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Mr. EuPEiiT Vallextin showed a series of slides from photo- 

 graphs taken by himself during a recent visit to the Falkland 

 Islands, extending over many months. He divided them into 

 views of the scenery, the native plants and the fauna, alluding to 

 the changes iu progress, and the loss of endemic types. 



Miss May Eatubone showed a portion of an unusually thick 

 stem of Iledet-a Helix, stating that this specimen was taken from 

 a plant of ivy grow ing on a tree in Cheshire. The stem, which 

 was somewhat triangular, measured 18^ inches in circumference 

 and 54 inches in diameter at its widest part. The phloem, which 

 was very well marked, measured about ^ of an inch in its thickest 

 part. The rings in the wood were not very distinct but about 

 46 could be counted. The a\ ood \\as very heavy. The sj)ecimen, 

 which was 18;j inches long, Aveighed 14 lbs., and the specific 

 gravity \\as 0-91, but, as it A\as weighed \\ithout removing the 

 bark, this is only an approximation. 



13r. Mahie Stopes exhibited a plant of Cardamine pratensis, on 

 behalf of Mr. A. D. Lang, showing bulbils in abundance from the 

 blade of the leaf as well as the axil of the flowers. 



Dr. Stapf remarked on the interest of the exhibit, and hoped by 

 cultivation, that the causes of this phenomenon would be ascer- 

 tained. 



Mr. Chables Sillem placed on the table specimens of the 

 flowering branches of a rambler rose, all the flo\\'ers shoMiug 

 median prolilication of an unusual character. 



Mrs. Loxgstaff showed a specimen of Lycaste Barringtonice^ 

 Lindl., brought from Jamaica four years ago, but flowering now^ 

 for the first time. Mr. W. Fa^cett remarked that the type of 

 this plant is in Smith's Herbarium, possessed by the Society, under 

 the name of Epidendrum Barrinytonioe. 



June 20th, 1912. 



Prof. E. B. PouLxoN, F.E.S., President, in the Chair. 



The Minutes of the General Meeting of the 6th June, 1912^ 

 were read and confirmed. 



Mrs. Eleanor Mary Eeid, B.Sc, Miss Maud Samuel, B.Sc, 

 Mr. William Henry IJaun, M.A., and Mr. John Coney Moulton, 

 M.A., were admitted Fellows. 



Mr, Ernest John Bickford, Mr. Thomas Ford Chipp, B.Sc. 

 (Loud.), Mr. Alfred Eugene Craven, Mr. Xevin Henry Foster, 

 M.E.I.A., M.B.O.U., Mr. AVilliam Norman Sands, and Mr. 

 Francis James Stayner, were proposed as Fellow s. 



