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As in the previous year, a great departure from the 

 ordinary scheme of summer meetings was introduced, a 

 visit being arranged to some spot outside the Cleveland area, 

 and this excursion, as in last year, drew forth the best 

 muster of the season. I refer to Middleton-in-Teesdale. 

 Unfortunately, the weather marred what I am sure would 

 otherwise have proved a most enjoyable meeting. 



The first excursion was fixed for that delightful spot, 

 Hutton Rudby, on May 9th, but the season was not sufficient- 

 ly advanced to meet with a great variety of plants, nothing 

 specially being noticed, although had we been able to go 

 through Skutterskelf Woods, Aconitum napellus might have 

 been seen. Near the same spot by the Leven side there is 

 a remarkable growth of Conium maculatum, the plants 

 sometimes reaching 5 to 6 feet in height. 



The Meeting, however, which had been looked forward to 

 with considerable expectancy was that fixed for Teesdale 

 on June 13th. The writer had communicated with friends 

 in Middleton, who were lovers of plant life, and obtained a 

 promise that they would, if possible, procure some of the 

 gems of that unique district. Mrs. Ford, the wife of the 

 Rector, and Miss Dent, a keen botanist, troubled themselves 

 in this matter, and it was indeed fortunate for us they did so, 

 for their endeavours were of great assistance, the rain 

 commencing to descend immediately we left the train, and 

 continued persistently until we took our departure, thus 

 shattering all our good intentions — but it was not all dis- 

 appointment. There were several varieties of plants await- 

 ing us, notably Gentiana verna, Bartsia alpina, Geranium 

 rotundifolium, Galium boreale, Primula farinosa, and Trollius 

 Europaeus. 



Some of the members who feared not the inclement weather 

 made a little excursion by the Skear's Beck, where the 

 Astrantia major, one of the rarest of our plants, was pointed 

 out, with Saxifraga umbrosa, and Lymachia nummularia in 

 close proximity. The Botrychium lunaria was found, and 

 several species of the liverworts were also noticeable, as 

 were a great variety of mosses and lichens. 



