EAST KENT 

 MTUEAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



REPORT OF THE COMMITTEE FOR 1881. 



The Committee liave to congratulate the Society on the 

 number and excellence of papers and addresses recorded with 

 the Transactions for the year. 



BOTANICAL. 



Some very instructive Botanical addresses were given 

 during the year by James Reid, Esq., on Fungi. At the extra 

 meeting on the 2nd of July, Gr. Eigden, Esq., M.E.C.S., 

 exhibited a curious Fungus from New Zealand, and made 

 some very interesting observations on the same subject. The 

 Committee very much regret that they are onl}^ in possession 

 of very scanty extracts of these lectures. The Society are also 

 indebted to Mi-s. Dean, of St. Mildred's, and Mrs. McDakin, 

 for Botanical contributions, and hope that, during the 

 summer months of 1882, specimens may be exhibited at each 

 meeting. This is a department in which the Committee look 

 to the lady members for considerable aid. It is very desirable 

 that the representative flowers of the month should be laid 

 upon the table at each meeting, either as botanical specimens 

 (with labels attached), or decorative bouquets. 



