BOTANICAL SECTION. *3 



Apparently the colder winds of April and May were sufficient to 

 retard vegetation generally, as the late Spring and Summer flowers 

 were rather later than usual. 



During the Summer Term there were three expeditions, to Coles- 

 bourne on May 22 nd, to Andoversford on June 25 th, and a special 

 Botanical expedition to Tewkesbury on July loth. 



JUNIOR DEPARTMENT. 



The work of this year has been done almost entirely by one boy, 

 P. d'A. Banks, who has beaten the records of both Senior and Junior 

 Departments. He soon got so far ahead that it took the heart out of 

 the other competitors. Hi» record of 392 is remarkable, and includes 

 many plants not observed here before. Among these may be noted : 

 Cochlearia officinalis, Cotyledon umbilicus, Armeria plantaginea, 

 Lithospermum officinale, Pulmonaria officinalis, which last appeared to 

 be truly wild, though it is said to be indigenous in very few spots in 

 the kingdom. In one place, the precise locality of which it would be 

 unwise to mention, he found Parnassia palustris, Menyanthes trifoliata, 

 Epipactus palustris, Pinguicula vulgaris. The number of ferns shown, 

 too, is noticeable in a place so singularly deficient in them. The 

 next in order were : 



R. I. H. Kinloch ... ... 17° 



A. A. L. Roberts ... ... i57 



E. A. Osborne ... ••• nS 



H. de C. Falle ... -.• 107 



G. Perkins ... ... 89 



H. Perkins ... — 85 



W. R. F. Ryan ... ... 73 



