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borne entirely on the carpels. To prepare young flowers for section 

 cutting, take freshly collected flower buds, place them in methylated 

 alcohol, and allow to remain until thoroughly saturated. Pass them into 

 staining fluid, such as hsematoxyliu. "When the tissue is fully stained, 

 which takes about a week, change them into 70 per cent, alcohol, then into 

 methylated, and afterwards into absolute alcohol, and allow to remain 

 three or four days, then place them in turpentine until thoroughly 

 permeated, requiring about a week, when they are ready to ])ut into 

 paraflin wax, melting at about 45 deg. Small blocks, containing the 

 embedded flowers, are then made and fixed to a ribbon microtome, when 

 consecutive and uniform sections can be obtained ready to mount for 

 microscopical examination. 



EXCURSION TO ABERFORD, SATURDAY, JUNE IST, 1889. 



A most successful excursion of the Club took place to Parlington 

 Park and Aberford. Over fifty members took advantage of the kind 

 facilities afforded by Colonel Gascoigne to ramble over his beautiful 

 estate, and also the use of the " Highflyer " from Garforth to convey 

 them thereto. The weather was most favourable, and the country at 

 spring-time never looked better. The main body of the party first 

 visited the lake, where microscopists and botanists began earnestly to work. 

 Other branches took directions which they considered most productive for 

 their own particular section. Several members with cameras accompanied 

 the party, and were much interested in Colonel Gascoigne's large 

 collection of photographs. Special interest attached to the series, as the 

 negatives were produced by means oi the wet-collodion process about 

 thirty years ago. The party all joined again at six o'clock at Aberford to 

 have tea, after which a hearty vote of thanks was passed to Colonel and 

 Mrs. Gascoigne for the warm reception given the members on this, their 

 second visit to Parlington. Before leaving Aberford by the " Highflyer," 

 photographs were taken of the party, who had arranged themselves about 

 the engine and carriages attached. 



Meeting held in the Municipal Buildings, June 3rd, 1889. J. Charters 

 Birch, L.D.S., in the chair. 



Mr. Edgar E. Waite read the following notes on the fauna, made during 

 the excursion to Aberford : — With regard to the mammals, owing to the 

 party leaving the district in broad daylight no bats were seen, but Mr. 

 Jas. Dixon stated that several inhabit an old house at Aberford. Judging 

 from the number of molehills, moles appear to be plentiful in the district. 

 A water-shrew was seen, but not the fox, although strictly preserved to 

 aff"ord sport for the members of the Bramham Moor Hunt. Other mammals 

 observed were the House Mouse, several of which were sporting about 

 the hay-ricks ; the Bi-own Rat, )-epresented by sundry trapped specimens ; 



