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not forget to mention Box Hill, which, by the munificence of 

 a private person, unfortunately recently deceased, has been 

 preserved for the nation. There is probably no locality in 

 Europe to-day where box trees can be seen to such advantage. 

 Box Hill is a reserve of which any country might be proud. 



I would then like to mention Blakeney Point, that strange 

 excrescence of the Norfolk coast some thousand acres in 

 extent, which has been recently acquired by The National 

 Trust. Blakeney Point has not been thoroughly worked 

 entomologically, but there can be little doubt that it pre- 

 serves to no small extent many of our interesting coast species, 

 and is also of considerable interest to the botanist and the 

 ornithologist. It is, I believe, the most southern point at 

 which that curious plant known as the Oyster Plant, or 

 Mertensia, obtains, and visitors to the spot in question will 

 do well to train their eyesight by trying to detect this plant 

 among the shingle when it is not in flower. Several places in 

 the Lake District have also been acquired and preserved by 

 The National Trust. I am venturing to submit some pictures 

 of them to my audience to-night, and, although these places 

 are not of special interest to the entomologist, they are most 

 desirable areas. I should also like to mention Hindhead and 

 Coombe Hill. Coombe Hill, near Wendover, is a decidedly 

 interesting entomological locality, and its dedication to the 

 public as an open space is a great blessing. Finally, I would 

 call the Fellows' attention to, perhaps, the most marvellous 

 area which still exists in England, that is, Kingley Bottom, 

 near Chichester, the property of the Duke of Eichmond. 

 This is a virgin yew forest of some hundreds of acres, and 

 is, I believe, the only virgin yew forest in Europe. It is 

 preserved by the owner, and I venture to bring before the 

 Fellows to-night several photographs of it, and I think we can 

 justly say that probably there is no reserve in any part of 

 Europe of greater beauty and interest than this area. I trust 

 the Fellows will permit me to bring before them some coloured 

 plates illustrating a few of the plants which the Society for the 

 Promotion of Nature Reserves is desirous of preserving. The 

 last few which I propose to exhibit are plants which are more 

 or less confined to Wales, as regards the British Islands. It 



