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Mr.D, M'Kee, microscopic slides, in competition for Prize i8. 



Mr. Robert LI. Praeger, B.A., plants in competition for 

 Special Prize 26, 



The following are the awards of the judges appointed to 

 examine the various collections submitted. 



We have examined the various sets of botanical specimens, 

 and awarded Prize i to Mr. Robert Lloyd Praeger. Mr. Praeger's 

 collection is one of the best ever submitted to the Club ; the 

 number of species represented being 475; the specimens beauti- 

 fully preserved, and well mounted. This series includes many 

 of the rarer plants — one of which, Epilohium tetragonum, has 

 only yet been found in two or three places in Ireland. We 

 consider this collection very creditable, and have much pleasure 

 in making the award. 



We award Prize No. 2 to Mr. D. Redmond, whose collec- 

 tion represents 257 species, well preserved and excellently 

 mounted. Mr. Redmond deserves great credit for his botanical 

 work of the past season. 



A very large collection of flowering plants sent in by Mrs. 

 White Spunner were excluded from the competition, owing to 

 the failure of the collector to conform to the conditions. It is 

 required that all specimens should have been collected during 

 the past year of the Club. We regret that Mrs. Spunner over- 

 looked the rule, as her set of plants is an exceedingly fine one, 

 elegantly preserved, and most attractively mounted. 



To Mr. John Andrew we awarded Prize 3. Mr. Andrew 

 has sent in an excellent series of mosses. There are several 

 hundred specimens, representing over 100 species ; including 

 several which are esteemed as rare. The plants are displayed 

 in the best manner, and well illustrate this difficult branch of 

 botanical science. 



Prize 10 is awarded to D. M'Kee for a fine set of carboni- 

 ferous fossils. Mr. M'Kee's specimens represented about fifty 

 species, mainly fish remains, from Armagh. There is consider- 

 able variety in these specimens, and those who understand the 

 difficulty of getting fossil fish remains will agree that this is a 

 collection of much merit. 



