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he oertainly knew more than Geology. How full was the study of all 

 sorts of deviations from the accepted forms of classification, both in the 

 flowers, the leaves, and the roots, called " vegetable monstrosities," 

 until Darwin taught us that all these variations were but the gradual 

 workings of nature pointing back to old forms once existent, or forward 

 to some evolution about to come. Note every variety, whether of leaf 

 or flower, accumulate facts, they will all fall into their right place at some 

 time or other. This was the one of the chief lessons that great observer 

 taught us. Carnivorous plants notice especially ; they not only killed but 

 digested the insects. This food was necessary for their existence. The 

 utricularia, with its fibrous roots and the little bladders at the end has 

 recently been discovered to be a feeder on fish, these appendages being 

 used for that purpose. Notice, too, all those plants that are visited by 

 insects and find out the reason of these visits. The colours of plants 

 should be observed ; the two opinions about them are that they were 

 originally (1) all green, (2) all yellow. Green, he thought, was the 

 more ordinary colour, and that most of them arose from green originals ; 

 the richer colours (the golden autumnal tints) arising from decay and 

 death. All yellow flowers were entomophilous — fertilised by insects — all 

 greeo, anemophiloiis — or fertilised by wind — according to Sir Joseph 

 Hooker. The observations of Col. Jones of a few white spots on lady- 

 ferns led to an important result as to fertilisation. In conclusion, he 

 would impress upon local clubs the necessity also of noting the 

 variation in language, local phrases, peculiarities and expressions, which 

 were fast passing away. 



Mr. Browne agreed with Canon Ellacombe as to his remarks 

 respecting the imitations in some of the churches mentioned, but 

 the subject was too great a one to deal with on the spur of the 

 moment. 



After some remarks from Mr. Broome, the warm thanks of those 

 present were given to Mr. Ellacombe for his admirable address 

 and hope expressed that they might see it in a more permanent 

 form for their future instruction. 



The Secretary (Rev. H. H. Winwood) exhibited some fossils, 

 which he found during a visit last autumn (1884), to the Rocky 

 Mountains. Having briefly pointed out, on the maps recently 



