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this nursery was felt in the gardens that were subsequently visited 

 at Narrow Water Castle and the Glen, and its effects must be 

 wide reaching, and in time do away with the mechanical 

 summer bedding that it is customary to see everywhere. 



After breakfast the vehicles were taken up the old steep road 

 to Ferryhill, the slopes of which gave ample time to naturalise 

 by the wayside ; the coleopterists took Calathus melanncephalus, 

 Serica brunea, Silpha rugosa, S. subrotundata, Pterostichus 

 vulgaris, P. madidus, P. nigrita, Harpalus ruficornis, Coccinella 

 xxv. -guttata, C. variabilis, Otiorrhvnchus sulcatus, Thy amis 

 lucida, T. atricilla, Coccidula rufa, Lachmaea suturalis. A 

 pause was made at the flagstaff to admire the view spread 

 out beneath ; the sea in the distance, with Rostrevor, nestling 

 at the base of the mountain, Warrenpoint nearer, and the 

 great woods of Narrow Water opposite, with the river winding 

 between. Near this the vehicles were left, and the party 

 descended through the woods, within whose depths were found 

 the Hay-scented Fern (Lastrea montana), the Bree's Fern 

 {Lastrea cemuld), and the Tunbridge Filmy-fern (Hymnophvllum 

 tunbridgense). 



The ferry at Narrow Water, with the old castle behind, 

 and the party in the boat at the causeway, was carefully 

 photographed by one of the members, and will always afford 

 an interesting reminiscence of the visit. Near this was found 

 Obione portulacoides and the Sea-lavender {Statice bahu- 

 siensis). Major Hall threw his grounds open to the Club, 

 meeting them in his rock garden, which has been laid off with 

 much botanical skill. An hour was appointed for meeting at the 

 Newry gates, and till then all wandered about at their own free 

 will ; some photographed the fine trees, others botanised, finding 

 the rare plant Ihrincia hirta on the lawn, whilst the coleop- 

 terists never seemed to weary ; two adventurous spirits ascended 

 to the very summit of the old castle that had been built by 

 Hugh de Lacy in 12 12 a.d., and destroyed by the Irish in [641 

 a.d., to be rebuilt by the Duke of Ormonde. The object of 

 their climb was not to find the ghost of de Lacy, but to take, if 



