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



century, which they had chosen as a motto, and which he read. 

 Mr. Davies called attention to the chief features which he said 

 must be regarded as an important addition to Irish botanical 

 literature, and concluded by stating that the authors are to be 

 heartily congratulated on their successful achievement on 

 having produced a work of great excellence, in which is set 

 forth with care and accuracy the present state of our knowledge 

 of Irish topographical botany. Mr. S. A. Stewart said that the 

 very thoughtful and instructive address to which they had just 

 listened was a type of what the address of the President of a 

 Naturalists' Field Club should be. He was glad to see that so 

 much interest was now evinced in the flora of the North of 

 Ireland, and that many young and capable hands were coming 

 forward to carry on the work of botanical research in our 

 district. Individual plant companionship was very interesting; 

 in collecting one would often meet with such cases. As an 

 instance it might be mentioned that a small plant, radiola or 

 allseed, will almost always be found associated with one still 

 smaller, centunculus or chafFweed. 



2 December. 



The Second Meeting of the Winter Session was held Tuesday 

 evening, 2nd December, in the Museum. Mr. William Gray, 

 M.R.I.A., occupied the chair. Before proceeding to the busi_ 

 ness of the evening reference was made to the loss the Club had 

 sustained in the death of Mr. Lavens Ewart, the late President. 

 Several members spoke, and it was resolved to send a letter of 

 sympathy to Mr. Ewart's family expressing the esteem in which 

 Mr. Ewart was held, and deeply regretting his loss. 



Mr. James St. J. Phillips (Hon. Secretary) then read some notes 

 on the geological features of Kerry, as observed on the Irish Field 

 Club Union's excursion. To us, familiar as we are with the 

 features of Antrim and Down, Kerry presents itself as a series of 

 somewhat striking contrasts, a number of which were pointed 



