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At the Crathorne Meeting, Members were enabled to 

 examine, under the guidance of the Vicar, the 14th Century 

 Church there. 



On February 12th, our President gave a most interesting 

 and original address " On Details of Norman Architecture," 

 illustrated with special lantern slides. 



Botanical Section. — Little work appears to have been 

 done by this Section. During the year I paid special 

 attention to moorland plant communities, the results of 

 which I had the honour to lay before you in a lantern 

 lecture on " Moorland Research in 1909," on November 6th. 

 Some details of moorland plant life also appeared in the 

 " Naturalist " for January and February, under the title 

 of " Vegetation of Swiddens in N.E. Yorkshire." 



In July, and again in September, Dr. W. G. Smith, of 

 Edinburgh, and myself botanically surveyed part of the 

 South Cleveland Moors and Mulgrave Woods, and the shore 

 vegetation at Runswick Bay. 



Dr. Smith's botanical map of the district is rapidly 

 nearing completion, and will probably be issued this year, 

 It will form a valuable contribution to local plant geography. 

 One fact has come out very clearly, that the English Maple 

 is a very characteristic tree in some woods near the sea. 

 and also inland. The lowland woods are dominated by 

 oak and ash, the upland woods by oak and birch. 



Conchological Section. — Mr. T. W. Saunders reports 

 on this as per his notes in this part of Proceedings. 



Mr. Saunders also had a choice collection of rare marine 

 shells on exhibition on March 5th. 



Entomological Section. — The usual work has been 

 done in this Department by Messrs. Lofthouse, Thompson, 

 Walsh and Sachse. 



To Mr. Walsh we are also indebted for an interesting 

 lecture on " Insect Myths and Superstitions," on December 

 4th. 



