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was completely withered and blackened, or sometimes the 

 tree was almost stripped bare. The Hawthorns, Horse- 

 chestnuts, and Limes seemed to have felt the effects of the 

 storm most ; Beeches and some other trees that were less 

 fully in leaf had not suffered quite so severely. These 

 remarkable effects were attributed by some to the presence of 

 salt in the winds ; but, though salt was doubtless present, 

 probably the force of the wind together with the low tempe- 

 rature which prevailed during the latter part of the storm, 

 when the temperature fell below the freezing-point, was quite 

 sufficient of itself to produce the results which were every- 

 where apparent. 



Ckowboeough. — May 20. (Conductor, Rev. H. Brass, M.A.) 

 Starting from Withy am Station, the route lay through Buck- 

 hurst Park, a beautifully-wooded property. In the turf near 

 the lake in the park OrcJtis morio and 0. macidata were most 

 prettily dotted. On an old wall abundance of Asplmium 

 Ruta-muraria was noticed, and Polygonum historta abounded 

 in a meadow. Ascending through woods where the Garden 

 Warbler and Wood Wren were singing, the range of the 

 Sweet Mountain Fern {Lastraia Oreopteris) was reached. The 

 open common was crossed, and the transit of a few fields 

 brought us out on to the high road which crosses the very 

 summit of Crowborough. Here we were most kindly enter- 

 tained by Mr. Prince, who showed us his observatory and 

 astronomical instruments. The prospect reached from the 

 North Downs, near Dover, to Beachy Head; the South 

 Downs from Beachy Head to Lewes, and on to Ditchling 

 Beacon, Wolstenbury, and Chanctonbury ; Leith Hill and 

 Hindhead, and the range of the North Downs from St. 

 Martha's Hill, near Guildford, to Reigate Hill, Whitehill, 

 Tandridge Downs, and the range eastward through mid-Kent. 



Chaldon and Fabthing Down.— June 3. (Conductor, Mr. 

 A. J. Crosfield). The whole course of this excursion, after 

 crossing the first two or three fields on leaving Merstham 

 Station, was over the chalk ; less was met with in the way 

 of Natural History worth recording than on most of the other 

 excursions this summer. The route led the party through 



