiis and 

 Lathyrus pratensis — North Donegal (R. LI. P.)- Pyrus viahis — Mr. Noonan 

 reports a crab-apple tree " covered with flowers" near Cork on October 

 loth. Fragaria vesca — Cork (Mr. Noonan). Potentilla fragariastriwi — noted 

 on the Dublin Field Club excursion to Beauparc, Co. Meath. Lonicera 

 pericly?nemcm — there was quite a remarkable September flowering of the 

 Honeysuckle; in many counties from Donegal to Queen's Co., I saw or 

 received notes of its blossoming freely at the same time that it was bear- 

 ing abundance of bright red berries. Menyanthes trifoliata — Killinchy, Co. 

 Down, Mr. Stewart. Meriensia maritima—Malin Head, Co. Donegal, Sep- 

 tember 24th, fine specimens in full bloom, R. LI. P. Eqicisettun pahcstre — 

 a luxuriant new crop with abundance of fruit near Lough Swilly, Done- 

 gal. — R. Li,OYD Praege^r. 



Plants of the Boyne mouth. — Cuscuta major, according to Threl- 

 keld " groweth in great plenty on the dry sandy banks near the Mayden 

 Tower, near Drogheda." An August afternoon, devoted to a search for 

 this plant, did not result in its re-discovery, although I hunted care- 

 fully over the low sand-dunes for some distance around the tower, which 

 is a tall quadrangular building, with a picturesquely battlemented 

 summit, built on the edge of the Boyne in close proximity to its mouth, 

 evidently as a mark for mariners entering the river. The dodders, how- 

 ever, seem to be plants of irregular appearance, often springing up in 



