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Mr. Gelsthorp found a land-shell. Helix ericetorum, fairly 

 abundant on the bank of the railway-cutting at Ancaster. 



The geologists and botanists having united again, the whole 

 party went to Ancaster Stone Quarry, where Mr. Preston explained 

 the Upper Estuarine series of green, blue, and mottled clays, over- 

 lying the Lincolnshire Limestone. Near this quarry the Corn 

 Gromwell {Lithospcrmum officinale) was found. The return route 

 was through a green lane to Ermine Street, and thence through 

 Syston Park. In Syston Lake Limnatithemum peltatum, a large 

 floating aquatic plant with yellow flowers, was much admired; it 

 is supposed to have been sown by birds. 



Leaving Syston the party returned along the Barkston Road, 

 through Belton, reaching Grantham about 4.45. High tea was 

 provided at the George Hotel, and after tea several short speeches 

 were made. The President (the Rev. Canon Fowler) spoke of the 

 meeting as one of the most successful ever held by the Union. 

 With respect to insects, he said that those found during the day 

 tvere very few. There were, however, two good records for beetles, 

 one Bruchns a'sti, which is found upon Rock Rose, and the other, 

 Ceiithorrhynchas echii After congratulating the society on having 

 been accompanied by Miss Woolward, of Belton, to whom he paid 

 ^ high compliment, stating that she drew the plates for Day's 

 British Fishes, and for an important work on" orchids, lithographing 

 the plates herself without spoiling a single stone, he concluded by 

 proposing a vote of thanks to Mr. Preston for his services as guide. 

 Mr. Preston having replied, Mr. Cordeaux reported on the birds 

 seen and heard. These comprised the Wood Wren, Willow Wren, 

 Chiffchaff, Garden Warbler, Nightingale, Redstart, Tree Pipit, 



Turtle Dove, Wood Pigeon, Carrion Crow, Magpie, Coot, Wood 

 ^ arbler and Whitethroat. The Wood Wren he described as rather 

 local and rare, and he added that the Turtle Dove and Nightingale 



eemed to be extending their range in North Lincolnshire. He also 

 invited the Union to hold a meeting at Great Coates on the 

 &th September. The last report was that of the Rev. Wm. Fowler, 

 who said that the botanists had had a very enjoyable day. They 

 had been fortunate in finding the tall form of Setudo campestris. 

 The specimens obtained on the Gog Magog Hills were quite small, 

 from six to eight inches high, but those seen during the day were 

 from a foot and a half to two feet in height. After referring 

 to Limnanthemum and Arnuria^ he concluded by saying that 

 Spinea filipendula and Cnicus acaulis and C. eriophorus were 

 -worthy G f note. It being then about 5.45 the proceedings 

 terminated. 



Sept. 1S96, 



