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Yorkshire, common in the Highlands of Scotland, and absent altogether 

 from Ireland. 



Mr. James W. Addyman, B.A., exhibited and gave a short account of 

 the following : — Geranium sanguineum. Genista tinctoria, Poly gala vulgaris, 

 mass of leaves preserved in peat from an ancient bog near Filey, and a 

 piece of birch timber from the same place. 



Mr. F. W. Branson, F.I.C, showed from Sevenoaks, Kent : — 

 Herminium monorchis (the rare Musk Orchis), Ophrys apifera (Bee Orchis)) 

 Gymnadenia conopsea (Fragrant Orchis or Gymnadenia), Cephalanthera 

 gratidiflora (White Helleborine). ' 



Meeting held in the Library of the Philosophical Hall, July 7th, 1890, 

 John Stubbins, F.G.S., F.E.M.S. (Vice-President), in the chair. 



The following books were added to the Library : — Parts I. and II. of 

 the Catalogue of the Fossil Mammals and Fishes of the British Museum, 

 presented by the trustees ; Jonathan Salt's Catalogue of the Plants of 

 Sheffield, presented by the Sheffield Library and Philosophical Society, 

 per the Secretaries of the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union. 



Exhibits : — 



Messrs. T. Atkinson and W. Nettleton exhibited a number of mosses 

 and flowering plants. 



Mr. George Brunton also showed remarkably fine specimens of Orchis 

 maculata, the flower-spike measuring five inches in length, collected in the 

 neighbouihood of Bardsey. 



EXCURSION TO YORK. 



On Saturday, July 19th, 1890, a most enjoyable excursion was made to 

 Messrs. James Backhouse & Son's Nurseries, York, who very kindly made 

 their extensive grounds accessible to the members who attended. The 

 parly, which numbered 23, proceeded to York by the 1.35 p.m. express. 

 The weather was most favourable throughout, and on arrival at the 

 garden shortly before three o'clock the visitors were at once conducted 

 over the Alpine grounds by the manager, who interestingly described 

 their arrrangement so as to provide as far as possible a natural habitat for 

 the very numerous foi-ms of Alpine flora. Starting at the lowest level, 

 where water forms an important part and temperature is the smallest, the 

 plants peculiar to that environment were pointed out, and pleasing notes 

 were given on the greater rarities. A gradual ascent was then made to 

 the highest elevation, where all along was one garden of ever-changing 

 bloom transplanted from the Alps, Himalayas, and other remote places, 

 and seemed to flourish none the less under their rather altered conditions. 

 The rhododendron grounds were next visited, and afterwards the extra- 

 ordinary collection of orchids, palms, ferns, and roses for which the 



