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absolutely the first proposal of geological maps. Then, in 1700, 
Abraham de la Pryme published a paper upon Fossil Shells and 
Fishes at Broughton Quarries. 
More recent work in Geology and Palzontoiogy I need not 
dwell upon; we all know what has been done by such 
of our members as Mr. Burton and Mr. Preston. 
In Meteorology we may refer to Mr. W. Veall’s observations 
made in Boston during the years 1838 to 1852 and later, as 
being the earliest records of systematic weather-investigation 
published for the county. 
In Botany, so far as the Flowering Plants are concerned, 
the records have been gathered up so completely by our friend, 
Rev. E. A. Woodruffe-Peacock, in his various papers, the latest 
being the summary Check-List published this year with our own 
Transactions, that I need not do more than refer to a paper 
which has just been published (Journal of Botany, Oct. rg1o0) by 
Mr. G. Claridge Druce, in which he reproduces Sibthorp’s MS. 
list of plants noted in Lincolnshire, at Easton near Grantham, 
Spilsby and Long Sutton, about the year 1780, the MS. being in 
the Library of the Botanical Gardens at Oxford. 
The Mosses have been enumerated for us at various times by 
Miss S.Catherine Stow, Mr.J.Larder, the Rev.Canon Fowler, and 
in the Reports of the Botanical Locality Record Club. 
Miss Stow has also compiled for us the List of Hepatics, 
in the Naturalist for 1g02, and in our Transactions for 1906. 
In respect of Lincolnshire Lichens, we have no list and only 
a very few casual records. 
There are various partial lists of Fungi—by Canon Fowler, 
Mr. Crossland and others, besides casual records and Lees’ 
Outline Flora. I cannot but think that, if possible to induce 
competent mycologists to be present, it would be a good plan for 
the Union to have the September meeting in each year specially 
devoted to this branch of study. 
The Freshwater Alge have had some slight attention paid 
tothem. A list of Diatoms collected at Sleaford by Dr. Lowe 
in 1856 was reprinted in the Naturalist in October 1896 (p. 304) $ 
