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the Club, Mr. H. D. Skrine, felt at his enforced absence through 

 the departure of a member of his family for Ceylon. 



After the health of the President (the Rev. L. Blomefield) had 

 been given and received, the Chairman gave " The Visitors," and 

 expressed the pleasure which the Club derived from their presence. 



The Rev. R. Hayes Robinson replied and expressed a hope that 

 in the work which the Chairman had sketched out the houses of 

 the city and neighbourhood would not be forgotten, as they would 

 be of interest to the general public. 



Mr. Harold Lewis proposed the health of the Chairman and 

 thanked him for his address ; and at the same time bespoke his 

 aid in carrying out the work which he had sketched for the Club. 



The Chairman acknowledged the compliment, and the pro- 

 ceedings ended soon afterwards. 



.(LFTERNGON MEETINGS. 



The afternoon of March 10th was devoted to short communica- 

 tions from Messrs Ekin, EUacombe and Davis. Mr. Skrine being 

 in the chair. The first was from Mr. C. Ekin on the opening and 

 fall of the leaf The reader said that he had adopted a suggestion 

 made by Mr. Wallace in Nature, and kept a register of the dates 

 of the opening and fall of the leaves of different trees in the 

 neighbourhood of Bath, and he believed that such observations 

 would afford important evidence as to climate. The Rev. H. N. 

 Ellacombe asked if an early rise produced an early fall of the 

 leaf, or a late rise a late fall. The Vice-President (the Rev. 

 Preb. Scarth), Mr. Broome, the Chairman, Mr. Moore, Dr. Bird, 

 the Rev. J. E. Sandys and the Rev. H. H. Winwood, also took 

 part in the conversation, to wliich Mr. Ekin replied. 



The Rev. H. N. Ellacombe then made a communication on 

 leaves, and described what they taught the botanist respecting 

 the trees and plants, and what theii' uses were, aesthetic and 

 economic, and also presented some natural puzzles afforded by 

 some of them. 



