4 YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS UNION. 



Mr. M. B. Slater exhibited and described some specimens 

 of the " Pride of Teesdale " [Potentilla fntticosa), which he had 

 gathered in Teesdale on the previous day. 



On the following day, the members had a pleasant ramble 

 up Sleightholme beck to " The Trough," where there are some 

 curious pot-holes, over the moors and via the Greta, back to 

 Bowes. The evening, at the hotel, was spent examining the 

 flowers gathered during the two previous days. 



On Monday the members walked to Kilmond's Scar and 

 Rutherford Bridge, the party being reinforced by some half- 

 dozen members. 



At 5-30 p.m. Mr. Roebuck presided over a well-attended 

 meeting in the paddock behind the hotel. Representatives from 

 ten societies were present. 



On Monday evening, towards midnight, half a dozen mem- 

 bers visited Bowes Castle, at the request of Mr. Roebuck. 

 Armed with a lantern they were successful in finding several 

 specimens of interest. One or two members remained in the 

 district a few days longer. 



Through the generosity of Mr. John Farrah, a Special 

 Double Number of the " Naturalist " was issued in September^ 

 containing detailed and illustrated reports of the excellent work 

 of the various sections on the Bowes excursion. 



Wharncliffe Crag's. — The 175th meeting was held at 

 Wharncliffe Crags, on Thursday, September 3rd, 1903, for the 

 investigation of the woods and crags of the Don Valley. Close 

 upon fifty members and associates took part, including repre- 

 sentatives from fifteen societies. 



The party started at Deepcar Station, and walked through 

 the woods to Wharncliffe Lodge, where tea and the meeting 

 Avere held, and returned from Oughtibridge. Some of the 

 members had the privilege of inspecting the Earl of Wharn- 

 cliffe's magnificent herd of red deer, under the guidance of the 

 keeper. The " Naturalist " for October, 1903, has a full report. 



At the meeting, which was held in front of the Lodge, 

 Mr. W. Denison Roebuck, the president, occupied the chair. 

 He pointed out that it was just 25 years since the Union had 

 visited Wharncliffe, (on September 14th, 1878, a report of which 

 appeared in the " NaturaHst " for October of that year). 



Fung-US Foray at Helmsley.— The 176th meeting of 

 the Union, being the Annual Fungus Foray, was held at 

 Helmsley and Rievaulx Abbey, from Saturday, September 26th 

 to Thursday, October ist. 



