36 THE ESSEX FIELD CLUB. 



Bois Station, and busyiny tlK-niselves with collectin;^ in the woods north of High 

 Beach. Mr. Arthur Lister, F.R.S., F.L.S./and Miss G. Lister, very courteously 

 acted as Botanical Referees, Mr. Lister's report on the Mycetozoa observed -w-ill 

 be found elsewhere [ante yi, 12). A later party took the more southerly woods,, 

 and High Beach itself. Tlie collecting; parties met at the Headquarters in the late 

 afternoon. ]Mr. Ge(Mge ]\Iassee, F.L.S., Dr. Cooke, Mr. Lister, Miss Lister, and 

 others, determined the sjK'cies, and the sj^ecimens M'ere all labelled and arranged 

 in botanical order on the tables, where chey formed an interesting and instructive 

 exhibition. 



Diagrams of Fungi. — Dr. Cooke brought with him a series of nine large 

 diagrams, depicting the morphology of the main groups of Fungi, all of them drawn 

 and coloured by himself with his accustomed knowledge and skill. [We are 

 glad to say tliat tliese fine drawings have since been secured for the Club's 

 ]Museum.l 



Ordinary Meeting. — The \veather was \ery bad in London and elsewhere, 

 and even on the forest rains fell at intervals, and in consequence the attendance 

 during the evening was much restricted — a most regrettable result, as 

 scientifically tlie meeting was one of the most interesting botanical gatherings for 

 many years. 



After tea, the 216th Ori^inary Meeting was held, Mr. T. V. Holmes, F.G.S., 

 Vice-P/csident, in the chair. 



The Chairman read a telegram from the President, in which Prof. Aleldola 

 regretted that his duties at that afternoon's meeting of the Teachers' Registration. 

 Council prevented his attendance. He added that it was tiie first Fungus meeting 

 he had missed since tlie foundation of the Club. 



New Members. — ^Nlr. T. G. Keulemans and the Rev. Rowland T. Warren, 

 B.A.. F.R.G.S., were elected members. 



Reports on the Fungi,— Dr. Cooke then gave an address, " AVork in the 

 Field amongst the Fungi." This pa])er is printed in the ])resent part, together 

 with reports on the species observed by Dr. Cooke and Mr. Massee, and on the 

 ^Mycetozoa by Mr. Lister. 



Mr. George Massee, F.L.S., also gave a short address on the study of Fungi, 

 urging that greater attention should be paid to the smaller forms, and particularly 

 that " Life-histories " should be traced both in the laboratoiy and the field. 



Fungoid Disease of Hornbeams. — Mr. R. Paulson made a few remarks 

 on this subject, for whicli see "Notes." 



Thanks to Conductors. — At the invitation of the Chairman, very cordial 

 votes of thanks were passed to Dr. Cooke, Mr. Lister, Mr. McConnell, and ]\Ir. 

 Massee for their valuable aid during the meeting. 



The remainder of the evening was spent in examining the specimens collected.. 

 The number of species new to Tire forest, and the number actually determined, 

 was ])robably greater than at any jirevious " Forav,'' and the changeable weather 

 was the only hindrance to the complete success of tlie meeting. 



THE 217th ORDINARY MEETING. 

 Saturday, November 8th, 1902. 

 This meeting was held in the ^Municipal Technical Institute, Stratford, the 

 President, Prof. R. ^leldola, F.R.S., in the Chair. 



Members Elected.— R. Bruce Boswell, M.A., W. Arnold Burgess, B.A.,. 

 and Lawrence W. Chubb [Secretary to the, Commons Preservation Society). 



