Feb. 3 — " On some details of the life historj' of Planorbis Corjieiis" by 

 Mr. Shrubsole, F.G.S. 



Mar. 17— "Circulation of Blood," by Mr. R. T. Cann, M.R.C.S. 



The only new Members who have favoured us with Papers 

 are Mr. F. V. Button and Mr. R. T. Cann, M.R.C.S., and 

 we have been glad to welcome them. Amongst so large a 

 number of Members, we ought to have more Papers from fresh 

 hands, and if some of our Members would only give us the 

 result of what they observe and note, it would be of great benefit 

 to the Society and use to the individuals themselves, for the 

 work of preparing a Paper is a training in itself, and brings to 

 an accurate focus much which would otherwise remain only a 

 vague kind of knowledge. Mr. Lowe's Paper was an admirable 

 example of what patient industry can effect in a subject 

 surrounded with difficulties. Mr. Walker's Paper on the 

 cultivation of Pears and Apples on the North Coast of Wales, 

 was given in connection with a Fruit Conference held in the 

 Museum, which may be expected to produce practical results. 

 It ought to be one of the objects of our Society to help those 

 industries which have as their basis a knowledge of the laws 

 governing growth and reproduction ; and it was a move in the 

 right direction when our Society helped to start the Fruit 

 Conference, though it will not be the business of the Society to 

 follow it out into its practical working. 



Besides the Sectional work of the Society, a number of 

 Members have met weekly on Wednesday Evenings during the 

 winter for the purpose of self-improvement. They have as far 

 as possible worked through Huxley's Practical Biology. This 

 they have done in order to lay a foundation for more extended 

 work in the same direction, and hope during next winter to take 

 up some special branch of Zoology, with a view to the better 

 arranging and naming of the specimens in the Museum. A 

 Section is in process of formation for the study and practice of 

 Photography. This will be a source of strength to the whole 

 Society, for scientific work is at the present day largely indebted 



