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[Proc. B.N.F.C, 



Patterson Museum, in connection with the Palace, where a 

 Conversazione and Exhibition was held to inaugurate the Winter 

 Session of the forty-fifth year of the Club's existence. 



While the company were eagerly examining the numerous 

 exhibits of the members in the Museum and in the hall underneath 

 it, or enjoying the strains of the music of Mr. Wright's band, let 

 us turn to the neatly-printed programme, a copy of which was 

 presented to each guest on their entrance, and we find as usual 

 that each department of science is strongly represented. The 

 following is a summary of the principal exhibits : — 



Botany. — Botanical Section, Specimens from the Club's 

 Herbarium. N. Carrothers, Plants collected during Summer 

 Session. J. H. Davies, Galium sylvestre from County Down. 

 W. Gray, M.R.I.A., Microscopical Demonstration. J. Hamilton, 

 Bertholletia excelsa, from the Amazons, showing growth of nut. 

 W. H. Phillips, Four new varieties of exotic ferns growing, also a 

 series of dried specimens of choice varieties of British ferns. 

 W. Porter, Athyria, raised from spores. J. Strachan, Iron 

 bacterium (Cladothrix) from the Six-Mile- Water, growing on 

 basalt ; Ferruginous deposits caused by same. Rev. C. H. 

 Waddell, M.A., B.D., Some rare flowering plants and mosses. 



Geology. — Miss M. K. Andrews, Microscopic sections of 

 Derbyshire "Toadstones." R. Bell, Palaeolithic implements from 

 drift gravels, England. C. Bulla, Remains of Megaceros hibernicus 

 from County Tyrone. T. Dewhurst, A.R.C.Sc. (London), 

 Demonstration in optical properties of minerals, also staining of 

 rock sections. W. J. Fennell, M.R.I. A., Minerals from the 

 Mourne granite. F. C. Forth, A.R.C.Sc.L, Geological specimens, 

 minerals, and models. W. A. Green, Plant remains from the coal 

 measures, Ballycastle ; and other Carboniferous fossils. W. Gray, 

 M.R.I.A., Microscopic Demonstration. W. H. Gallway, Teeth 

 of fossil sharks. J. L. S. Jackson, Portion of stalagmitic flooring 

 from pre-historic cave, Doneraile ; also section to show growth 

 of stalagmite. J. Strachan, Specimens of Jasper and Chert, 



