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Verbascum Lychnifcis (White Mullein). 



Convallaria majalis (Lily-of-the- Valley), St. Leonards Forest. 



Silene conica (Striated Catchfly), Clymping Sands, Little- 

 hampton. 



Teucrium Cliamoedrys (Wall Germander), Camber Castle. 



" Plentiful in Sherard's time (Smith) now rare, Blomfield." — 

 Arnold's Flora. 



Epipactis palustris (Marsh Helleborne). 



T. HILTON, Hon. Sec. 



REPORT OF THE MICROSCOPICAL 

 SECTION. 



Chairman : Db. Newsholme. 

 Committee : Mr. D. E. Causb, Mr. Lewis, and Mr. Elgee. 

 Secretary : Mr. W. W. Mitchell. 



Owing to the long illness of the Chairman and other circum- 

 stances no meetings were held by this Section. 



W. W. MITCHELL, Hon. Sec. 



THE METEOROLOGY OF BRIGHTON, 1895 6. 



The weather in the twelve months, July, 1895 — June, 1896, 

 presented some exceptional features. The rainfall for the whole 

 period was only 25'19 inches, the average for the 18 years 1877- 

 ] 894 being 30"30 inches. The summer months, July — September, 

 1895, were hot and deficient in rainfall, and the temperature of 

 the soil at a depth of 4 feet was over 56° Fahr., from the 9th June 

 to 22nd October, 1895. An earth-temperature above this point 

 is known to be specially favourable to the prevalence of summer 

 diarrhoea, etc. 



The early months of 1896 were remarkable in contrast to 

 the corresponding months of 1895, and apart from this because 

 of the unusual combination, in the winter, of very mild weather 

 with comparatively slight rainfall. Thu.s although the mean 



