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John Gorst, in the course of a brief address, referred to the 

 importance of teaching botany both in rural and urban schools, and 

 said he hoped that in the case of the former the County Councils 

 would give the necessary assistance. He hoped that attention 

 would be directed to the importance of equipping the teachers for 

 the work. Prof. Hartog spoke of the advantage of systematic 

 botany for very young children. 



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Mosses new to Ireland. — The following rare mosses have 

 recently been collected in Ireland for the first time, and have 

 not, so far as I am aware, been recorded: — Campylopiis Shawii 

 Wils. Near Glengarriffe, Co. Cork, 1896 ; Rev. C. H. Binstead.— 

 C. Schimpcri Wils. By the side of the stream, at 1400 ft., in 

 Derrymore Glen, near Cahir Conree Mtn., Co. Kerry, April, 1899, 

 Rev. H. W. Lett S D. McArdle. — Dicranum uncinatum C. M. On 

 rock- faces, at 1200 ft., by the sides of two streamlets on the south- 

 east face of Nephin Mtn., Co. Mayo, May, 1901 ; Rev. H. W. Lett 

 d D. McArdle. The following have each been found for the second 

 time in Ireland : — Campylopus subulatus Schimp. (Cromagloun, 

 Killarney, Co. Kerry ; Scliimper d Wilson, 1865. Braith. Brit. 

 Moss Flora, i. p. 131), near Glengarriffe, Co. Cork, 1900 ; Rev. 

 C. H. Binstead d Dr. Braithwaite. — Hypnum fluviatile Swartz. 

 (Ballinhassig, Co. Cork ; Br. T. Taylor in Mackay's Flora Hibeniica, 

 part ii. p. 38), on rocks in Bann Piiver at Corbet Mills, two miles 

 east of Bannbridge, Co. Down, July, 1900; Revs. H. W. Lett d 

 C. H. Waddell.—H. dilatatum Wils. (Tore Waterfall, Killarney, 

 Co. Kerry, 1865 ; Capt. Button, Braith. Brit. Moss Flora, vol. iii. 

 p. 57.) Connor Hill Pass, near Dingle, Co. Kerry, 1897 ; Rev. H. 

 W. Lett d D. McArdle.— R. W. Lett. 



Spiranthes Romanzoffiana in Antrim. — On July 30th, when 

 collecting fresh- water algae between Antrim and Toome, I noticed 

 a single specimen of an orchid which at once arrested my attention 

 as I had not seen it alive before ; it was Spiranthes Romanzoj/iana. 

 I at once proceeded to search for more, and found it to be fairly 

 frequent in wet sandy land. I believe it has already been recorded 

 for Armagh and Londonderry, in addition to its original station in 

 the south-west. Careful examination of other parts of Ireland may 

 extend its distribution. I enclose a specimen for the Herbarium. — 

 W. West. 



Euphrasia Scottica. — In 1884, while working at the Flora of 

 Wensleydale, North Yorks, I met with a slender, tall-growing 

 Euphrasia, which I distributed under the name E. gracilis Fries. 

 Quite recently the plant was examined by Mr. F. Towusend in 

 Mr. Whit well's herbarium, and pronounced by the former to be 

 Euphrasia Scottica Wettstein (= E. paludosa Towns.). A week or 

 two ago I made a search for the plant in the old locality near 

 Carperby, Wensleydale, and found the plant in some abundance. 



