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of the several localities yielding, notwithstanding their close 

 proxity, a considerable diversity of types." Mr. Kent then 

 enumerates and names the several species found, but, as my 

 object in making the quotation is simply to refer to these 

 animalcules as a possible source of food to plants, what I 

 have already quoted may be sufficient for my purpose. 



Dr. Bossey exhibited, in illustration of his paper, a bud of 

 Brussels Sprouts producing rootlets in water, spores of Equi- 

 setum arvense, glume of the "Wild Oats, bladder of Utricularia, 

 glands of Pinguicula lusitanica, and of an Australian Pingui- 

 cuia with tentacles clasping a fly. 



EvEKiNG Meettog. — March IIth, 1881. 



A large number of young persons, many of them belonging 

 to some of the schools in the neighbourhood, were present by 

 special invitation. 



Mr. W. H. Tyndall, President of the Club, gave an address, 

 entitled "The Hills and Valleys of Eeigate, and what they 

 are made of " ; in the course of which he briefly enumerated 

 and described the various geological formations found in this 

 neighbourhood, giving various facts of interest about each. 



Mr. J. B. Crosfield gave an address, entitled "A talk about 

 Birds and their Eggs," and partially illustrated it by his 

 collection of eggs, which he had brought for exhibition. 



Microscopes were exhibited by Mr. Tyndall, Dr. Bossey, 

 and Mr. J. B. Crosfield ; and a number of collections and 

 specimens belonging to various branches of Natural History 

 were exhibited by Mr. Cooper, Mr. Edwin Ashby, Mr. Aspland, 

 and other members of the Club. 



E\'ENiNG Meeting. — April 8th, 1881. 



Mr. W. C. Wallis, of Brighton, read a paper on ' British 

 Glaciers.' 



Mr. Tyndall presented a table of meteorological observations 

 for the year 1880, and pointed out some of the special features 

 connected with the weather of the year. 



