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was limited to 100, of which Belfast was allotted one half. On 

 Wednesday, July 10, the Belfast contingent proceeded to 

 Dublin, under the care of their secretaries, F. J. Bigger and A. 

 G. Wilson. On arriving at Amiens Street Station cars were 

 taken to the Gresham and Hammam Hotels, where arrange- 

 ments had been made for their accommodation. Impedimenta 

 having been disposed of, the party made their way by trains 

 and cars to the gardens of the Royal Dublin Society at Glas- 

 nevin, where the Dublin Club gave them tea and a warm 

 reception, after which F. M. Moore, the curator, most kindly 

 conducted the party through the delightful grounds and glass- 

 houses. These gardens and conservatories are considered to 

 be in some respects superior to Kew, and certainly it would be 

 hard indeed to surpass, for instance, the orchid, water-plants, 

 or Killarney fern houses. No place could have been more 

 favourable for a general introduction of the Belfast and Dublin 

 members than the gardens. The evening was beautiful, and 

 the tastefully-arranged plants looked at their best after the 

 rain, exciting much interest in the large number of botanists 

 present. Next morning at nine the members of both paities, 

 together with representatives of the North Staffordshire Club, 

 started by a special saloon train for Galway. After a quick 

 run the " Citie of the Tribes " was reached at 12-30, when the 

 rooms were at once portioned out at the great Railway Hotel 

 alongside the station. As soon as this was done brakes 

 were taken for the lunch at the Gentian Hill, three miles 

 west of Galway, along the bay. After lunch members scattered 

 over the promontory, which is composed of a very compact 

 boulder clay, containing all the typical rocks of the district. 

 It is interesting to the botanist as the only station west 

 of Galway for the spring gentian (G. vema } ) and the 

 blue moor grass, of which specimens were taken. Other 

 interesting plants were taken, of which, with all other 

 botanical, geological, and zoological finds of the excursion, a 

 full account appeared in the last September number of the 

 Irish Naturalist, which is devoted entirely to a full and 



