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privilege enjoyed by their members of attending the meetings 
of our Club. But even this has proved of no effect in creating 
an increased attendance of members, though the outside public 
have shown a greater interest and helped to make up an audience. 
The evening meetings of last session were brought to a 
conclusion by the usual conversazione, which was held on 17th of 
March, when Mr. Broome, whose fame as a mycologist is not 
confined to Bath, made another contribution respecting the Fungi 
found in this neighbourhood, this being his third paper on the 
subject (vide p. 304), An apt quotation from Linnzus, respecting 
the copious materials spread around us by Nature whereby our 
knowledge may be so vastly increased, brought his remarks to 
aclose. The nature of the subject, as the chairman Dr. Hunter 
said in thanking Mr. Broome, precluded much discussion. Mr. 
Ekin, however, remarked that a great many things had to be learned 
before we arrived at a complete knowledge of Nature’s laws. As 
-an instance he stated that he had been lately watching with 
considerable interest an elm tree* in the Park, which though 
stripped of at least six feet of its bark, for the last two years had 
continued to blossom, and was now about to put out leaves ; thus 
tending perhaps to upset some current theories respecting 
vegetable physiology. If there was much to learn respecting 
ordinary plants, much more was there to learn respecting the 
mysterious order of the fungi. 
The Secretary having read his summary of the Club’s 
proceedings for the past year, Dr. Hunter brought forward a 
poetic incident in the life of Herschel during his residence in 
Bath, and then adjourned the meetings till the next session. 
In arranging for the evening meetings during 1875-6, it was 
thought advisable to change the day and the hour, consequently 
the first meeting of the new session took place on Thursday, 
November 11th, at 7-30, when the members present were glad to 
* Since cut down. 
