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is known as ‘‘Saltunia,’’ a beautifully scented salt of great value 
for baths. 
Mr. Berney exhibited two specimens of Plusia moneta taken in 
his garden last July. This insect was first found in England 
in 1890, having then been taken at Tunbridge Wells and Purley. 
The larva feeds upon delphinium and aconite. 
Dr. Parsons exhibited the Jerusalem artichoke in flower, a 
most unusual occurrence in this country, as it requires prolonged 
hot weather. It is accounted for by the fact that the temperature 
for September was five degrees above the mean temperature for 
Greenwich for fifty years. The plant was first introduced into 
Europe from North America in 1617, and has therefore nothing 
to do with Jerusalem. The word is a corruption of girasole, the 
Italian name for the sunflower, which it much resembles. 
Mr. Stanley’s Report of Conference of Delegates at the British 
Association was read at this meeting. 
Report of Conference of Delegates of Local Scientific Societies at the 
British Association, Ipswich, September, 1895. 
The Address of Mr. G. J. Symons, F.R.S., enclosed, gives the 
direction of general discussion at the first meeting. It will be seen 
that this Address gives predominance to meteorological work, in which 
the monthly reports of our Society, drawn up so carefully by Mr. F. 
Campbell-Bayard, appear to meet the entire requirements of the dele- 
gates, as expressed at the meeting. According to the expression of 
opinion, it would appear that our Society might do something more 
with collation in phenological work, and for this it appears to me we 
have very able members. A matter raised in discussion appears to me 
of great interest. The whole of our Post-tertiary Gravels contain 
remains of prehistoric animals and the early works of man in flint 
implements ; it would therefore be well in every Gravel district that 
some small sub-committee should pay attention to the removal of 
these Gravels. In our district they are rapidly disappearing, and this 
is general around London, so that the open field of research in this 
subject will in time be lost. The physical subjects discussed were 
beyond the province of our Club. 
Wm. F. STanuey. 
Mr. Stanley exhibited a fine fossil lithistid sponge from the 
Croydon Gravel. I believe that it has been brought to the 
notice of the Geological Society. 
The President read a paper on ‘“‘ The Fertilization of Flowering 
Plants’’ (Trans., Art. 125), describing some of the methods of 
pollination by the agency of the wind, or by insects. It was 
stated that in most cases cross-fertilization produced better and 
stronger offspring than the offspring of self-fertilized flowers. 
Some of the contrivances for hindering self-fertilization and for 
facilitating cross-fertilization were described; and in default of 
cross-fertilization, it was shown that ultimate self-fertilization 
