EEPORTS OF MEETINGS. 69 



The meeting on March 7th was devoted to a paper by Mr. 

 Cedric Bucknall, on " A Botanical Ramble in Switzerland." 

 The paper was illustrated with lantern slides. 



On April 5th two short papers were read, the first by 

 Dr. A. C. Fryer, on " Some Bookworms found in America " ; 

 the second by Mr. R. B. Webb, entitled, " Our Fields and 

 Hedgerows." 



On May 2nd the President, Dr. S. Young, gave a lecture 

 on " The Liquefaction of Gases." The lecture was profusely 

 illustrated by experiments. 



The meeting on October 3rd was occupied by Mr. H. C. 

 Playne, who read a paper on " Summer Visitors to the 

 Neighbourhood of Bristol." The paper included many in- 

 teresting personal observations. 



On March 7th Mr. S. H. Reynolds read a paper, entitled 

 " The Horse and its Allies," illustrating it by means of 

 lantern slides. 



The last meeting of the session was held on December 

 5th, when Mr. W. A. Shenstone read a paper on " Pasteur's 

 Life-work." The paper was illustrated by slides and an 

 exhibition of apparatus. 



The papers by Mr. Playne, and Drs. Fryer, Norton and 

 Prowse, will be found printed in the present number of the 

 Proceedings. 



All the meetings took place at University College, 



BIOLOGICAL SECTION. 



rriHE District Flora has been further investig'ated by 

 -*- some active botanists, who have made several dis- 

 coveries during the past fyear. Gerastium arvense and Buhus 

 sulcatus, both new to the county of Somerset, have been 

 found : — the former by Mrs. Gregory, on the Mendips, and 



