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yew spreading wide, and those of the oak rising high above them. In 
a deep wooded valley a chain of ponds has been formed, which are full 
of interesting aquatic plants, while ferns and a variety of exotic shrubs 
crow luxuriantly around their borders.” 
Fungus Foray on Sept. 14th to Croham Hurst, conducted by Dr. 
H. Franklin Parsons, who reports :—‘‘ At the fungus hunt at Croham 
Hurst on Sept. 14th some twenty-six species of fungi were observed, 
chiefly of common kinds. Specimens were more numerous than they 
have been in the dry seasons of several preceding years. The fungi 
collected were exhibited and described at the meeting of the Club on 
Sept. 17th.” 
[‘‘ Later in the autumn, owing to the rain which fell in October, 
fungi became much more abundant until checked by the frosts of 
November. Mushrooms were exceptionally plentiful. A specimen 
of Agaricus arvensis more than a foot in diameter grew in the garden 
of Mr. EB. A. Martin at West Croydon, and a gigantic specimen, 2% ft. 
high, of what seems to have been the same species found at Beddington 
Lane is shown in an illustration by Mr. W. M. Duckworth in ‘ Country 
Life’ of Noy. 9th, 1901.” 
The ramble to Croham Hurst on May 16th, under the leadership of 
Mr. J. Edmund Clark, B.A., B.Sc., and Mr. H. T. Mennell, F.L.S., and 
favoured by a beautiful evening, was largely attended and much 
enjoyed by all present. A very large number of plants (about one 
hundred and fifty in all) were observed and recorded, though none of 
special interest or rarity. The whortleberry is, as is known, abundant, 
and the lily of the valley also, but the latter very rarely flowers on 
Croham Hurst. 
On June 20th an evening ramble on Hayes Common was made 
under the leadership of Dr. Parsons, the part explored being the 
northern border of the common nearest the village. Some seventy 
species of plants were recorded. On a piece of sandy ground covered 
with short turf near the approach from the railway station were found 
a number of dwarf annual plants, among them being Trifolium 
striatum and Festuca ambigua. In a shallow pond, among the 
aquatics, was Peplis Portula. In a large disused gravel-pit Sedum 
acre and Geraniwm pyrenaicum were found, and rubbish-heaps in 
other pits yielded a number of casuals and weeds of cultivation, as 
Papaver somniferum, Dipsacus sylvestris, Hesperis matronalis, and 
Coronopus Ruellit. 
On July 18th an evening ramble on Riddlesdown was made under 
the leadership of Mr. C. E. Salmon, who reports that the most in- 
teresting plants noticed were Torilis nodosa, Marrubiwm vulgare, 
Festuca rigida, and Hordeum secalinum. 
Among plants of special interest recorded during 1901 are :— 
Lactuca Scariola found at Greenhithe. 
Dipsacus pilosus » 3, Bedlestead, near Chelsham. 
Euphorbia Lathyris ,, ,, Copse at Keston. 
Mentha Pulegium » 9, Harlswood Common. 
Senecio viscosus » 5, Gravel-pit near Hayes Station. 
Owing to the severe frosts in November, which were very destructive 
to garden flowers, especially to the summer blooming kinds, the 
