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covered its escape. The manicou gone, bicycles were remounted 

 and in a long file headed by ]Mr. Broadway, who was the only 

 member possessed of a lamp, with bells chiming and clanging 

 Ave rode rapidly through Peru Village and separated near St. 

 James's Bridge having spent a very enjoyable if not altogether a 

 very profitable day so far as the study of Natural History is 

 concerned. In conclusion, I may say that I do not think the 

 existence of the fall we visited is very generally known except 

 to the inhabitants of the immediate district. It appeared 

 to us that the bush through which we crept with such difficulty 

 was that Avhich grows on land which has once been cultivated, 

 but allowed to relapse again into a state of nature. The size 

 of many of the trees led us to believe, however, that this neglect 

 was of no very recent date. 



3rd February. R. R. Mole. 



THE NATURAL ORDER OF COMPOSIT^.-Part I. 



Before touching upon the details of this natural order of 

 plants, it may perhaps be somewhat of an advantage to state 

 the way in which I propose to deal with the subject, rather 

 than to enter immediately into technicalities, which it is feared 

 may be viewed in anything but a favourable, or encouraging 

 spirit. I propose, therefore to give an outline of the plans upon 

 Avhich the masters of the science have laboured during past years 

 and thus shew the importance of acquiring an accurate icnow- 

 ledge of the past before original labours of any kind can be 

 undertaken. 



So far the subject of botany has received but scant notice 

 at the hands of the Trinidad Field Naturalists' Club, a circum- 

 stance which it is hoped will not continue to be the case. 

 There is no reason why such a fascinating, useful, and instruc- 

 tive subject as the study of plant life, should be so neglected 

 and apparently ignored. 



Among our members, there are at least four who know a 

 great deal respecting the Trinidad Flora---Mr. Sylvester Devenish, 

 M.A., and Messrs. Russell Murray, T. I. Potter and E D. 

 Ewen. Up to the present time the predominating line of study 

 has been zoological and entomological. Now let me appeal to 

 members and aslc if some, at least, Avill not join me in botanical 

 researches. 



