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I. Cornfield near Packwood Church. 

 n. Cornfield near Kenilworth, II. B. ; Rugby District, R.S.R., 1874. 



B. praecox, Br. Early Winter Cress, American Cress. 



Alien : Banks and cultivated ground. Locally rare. May to July. 

 I. Abundant on new railway embankment, Sutton Park, 1877 — 80. 

 II. Near Kenilworth and Coventry, on railwav banks, T. Kirk ; garden 

 weed about Myton, II.B. ; Rugby District, R.S.R., 1874 ; Little 

 Britain, near Wixford. 

 I do not think that this plant has any claim higher than that of a 

 casual in Warwickshire. ] 



( To be continued.) 



MIDLAND UNION OF NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY 

 MEETINGS. 



CHELTENHAM MEETING, JUNE 16th ant. 17th. 



The Cheltenham Natural Science Society have planned no less than 

 five different excursions for the meeting of the Midland Union, to be 

 held on the 10th and 17th of June next. The Committee of Manage- 

 ment, considering that no effort on their part should be wanting to 

 enable Members of the Societies in the Union to explore the neigh- 

 bourhood, determined on this course in preference to dividing, as 

 heretofore, into two parties ; ample time will be given to the Geologists, 

 Botanists, and Archaeologists of either party to follow their different 

 pursuits ; and by keeping numbers within bounds, it is hoped 

 all will most thoroughly enjoy themselves, and return in the 

 evening with a full appreciation of the beauties of the scenery. 

 Arrangements will be made to repeat on the Saturday any of the 

 excursions, should a sufficient number to form a party express the 

 wish, but early application must be made to the hon. secretaries. 



As many of the members who purpose to honour Cheltenham may 

 be unacquainted with its neighbourhood and the various localities it is 

 proposed to visit, a short description of each excursion may not be 

 unacceptable, to enable intending visitors to select which party 

 they prefer to join. Taking them in the order given in the 

 programme : — 



The first (which will be under the guidance of the President of 

 the Union) will leave the Plough Hotel, and drive through the town 

 to what is known as the Lower Windlass on Leckhampton Hill. The 

 party will leave the carriages and ascend the hill, whence from a 

 convenient spot the physiography of the Vale of Gloucester and the 

 structure of the Cotswold Hills will be described, in a short paper, by 

 Dr. T. Wright, F.R.S. The various beds of the Upper Lias and Lower 

 Oolites exposed on the western slope will be pointed out. In the 

 grounds of Major Barnard, where a quarry has lately been opened, in 



