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about 60° below zero. To cause greater coldness a little ether 
poured upon the snow caused it to part with its heat more 
quickly, and a spirit-thermometer showed successive readings 
of 90°, 97°, and finally 100° below zero, or 182° of frost. 
Further experiments, photographs of ice-crystals, hailstones, 
glaciers, etc., brought the lecture to a conclusion. 
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EvzyinG Meerrne, held at Redhill, 6th of December, 1901. 
A Report oF two of THE CiuB Excursions 
held during the past summer was read. 
June 22, 1901.—Fittleworth and Lavington. 
Under the guidance of the Rev. E. S. Marshall, F.L.S., a 
very small party enjoyed a delightful day’s ramble in this most 
picturesque part of Sussex. Starting from Fittleworth Station, 
over Coates Common, Epilobium Lamyi was seen by the road- 
side, and on the sandy margin of a pond near the Common 
Carex hirta, var. hirteformis, was growing plentifully with the 
type. Delightful lanes and paths through Bignor Park (where 
Carex acuta grew luxuriantly by the pond) led to Sutton, .a 
small village nestling at the northern base of the South Downs, 
where a short halt was called for lunch. 
Then westwards to the fine woods (locally “ Hangers”) on 
the north slopes of the Chalk downs and the open grassy 
Downland. In the Hangers the wild Columbine’s graceful 
leaves and upright stems bearing seed-vessels were seen, with 
here and there a late purple flower lingering upon them. The 
dull purple bells of Deadly Nightshade were also seen on the 
margins of the woods, and the Sweet Milk-vetch (Astragalus 
glycyphyllos) trailed along the ground or over low bushes, 
showing its somewhat dirty-looking yellowish flowers. 
On past Barlavington and Woolavington Downs, keeping near 
the foot, the grandeur of the Chalk-range here greatly impresses 
one. Magnificent beech woods clothe the slopes—which in places 
are extremely steep—tfrom foot to summit, following the graceful 
smocth curves of the Downs, and forming romantic wooded 
