96 PROCEEDINGS COTTESWOLD CLUB _ 1908 
Seals and Birds in the Antarctic Expedition,” deserve to be 
mentioned as produced by Gloucestershire men. 
And now to report on the work which our Club has 
undertaken in providing for the publication of a Flora of 
our county. I am glad to say that, though the resignation 
of the editorship by Father Reader, which he found 
necessary owing to his living now in Leicestershire, 
interfered for some time with any rapid advance in the 
work, we have been fortunate in finding an able hand to 
take his place in the person of the Rev. J. H. Riddelsdell, 
author of “The Flora of Glamorganshire.” With Mr J. 
R. Neve, of Chipping Campden, Mr A. J. Stephens, of 
Gloucester, Mr S. J. Coley, of Stroud, and Miss I. M. 
Roper, of Bristol, as local Secretaries for their different 
districts, it is hoped that considerable progress may be 
made this year in the work; but it is still too early 
to hazard mentioning any date for its completion. 
The Club will be glad to hear that the St Brody Collec- 
tion of Plants in the Gloucester Museum has been handed 
over temporarily to the Rev. W. Butt, and that he has 
promised to do what can be done to save the collection 
from the destruction which threatened it, and to restore 
it to the Museum at his own expense in a fit state 
for examination and comparison. A catalogue of plants 
in Gloucestershire, made by the late Prof. James Buckman, 
of Cirencester, has been generously presented to the Club 
by his son; while we have also to thank Mr Butt for the 
addition of some volumes to the Library. 
We are this year losing our Hon. Librarian, Mr F. J. 
Cullis, F.G.S., who for several years has taken charge 
of our Library, and interested himself in its custody. It 
is with no light regret that the Club will greet his parting 
from his office, the duties of which have entailed on him 
much work and his frequent presence at Gloucester. I 
shall be failing in my duty if 1 do not seize this opportunity 
