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YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS AT DRIFFIELD. 
By a coincidence, the visit of the Union to Driffield on 
Saturday, July 8th, was on exactly the same date as their 
visit to the “‘ capital’ of the Wolds seventeen years ago. 
The weather was glorious, quite a change from the de- 
pressing type of weather experienced just before the excursion, 
and those who were present enjoyed the outing immensely, 
one of the features being the excellence of the working ground 
provided within a very short distance of the town. 
The geological party was under the guidance of Mr. J. W. 
Stather, F.G.S., and after detraining at Lowthorpe the members. 
visited quarries at Ruston Parva and Nafferton on their way 
back to Driffield. 
_ The general body of naturalists first visited the Mortimer 
Museum where, under the able guidance of Mr. Thomas 
Sheppard, M.Sc., they had lucidly explained to them the im- 
portant contents of this finest example of ‘local’ museum in the: 
country. It is pleasing to know that through the generosity 
of Col. G. H. Clarke the valuable collections made by the late 
Mr. J. R. Mortimer have been presented to the Hull Corpora- 
tion who intend, after the war, to remove the contents to a 
suitable building in Hull. 
Afterwards, under the guidance of Mr. J. FF. Robinson and 
Mr. W. H. Blakeston, they spent a most enjoyable time on the 
marshlands, and in the woods in the vicinity of King’s Mill, 
Kelleythorpe, and Sunderlandwick, where the flora in par- 
ticular was most delightful and particularly attractive. 
The sectional reports given at the close of the excursion 
showed the time of those present had been well spent. A vote 
of thanks to the landowners, Mr. Bryan Boyes, Mr. Harold 
Hopper, Mr. F. Reynard, J.P., D.L., Mr. A. J. Wise and Mr. 
W. H. St. Quintin, J.P., D.L., as well as to the Divisional 
Secretary, Mr. J. W. Stather, for making the local arrangements, 
to the guides, and to the Hull Museums Committee for per- 
mission to visit the Mortimer Museum, concluded a pleasant. 
meeting. —W. E. L. W. 
FLOWERING PLAntTs.—Mr. J. F. Robinson reports :— 
A very fair number of members and friends were present. 
Active operations in the field were commenced at King’s Mill— 
‘Mill’ now enly in name, for the picturesque, tree-embowered 
residence of Mr. Bryan Boyes occupies the place once held 
bv the well known mill, which was burnt down some years ago. 
The millponds, and the swiftly flowing ‘race,’ are still there, 
however, and to these, with the gardens and grounds around, 
ree access was kindly given by the genial gentleman himself. 
The marshy grounds near by afforded many specimens of 
aquatic vegetation including some new things, notably Ef:pactis 
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