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agreeably tempering the strong wind, which elsewhere was rather too 
obtrusive on what in other respects was an almost perfect sunny 
summer evening. Our botanical finds included some very fine patches 
of the compact deep-blue milk-wort (Polygala calcarea), census 
number 18. Ripe wild strawberries were also abundant. During the 
ramble at the further end no fewer than seven orchids were found: 
tway-blade, spotted, pyramid (in bud), fragrant, butterfly, and fly. 
The dropwort (Spirea filipendula) was barely in bloom, but promised 
this year also to be unusually fine. The party returned over the top 
of the Down to Coulsdon Station, having spent a very enjoyable two 
hours in the ramble. 
The following is a list of the plants observed and noted down by Dr. 
Parsons :—Reseda lutea, Polygala vulgaris (blue, pink, and white), 
P. calcarea, Lychnis dioica, Linum catharticum, Ilex aquifolium, 
Euonymus europeus, Rhamnus catharticus, Anthyllis vulneraria, 
Hippocrepis comosa, Onobrychis viciefolia, Spirea filipendula, Pyrus 
Aria, Viburnum Lantana, Asperula odorata, Cnicus acaulis, Cicho- 
rium Intybus, Crepis taraxacifolia, Centaurea scabiosa, Primula 
acaulis and veris, Melampyrum pratense, Lamiwm maculatum, Plan- 
tago media, Euphorbia amygdaloides, Taxus baccata, Listera ovata, 
Orchis pyramidalis, O. maculata, Ophrys apifera, O. museifera, 
Habenaria conopsea, H. chloroleuca, Carex Goodenovii, Briza media, 
Agaricus gambosus (in large rings), Aicidiwm crassum (on buck- 
thorn). 
The third Thursday evening excursion was on July 21st, when a 
small party, under the guidance of Dr. Parsons, visited the gravel-pits 
in the valley near Hayes Station, in which a number of interesting 
plants are to be found. Some of these are such as are found native 
on dry gravelly and sandy soils, as Hypericum humifusum, Malva 
moschata, Lepidium campestre, Jasione montana, Senecio sylvaticus, 
Scleranthus annuus, and Filago minima; with a few damp-loving 
species, as Ranwnculus Flammula and Gnaphalum uliginosum. Most 
of the finds, however, consisted of introduced species, garden escapes, 
and plants of cultivated ground; among these was the fuller’s teasel 
(Dipsacus Fullonwm), distinguished from the wild teasel by its 
glaucous lobed leaves and white flowers seated among strong hooked 
scales. On account of these hooked scales the heads are used by 
clothiers for raising the ‘“‘nap” of the cloth. Other species were 
Melilotus officinalis, Saponaria Vaccaria (more plentiful than in 1903), 
Erysimum cheiranthoides, Alyssum incanum, Lepidium ruderale, 
Lychnis Githago, Potentilla norvegica, Ginothera biennis, Erigeron 
canadensis, Senecio viscosus, and some obvious garden escapes, as 
Helianthus tuberosus (Jerusalem artichoke), and Nicotiana affinis. 
Some of these were mentioned from the same locality in our report 
last year. 
Some botanical notes were also made at the general excursions of 
the Society. 
At the excursion to Leith Hill on Whit Monday, May 22nd, the 
ferns Lastrea Filix-mas and L. dilatata, Athyrium filiz-femina and 
Lomaria spicant were fairly plentiful in the old camp, Anstiebury ; 
Ranunculus Lenormandi, a form of water crowfoot commoner in the 
north than in the south of England, was found at Coldharbour; in the 
boggy ground above Friday Street grew the bog violet and the orange 
