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He also mentioned that Helleborus viridis, H.fcetida, and 

 Lathraa squamaria are in great profusion this year in the 

 localities given for them in the 'Flora.' 



Annual Meeting. — October 20th, 1882. 



The Annual Eeport was presented and read, and was as 

 follows : — 



HOLMESDALE NaTUKAL HiSTOEY ClUB. 



Annual Eepoi-t, October 20th, 1882. 



Since the date of the last Annual Keport seven new mem- 

 bers and seven subscribers have been elected into the Club, 

 and nine have resigned, several of them on account of having 

 left the neighbourhood, leaving a present membership of 

 seventy-eight. 



At the Evening Meetings, held monthly during the winter 

 from October to April, the following papers were read or 

 addresses given : — 



Oct. 14, 1881. ' The Life-History of Volvox glohator,' by 



Mr. N. E. Brown (Kew). 

 Oct. 14. 'A Description of the Fresh-water Medusa, 



Limnocodium Soicerbii,' by Mr. N. E. Brown (Kew). 

 Oct. 14. ' Notes on the Breeding of the Lesser Tern,' by 



Mr. J. B. Crosfield. 



Nov. 11. 'Presidential Address,' by the President, Mr. 



W. H. Tyndall. 

 Nov. 11. ' Notes on the Spring Flora of Mentone,' by Mr. 



A. J. Crosfield. 

 Dec. 9. ' The Genus Mesembryanthemum,' by Mr. T. 



Cooper. 

 Dec. 9. ' Some Experiences in Natural History,' by Mr. 



Henry Boyle (Clapham). 

 Jan. 13, 1882, ' Ornithology in Wray Park,' by Mr. J. B. 



Crosfield. 



Jan. 13. 'Notes on the Meteorology of 1881,' by Mr 

 W. H. Tyndall. 



Feb. 10. ' Further Natural History Experiences,' by Mr. 

 Henry Boyle (Clapham). 



