10 Resume of Field Meetings. 
The twenty-sixth meeting was at GRANTHAM on July 17th, 
Mr. H. Preston conducting the party, and making careful observa- 
tions on the geology of an interesting area. ‘The Rev. and Mrs. 
Giles entertained the members to tea at Little Bytham Rectory. 
On August 6th the Lincolnshire and Yorkshire Unions held a 
joint meeting at FRODINGHAM and SCUNTHORPE. ‘Two 
hundred and thirty species of plants were noted, many character- 
istic of bog and heath. The geology was interesting. A 
beautiful fault in the ironstone was clearly seen, and a curious 
formation of tufa, rare in Lincolnshire, was pointed out by Mr. 
Preston. 
The twenty-eighth meeting was held at MABLETHORPE 
on August 30. The birthplace of the Union again provided long 
lists of maritime species in all branches, some local and rare. 
The twenty-ninth meeting on September 29th again found 
the members at LINCOLN. ‘The ground worked was near the 
villages of Harmston, Coleby, and Navenby. ‘The limestone and 
upper lias was observed in quarries en route. 
Torksey was the next place of meeting on June 11th, rgor. 
It was a distinct success. New county records were made. 
The thirty-first meeting was held July 4th at REVESBY. 
The members were entertained by the Hon. Mrs. E. Stanhope. 
Miss Stow recorded a good number of mosses. 
The thirty-second meeting was at SPALDING on August 30. 
A party drove to Crowland, and did good work. ‘The best floral 
finds were Juncus compressus and Alopecurus pronus. A lecture 
on “ Fenland Soils’? was delivered in the evening to members of 
the Union and of the Spalding Gentlemen’s Society by the 
Organizing Secretary (Rev. E. A. Woodruffe-Peacock). 
The thirty-third meeting was held on July roth, 1902, at 
DONCASTER and EPWORTH. Rain spoiled the day. But on 
the 11th, fine weather came for the joint meeting of the Lincoln- 
shire and Yorkshire Unions at SCUNTHORPE. 
The thirty-fourth meeting found the members again in the 
Grantham neighbourhood—CAYTHORPE and LEADENHAM, 
A district rich in all species was visited; and old limestone 
quarries, where Cyclostoma elegans, Pupa secale, &c., had recently 
been found. 
