cxliv Proceedings. 



■which is incorrectly reported about as often as Scleranthus perennis, 

 but which I found for the first time on a heath near Horsell. Besides 

 this, a good deal of work has been done in some of the critical genera, 

 such as Salix, Epilobium, &c., the latter entirely by the Rev. 

 E. S. Marshall, and the former partially by him." 



In ' Science Gossip ' there recently appeared a notice that Dianthus 

 ccBsius, the Cheddar pink, had been found near Guildford on the lime- 

 stone (presumably chalk is meant) ; as this plant is confined to the 

 limestone cUffs of the Mendips, its discovery in our county would, if 

 confirmed, be of great interest, but as it is a plant not unfrequently 

 cultivated, it would be necessary to be sure that it had not been 

 intentionally or accidentally introduced. 



In the ' Daily News ' recently, there appeared a notice not strictly 

 appertaining to this Sub-Committee, which Mr. Berney and the 

 Zoological Sub-Committee will, we trust, excuse us for referring to, so 

 closely is it connected with our province. We refer to a statement 

 that the dreaded Phylloxera had appeared in one of the vineries at 

 Kew Gardens during last summer, apparently introduced with some 

 young vines from Hungary : — 



" The most unwelcome of all visitors to Kew Gardens last summer, 

 was found in one of the vineries in the form of an imdoubted specimen 

 of the dreaded Phylloxera. It appears from the statement of Mr. 

 Morris that it was first observed in a corner of a house containing 

 young vine plants from Hungary ; but both root and leaf galls were 

 subsequently found on another plant at the other end. The natural 

 impulse of the scientific mind was to institute at once a careful series 

 of investigations and experiments ; but, looking to the subtle and 

 amazing power of propagation which characterises these pests, it was 

 determined instantly to destroy everything growing in the house. 

 This was done with scrupulous care — first by igniting sulphur, after 

 syringing the whole of the interior with water, and then by biurning 

 every part of each plant so as to calcine the soil thoroughly. Besides 

 these precautions every bit of rotten or defective woodwork was 

 removed and burnt, and, lastly, the entire remaining woodwork was 

 scraped and repainted." 



At the recent Soiree of the Club a very interesting series of dried 

 plants were exhibited by Mr. Salmon, of Eeigate. These were espe- 

 cially noteworthy for the excellence of the specimens, the careful 

 drying, and the skilful and artistic mounting. They were an excellent 

 example of what can be done in this direction. — Henky T. Mennell, 

 Hon. Sec. 



Report of the Geological Sub-Committee, January, 1890. 



There have been very few fresh excavations or sections made in ovu: 

 district during the past year except at Shirley, a valuable paper on 

 which was read before the Geologists' Association, 6th June last, by 

 our member Mr. H. M. Klaassen, F.G.S., who has kindly allowed me to 

 quote some of his observations here. 



" The Pebbly and Sandy Beds overlying the Woolwich and Beading 

 Series on and near Addington Hills, Surrey. 

 " Early in the spring of the present year (1890), the iipper part of the 

 village of Shirley was connected with the main drainage of Croydon, 



