390 [Proc. B.N.F.C, 



west) side of the road at the bridge. The stream which 

 drains these ditches flows into the River Quoile, and thus, 

 probably, the plant has spread to its Downpatrick station, 

 which is on the banks of the latter stream. 



Anagallis arvensis, Linn., var. /?., A. ccerulea, Schreb. This 

 very rare blue-flowered variety of the scarlet pimpernel was 

 found a few months ago by Mr. J. J. Andrew on a bank 

 not far from the gate of the Belfast Botanic Gardens. 



Orchis pyramidalis, Linn. Grows sparingly on limestone 



rubbish at Magheragall quarries, near Lisburn, Co. Antrim 



(R. Lloyd Praeger, 1888), where Mr. Stewart considers it 



certainly native. An addition to the flora of District 12 of 



Cybele Hibernica, since the single plant found at Magilligan 



by Dr. Moore, and the two found at Ballyholme, Co. Down, 



by Mr. Stewart were undoubtedly casuals. 



Char a contraria, Kuetzing. Margins of brackish pools, Lima- 



vady Junction, Co. Derry, R. Lloyd Praeger and W. D. 



Donnan, 1889. New to Ulster. 



A number of other species, a few of them new to Ireland, and 



others new to County Down, which have been found among 



the Mourne Mountains by Messrs. Stewart and Praeger, were 



also shown. These will form part of a report which will be 



presented to the Royal Irish Academy, and are therefore 



omitted here. 



The third communication was by Mr. W. H. Phillips, 

 F.R.H.S., M.R.S.A. Ireland, the subject of his paper being 

 " Strange Pets I have had." The paper commenced by a 

 reference to the love most people have for pets, and to the 

 pleasure experienced in examining their habits and modes of 

 life, and how the world has been benefited by the labours of 

 naturalists whose field of work never extended beyond their own 

 home, and the contrast supplied by some others whose only aim 

 is the destruction of every bird, beast, and fish which comes 

 within reach, which they call sport. Fortunately the proclaim- 

 ing of the country has effected a change in the former indis- 



