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London Entomological and Natural History Society was 

 thus well maintained at the Congress. 



Mr. J. F, Rayner, of Southampton, followed with an 

 admirable paper on " Fungus-hunting in Hants," which one 

 of your delegates had attempted partially to illustrate by 

 exhibiting a large number of photographs of Hampshire 

 fungi in the Congress museum. 



In the evening we attended a pleasant conversazione in 

 the memorial building of Winchester College, to which we 

 had been invited by the genial headmaster, Dr. Burge, and 

 where the well-kept natural history museum of the College 

 was thrown open to us. Later we adjourned to the school 

 to listen to a lecture by Mr. R. W. Hooley on " The Age of 

 Reptiles in Hants and the Isle of Wight." 



On Friday morning Messrs. Griffin and Lowne gave a 

 lucid exposition and business-like demonstration of the art 

 of " Plant Pressing and Mounting," which should result in a 

 vast improvement of the herbarium specimens of botanists 

 in the South-Eastern Union. Their specimens showed 

 every external detail clearly, the retention of much of the 

 colour of the flowers, and an absence of broken or crumpled 

 leaves. They also made a strong appeal for the inclusion of 

 seedlings on the sheets as completing the life-history and 

 helping to elucidate plant affinities and evolution. 



The Rev. G. M. A. Hewitt followed with a humorous 

 discourse on " Local Lepidoptera," which was conceived in 

 the spirit of Mark Twain, and evoked the admiration of the 

 audience for the clever manner in which he all but succeeded 

 in evading mention of the local Lepidoptera, and referred us 

 to the published lists. 



In the evening Mr. W. Dale read a paper entitled " Pre- 

 historic Memorials of Hampshire," which was geological 

 and anthropological, largely concerned with flint implements. 



On Saturday morning we protested unanimously against 

 the proposal of the Croydon Corporation to destroy the 

 Whitgift Hospital in order to widen the road. The question 

 of a meeting place for igio was left to the Council, several 

 suggestions having been made, but further inquiries and 

 negotiations were necessary before a decision could be 

 arrived at. Sir Archibald Geikie and Mr. T. Parkin were 

 added to the list of vice-presidents ; six new members of the 

 Council were elected ; and Professor Ernest Gardner was 

 elected as President for igio. Mr. Gardner is Yates 

 Professor of Archaeology in the University of London, and 

 is more widely known for his explorations in Greece and 



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