THIRTY-EIGHTH 
ANNUAL REPORT. 
Your Committee have much pleasure in reporting that, 
in spite of an unusually large loss through deaths and 
removals during the past year, the list of Members con- 
tinues to be well above that which we have come to regard 
as its normal strength. 
During the Summer months Excursions and Field 
Meetings were held as follows :— 
EXCURSIONS AND FIELD MEETINGS. 
1908. 
April 22nd—Delamere Forest and Meres. 
», 29th—Gresford Woods and Church, 
May 9gth—Natural History Ramble to Saughall, for Junior Members. 
», 27th—The Ancient Forest-beds at Meols, via West Kirby. 
June 3rd—Evening Excursion to Backford, which included a visit to Back- 
ford Church. 
»» 17th—Annual Excursion to Caerwys, Whitford, and Holywell, including 
the Earl of Denbigh’s Fisheries and Water-plant Nurseries 
at Ysceifiog and Downing, and a visit to Downing Hall (by 
kind invitation of Sir Wm. Tate, Bart.). 
», 24th—Barnston Dale and the Private Woods (by kind permission of 
J. A. Milner, Esq., B,A., and Mr. E. Bennett). 
», 27th—An Invitation having been given by the Committee of the Liver- 
pool Botanical Society to the Members of this Society to 
join an Excursion to Rossett and Gresford; some nine 
Members participated in this, which proved a successful 
Joint Excursion. 
July ist—Natural History Ramble, Sealand Road, Ferry Lane, and 
Navigation Cop. 
»,  8th—Wepre Gardens and Woods (by kind permission of J. Rowden 
Freme, Esq., J.P.). This Excursion was POSTPONED sine 
die owing to wet weather. 
»> I5th—Delamere, for Atchmere and Blakemere, 
»» 29th—The Grosvenor Park, Chester. 
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