10 Proceedings. 



Senebiera didynia and Erigeron canademe. A lane south of 

 Wray Common ; also waste ground in the Arboretum, Kew 

 Gardens, July, 1889. 



Mercurialis annua. A single plant at Gomshall Station. 



Allium uisinum. Banks of a stream at Tinsley, south of 

 Horley. 



The Rev. George Wilson, M.A., F.L.S., read a paper 

 entitled ' A Biographical Sketch of John Bay,' in which he 

 described in a graphic and touching manner the career of this 

 father of British Botany. 



Annual Meeting. — October 17th, 1890. 



The Annual Eeport and Balance Sheet were read, and 

 adopted as follows : — 



HOLMESDALE NaTURAL HiSTOBY ClUB. 



Annual Report, 1 7th of October, 1890. 



During the past twelve months 14 members have left the 

 Club through resignation or removal, and one by death ; three 

 subscribers have joined the Club ; making the present 

 membership 64. 



The interest shown in the Evening Meetings was quite 

 equal to that of recent years. The average attendance was 

 twenty-two, not reckoning the meeting in February, when 

 young people were specially invited, on which occasion 

 thirty-seven were present. Owing to the illness of a gentle- 

 man who was expected to occupy the evening with a paper, 

 the April meeting was not held. It may be regarded as a 

 sign of life in our Club that the papers and addresses given 

 during the past session were, with one exception, all by our 

 own members. We might specially allude to the lecture on 

 the Arctic Flora given by one honorary member, Mr. N. E. 

 Brown, of Kew, as containing information of more than 

 ordinary value and interest ; and to the very able paper by 



