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A few ditches on the way to North Camp Station produced a 

 few specimens of one of the rarer water Ranunculi {R. 

 tripartitus). 



May 30th. — An afternoon excursion to Farthing Down, 

 Chaldon Church, and Alderstead Heath. Farthing Down is 

 an open down, about a mile and a quarter in length, ex- 

 tending from near the Coulsdon Station in a south-easterly 

 direction. Its greatest elevation is about 480 ft. The Down 

 has the appearance of a rounded bank, having a valley on 

 each side, but terminating on the S.E. with the upland 

 country of the N. Downs. Several barrows are on the down, 

 some of which have been opened. Several skeletons were 

 found in one of them, all lying side by side, with the feet 

 towards the east, giving an indication of Christian burial. 

 Some drinking cups and silver pins were found, which are 

 deposited in the Croydon Museum. In another barrow was a 

 skeleton of a man who must have measured 6 ft. 5 in. There 

 was also a sword, and bosses of a shield. The conjecture is 

 that the date of the burials was about the 13th century. 

 The walk continued through lanes to Chaldon Church, which 

 was visited, and Mr. Gilford read an interesting description of 

 the fresco on the inside wall of the church. After leaving the 

 church, the walk was continued over fields to Alderstead 

 Heath, and thence to Shepherd's Hill, from which was an 

 exceedingly fine view of the country southward, extending to 

 the S. Downs, and also westward to Leith Hill and eastward 

 to Ashdown Forest. 



June 13th. — To Oxted. Four members started from Eed- 

 hill. At Oxted Station they met the Rev. Ernest EUman, 

 of Tandridge Rectory, who kindly conducted the party through 

 the delightful woods in that neighbourhood. The day proved 

 very fine, but the heat as the morning advanced became 

 somewhat oppressive. The party turned north, and passing 

 the well-marked strata of Upper Greensand, ascended the 

 steep N. Downs by the side of a dense wood of fine beeches 

 and yews. Here Herb Paris [Paris quadrifolid) was found in 

 abundance in the shady spaces, several specimens having five 

 leaves in the whorl, instead of the usual four. The wood 



