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Genus, Schlotheimia. The Paper was clearly a most 
valuable one, and is published in this part of our 
“Proceedings.”* And Mr Cullis treated, not without 
humour, of a navigator’s experience when making up our 
river to Gloucester. 
I have left purposely our first Winter Meeting to be the 
last dealt with. The inception of the idea of the Hawkes- 
bury luncheon hour matured into fact at this meeting, when 
steps were taken to carry into effect a proposal of my 
own which urged the appointment of a Committee to 
prepare materials for the publication of a County Flora. 
We had invited botanists generally to attend this meeting 
in the hope that they might strengthen us with their 
council and promise us help. We were fortunate in 
securing the attendance of several leading botanists from 
our own County and Bristol. Mr White, author of the 
‘Flora of the Bristol Coal-Basin,” came as representative 
of the Bristol Naturalists’ Society, and promised us his 
own active support and that of his Society. Mr Priestley 
of University College, Bristol, gave us his presence, as 
also did Miss Laurie from the Cheltenham Ladies’ College. 
And both of these, with of course our own Members 
having botanical tastes and knowledge, readily placed their 
services at the Club’s disposal. Mr Coley, a host in him- 
self, who had done work for the Victoria County History, 
Mr W. L. Mellersh, Mr J. W. Skinner, Mr W. Thompson, 
the Hon. Secretary and myself were placed on the Com- 
mittee. This Committee has got to work, and if as I 
hope, Father Reader of Woodchester Priory, can be 
secured, if indeed he be not already secured, as General 
Editor, I personally have every confidence that in due 
time that much wanted work, a Flora of our County, 
drawn up on thoroughly exhaustive lines and upon a 
scientific basis, will be obtainable, and that it will be the 
offspring of the Cotteswold Club. 
I See p. 231 
