304 YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS’ UNION ON THE WOLDS. 
and Anchomenus albipes on a bank at Life Hill. The only aquatic 
species found was Aydrobius fuscipes, a small vegetarian beetle, 
which was obtained from a partially dried-up pon 
The Botanical Report was presented by Mr. M. B. Slater, F.L.S., 
one of the Secretaries of the Section, who writes :—The botanists. 
commenced their exploration immediately on starting from Fimber ~ 
Station. In walking up the fine York Dale they observed the 
numerous specimens of some of our rarer indigenous trees and 
shrubs which have been planted as ornamental fringes to the woods 
on ssi of the dale. Fine examples of the following were 
observ 
Berberis vulgaris L. Cornus sanguinea L. 
Euonymus europzeus L. Viburnum opulus L. 
Rhamnus catharticus L. Viburnum lantana L. 
Pyrus aria Sm. Lonicera xylosteum L. 
Pyrus aucuparia Geert. 
Although the trees have all been planted, the sub-soil is suitable 
for their growth. There are not many places where such ne 
collection of our rarer trees and shrubs can be seen. At this season 
they were mostly in young unripe fruit. At a later period of the 
autumn, in October, when the ornamental fruits of these various 
trees are ripe, the bright colours of their various fruits, varying in 
bright scarlet and crimson, black, purple, and orange, give a display 
which is well worthy of a visit. The trees of each kind are numerous, 
and extend a distance of a mile or more up the Dale. Some fine 
patches of Galium mollugo L. were seen growing on the slopes of 
the woods, and large masses of Epzlobium angustifolium \.. vat. 
brachycarpum (Leight.) were found decorating some open spaces 
in SRS ee plantations of coniferous and other timber trees. oe 
n reaching Wetwang, the rendezvous for the meeting, the 
botanists ca ted at their sectional meeting that upwards of one 
hundred Phanerogamous plants had been observed during the ramble. 
The following comprise some of the rarer and most interesting plants 
seen :—Papaver dubium L., growing along with the much more 
common /. rheas L., near the village of Wetwang; TZh/aspt 
arvense \.., Reseda lutea L., R. lutevia \.., Hypericum pulchrum L., 
Hf. hirsutum \.., Ononts spinosa L., Anthyllis vulneraria L., Spir@a 
Jilipendula 1.., Campanula giomerata L. ‘The season was too late 
for Orchids, only the common Orchis maculata L. being met with. 
At the upper part of York Dale the route taken was up an open 
grass dale, turning westward in the direction for Wetwang. The 
grassy sides of this dale had large patches of the wiry grass, Brachy- 
podium pinnatum Beauy., upon it, and Bromus erectus Huds., 
Naturalist, 
