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pieces of a locality out of the influences of cultivation 
(e.g., on the Black Hill of Cromarty there was a large 
marsh, the only locality for Pzmguzcula alpina: all this 
was brought under cultivation and drainage except one 
small piece, which was enclosed with a wall and is still a 
marsh, and a sanctum for this rare Butterwort). 
The Committee therefore have passed the following 
resolutions, and submit the same to the Cotteswold 
Naturalists’ Field Club to be confirmed by its members. 
I. That the formation of an Association should be 
postponed until the law has been finally settled one way 
or the other after its consideration by Lord Avebury (or 
other framer of the Bill) and his advisers this summer, 
and until the botanists of the county have decided what 
plants in Gloucestershire should be protected, and in what 
places in particular. That the later formation of an 
Association would then prove most beneficial in assisting 
to make the laws known, in conducting prosecutions, in 
paying watchers, in bringing influence to bear in order to 
have places enclosed, in advancing knowledge on the 
subject of protection in elementary schools, &c. 
I]. That the Club is of opinion that the law requires 
amending with a view to the preservation of wild plants, 
and that the question of detail should be referred by the 
framers of the Bill to the leading Natural History Societies 
in Great Britain for their consideration before it is brought 
before Parliament, and that a copy of this resolution be 
forwarded to Mr G. C. Druce to place before Lord 
Avebury or other movers in the matter of protection. 
If. That the Club recommends that its Botanical 
Committee should obtain the advice of the expert county 
botanists as to what Gloucestershire plants require pro- 
tection, and in what places, and what methods of remedy 
should be adopted in the different places. 
IV. The Club recommends that when an Association 
