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The party arrived at the Victoria Hotel, Newry, at seven 

 o'clock, where, after dinner, the billiard-room was transformed 

 into a lecture hall, with lantern ready and complete, thanks to 

 the very courteous and able Dublin Honorary Secretary, J. 

 Montgomery Browne. Dr. M'Weeney having resumed the 

 chair, called upon D. M'Ardle, of Glasnevin Gardens and the 

 Dublin Naturalists' Field Club, for his paper on ''Mosses and 

 Hepatics of the District," which was very instructive, and 

 contained some flattering references to our Club botanists. This 

 was followed by R. Lloyd Praeger on ' ' Flowering Plants of the 

 District," and then Professor Cole, of the Dublin Naturalists' 

 Field Club, delivered a lecture that was to have been delivered 

 by Professor Sollas, F.R.S., who was prevented from being 

 present through an accident. This lecture treated of 

 the great granitic and basaltic formations that had been 

 visited by the Club, and was copiously illustrated with a fine 

 series of lantern slides, microscopic and otherwise. A paper on 

 the ''Antiquities of the District" was then read by Francis 

 Joseph Bigger, Honorary Secretary, which was followed by one 

 on " Local Zoology " by H. Lyster Jameson, of the D.N.F.C. 

 The Chairman then delivered his lecture on " Fungi of the 

 District," illustrated by microscopic examples shown with his 

 powerful instrument. Dr. M'Weeney explained how successful 

 he had been during the excursion, having obtained as many 

 specimens of a minute character as would give him many 

 hours' work with his microscope to classify. 



It was quite evident from the refreshed appearance of the 

 members at the early hour of seven o'clock next morning that 

 this pabulum of scientific lore had not interfered with their 

 slumbers to any extent, as all were anxious to examine the 

 nursery of T. Smith at Daisy Hill, Newry, before breakfast, and 

 none there were who regretted the step, for such a fine display 

 of rare plants is not to be met with on this side of the channel. 

 Here a veritable rock-garden is to be seen filled with flowering 

 shrubs and perennial flowers, including all the old ones, and many 

 new, as well as aquatic and semi-aquatic plants. The presence of 



