22 C.C. NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY. 



SENIOR DEPARTMENT. 



E have again to record the results of a successful 

 season, but we must especially congratulate 

 Banks, of the Junior Department, who suc- 

 ceeded in breaking all previous records by 

 getting 392 specimens, exclusive of Rushes, 

 Sedges and Grasses, besides drying and mounting 

 a very creditable collection of these, which are 

 excluded from the Junior competition. 



In the Senior competition there were nine competitors, of whom 

 the following got over 50 specimens : — H. R. Sanders 275 and G. A. 

 W. Young 267 tied for the prize, Ogle 118, Clark no, Pottinger 86, 

 Unett 85, Lemon 52, T. Bouch 50. 



In consequence of the almost total absence of cold weather last 

 Winter, some very curious specimens were found in the early part of 

 the year — they must have been partly late flowerings surviving from 

 the Autumn before, but many of them were genuine Spring flowerings. 

 We append a list of the most remarkable cases. 



Jan. 17 .. Lapsana Communis (Nipplewort). 



,,17 .. Draba Verna (Whitlow Grass). 



,,17 .. Primula Vulgaris (Primrose). 



,, 18 .. Geum Urbanum (Wood Avens). 



,, 18 .. Lamium Galeobdolon (Yellow Dead Nettle). 



,, 18 .. Crepis Virens (Hawkbit). 



,,20 .. Tussilago Farfara (Coltsfoot). 



,,22 . . Primula Veris (Cowslip). 



,,28 .. Salix Capraea (Willow). 



,,30 .. Veronica Chamaedrys (Germander Speedwell). 



Feb. 2 . . Nepeta Glechoma (Ground Ivy). 



,, 2 .. Ajuga Reptans (Bugle). 



,, 2 .. Linaria Cymballaria (Ivy-leaved Toadflax). 



,, 2 .. Fragaria Vesca (True Strawberry). 



,, 2 . . Lychnis Diurna (Red Campion). 



,, 10 . , Anagallis Arvensis (Scarlet Pimpernel). 



,, lo .. Borago Officinalis (Borage). 



,, 12 . . Cardamine Pratensis (Cuckoo Flower). 



,,14 .. Ranunculus Acris (Buttercup). 



,,15 .. Carduus Nutans (Musk Thistle). 



,, 21 .. Sonchus Oleraceus (Sow Thistle). 



,,22 .. Ranunculus Repens (Buttercup). 



,,28 .. Stellaria Holostea (Stitchwort). 



Mar. 17 .. Scilla Nutans (Hyacinth). 



„ 20 . . Adoxa Moschatellina (Moschatcl). 



