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of waves and currents, but the destruction is not ultimate. The 

 sea not only grinds down ; it sorts and arranges the fragments, and 

 lays them down to form new strata on its floor. Consolidation 

 and ultimate upheaval will surely follow, but the processes by 

 which these stages in the earth's architecture are effected remain 

 obscure. We await further light, satisfied if we have illustrated 

 one small link in that marvellous cycle of order and change 

 traceable throughout the whole geological record. 



Messrs. F. W. Lockwood, Alexander Tate, C.E. ; William 

 Gray, M.R.I.A. ; W. H. Patterson, M.R.I.A. ; and R. Lloyd 

 Praeger criticised the paper, and spoke of the high scientific in- 

 terest of such authentic and detailed accounts of coast erosion. 



The third item on the programme consisted of some remarks 

 by Mr. R. Lloyd Praeger, M.R.I.A., senior secretary, on rare 

 plants found in the district during 1891 and 1892, of which he 

 exhibited specimens. These notes being a continuation of his 

 supplemental notes to the " Flora of the North-East of Ireland/ 

 a systematic abstract of them is here given. 



Mr. Praeger said that two years ago he had had the pleasure 

 of laying before the Club some notes on the rarest species found 

 in the twelfth botanical district of Ireland (Down, Antrim, and 

 Derry) since the publication of Stewart and Corry's "Flora of 

 the North-East of Ireland" (1888); he now wished to draw 

 attention to the more important discoveries made in that district 

 during 1891 and 1892. He regretted that the small number of 

 workers caused his own name to appear with undue frequency. 



Ranunculus arcinatus, Sibth. In the Lagan Canal, close to its 

 junction with Lough Neagh, Co. Down, R.L1.P., 1892 

 {fide A. Bennett). It also grows close by, inside the Armagh 

 boundary, and is extremely abundant in Derryadd Bay in 

 Lough Neagh, some three miles to the west ; the latter 

 station is also in Armagh. Not previously recorded from 

 any part of Ulster. 



Papaver hybridum, Linn. Roadside half-way between Killough 

 and Ardglass, sparingly, September 1892, R.L1,P, P. 



