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borough Spire, and so on, right away to the mouth of the Trent. 

 It is a truly magnificent view, and all that is required is a clear day, 

 such as commonly accompanies a northerly wind. When we consider 

 that the Chalk Rocks not improbably extended across the large area 

 under review, we have some idea of the vast amount of denudation 

 which has gone on, and of the enormous lapse of time occupied 

 simply in removing what previous countless ages had been employed 

 in building up. 



Botany. 



Mr. M. B. Slater, F.L.S., supplies the following list of plants that 

 grow in the vale of Kirkham and Derwent, and adjoining woodlands. 

 In boggy and wateryplaces near Kirkham Abbey Station: — Ranunculus 

 lingua, Stellar ia nemorum, Utricularia vulgaris, Epipactis palustris, 

 E. latifolia, Slum latifolium. About the ruins of the Abbey : — Cheli- 

 dotiiu7n fnajus, Sifiapis tenuifolia, Echium vulgare, Parietaria diffusa, 

 Myrj-his odorata. In Firby and Howsham Woods : — Acfcea spicata. 

 Geranium phceum, LathrcBa squamaria, Habenaria chlorantha, Conval- 

 laria majalis. By the banks of the River Derwent and in the pastures 

 along the valley •.—Nymphcea alba, Nuphar lutea, Hippitris vulgaris, 

 Myriophyllum verticillatum, Ly thrum salicaria, Senecio aquaticus, 

 Mentha viridis, Scutellaria galericulata, Lysimachia vulgaris, Ophrys 

 apifera, Colchicum autunmale, Sagittaria sagittifolia, Butomus umbel- 

 latus, Acorus calamus, Thalictrutn flavum. The following grasses by 

 the banks of the river and the woods around : — Phalaris arundinacea^ 

 Arundo phragmites, A. epigejos, Glyceria aquatica, G.pluitans, Brachy- 

 podium sylvaticum, Bronms gigafiteus, B. asper, etc. The above lists 

 of plants recorded from the Derwent Valley, many of them rarities, 

 show that it is very good ground for botanists, more particularly in 

 spring and early summer months, so that some interesting late summer 

 flowering plants may be expected on the excursion. 



Some rare mosses and hepatics also grow on the route ; the time 

 of year, however, is rather too early to obtain the autum-nfruiting kinds 

 in good condition. 



Entomology. 



Messrs. John Ruston and C. W. L. Colby, who have collected the 

 Lepidoptera within a 15-mile radius of Malton, have supplied lists 

 showing that the district to be examined may be expected to yield fair 

 results to collectors. Menethorpe Common (near Huttons Ambo 

 Station) has been worked by Mr. Colby, who has there taken Pieris 

 napi, Pamphila sylvanus, P. linea, Anthocharis cardamines, Polyom- 

 matus alexis, Chrysopharius phlceas, Vanessa cardui, Argynnis selene, &c. 

 l"he nearly full-fed larvae of Euchelia jacobcece should be found feeding 

 on Ragwort at the date of the excursion. The district generally — well- 

 wooded as it is — has never yet been worked. Mr. Waite has taken 



