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VOL. XIV. (3) | PRESERVATION OF PLANTS 261 
THE PRESERVATION OF WILD PLANTS IN 
GLOUCESTERSHIRE. 
At the meeting on March 3rd, 1903, Rev. A. R. 
Winnington-Ingram drew the attention of the members of 
the Club to the desirability of taking steps for the protec- 
tion of rare plants. A committee of the botanists of the 
Club was accordingly appointed to prepare proposals on 
the subject, W. L. Mellersh, M.A., acting as Secretary. 
At the Meeting on March 31st., Mr Mellersh read his 
report, and moved certain resolutions. These were adopted 
with some modifications, and were ordered to be printed 
for circulation amongst kindred societies. The following 
is the Report :— 
The question before the Cotteswold Naturalists’ Field 
Club upon which a decision has to be given is whether it 
will recommend and support the formation of an Associa- 
tion in Gloucestershire for the preservation of wild plants 
and ferns in the county. It has been suggested that one 
should be formed based upon the lines of a similar 
Association in Devon, but there seems to be no reason 
why, if a Gloucestershire Association were formed, it 
should not follow lines of its own, in case the Devon 
Association were limited (as in fact it is) in the sphere 
of its operations. The committee therefore consider it 
advisable, as the question has been once raised, to discuss 
the protection of plants in Gloucestershire from all points 
of view to see how an Association, and not merely one 
based on the lines of the Devon Association, can generally 
be of assistance. 
