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LINCOLNSHIRE NATURALISTS AT 



GRANTHAM. 



R. W. GOULDING. 



'The natural history of the soke of Grantham, if particularly- 

 attended to, would probably be confined to a few objects, and may 

 seem of little importance to the admirer of general and extended 

 views; the naturalist, however, will not be totally disappointed/ 

 With these unenthusiastic words the Reverend contributor of an 

 appendix to that well-known book, Tumor's 'Collections for the 

 History of the Town and Soke of Grantham,' introduced his sketch 

 of the natural history of the district ninety years ago. 



The tenth field meeting of the Lincolnshire Naturalists' Union 

 was held at Grantham on the 16th June, for the investigation of 

 Ancaster and neighbourhood, Nat. Hist. Divs. 15 and (just touch- 

 ing) 14. The meeting was highly successful, the weather fine, the 

 attendance large, and the district interesting, particularly for field- 

 geology. Amongst those present were the President of the Union 

 (Rev. Canon W. W. Fowler, M.A., F.L.S., F.E.S.), the two ex- 

 Presidents (Mr. John Cordeaux, M.B.O.U., and Mr. F. M. Burton, 

 F.L.S., F.G.S.) ; Mr. J. H. Cooke, B.Sc, F.L.S., F.G.S., the Rev. R. 

 W, Goodall, Mr. J. S. Sneath, and Mr. F. H. Fowler, of Lincoln ; 

 the Rev. Wm, Fowler, M.A., of Liversedge ; the Rev. W. H. 

 Daubney, of Leasingham ; the Rev. W. W. Mason, of Bootle ; the 

 Rev, A. Thornley, of South Leverton ; Mr. Coke, of Nottingham ; 

 Miss Woolward, of Belton; Mr. Coombs, of Huddersfield; Mr. and 

 Miss Stow; Mr. H. Preston, F.G.S. ; Mr. B. Crow, Mr. T. Gelsthorp, 

 Mr. R. W. Goulding, Mr. J. Mawer, of Louth ; and the Organising 

 Secretary, the Rev. E. Adrian Woodruffe-Peacock. 



The party, which numbered nearly fifty persons, had the advantage 



of being led by Mr. H. Preston, F.G.S., who combines a faculty 



of lucid exposition with a comprehensive geological knowledge. 

 V summary of his work on this district will appear later in /The 



Naturalist' — May we hope this will not be his first paper. He 



pointed out the various interesting physical features en route, and 



seemed to know the exact places at which to stop, and the exa 

 explanations to give. Leaving Grantham about 10-40 the par 



proceeded in three drags along the Manthorpe Road. In an 



adjacent field, Thrift {Armeria mariiima) was observed growing 

 in plenty. This was considered a very good record, as Thrift is 

 commonly found on the tops of mountains or on sea-shores, but 

 not in meadows inland. Mr. Cordeaux, who noticed the plant 



Sept. 1896, s 



