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members in our Club, the demand should be larger, and this 

 would shew that more of our members are interested in the 

 several branches of work, which are associated in the working 

 of the various societies. 



It is also gratifying to see that the return of books is regular, 

 which in itself is of great importance and helps to make our 

 Library a success. 



(Signed) 



J. L. S. Jackson, Hon. Librarian. 



Report of the Committee of the Botanical Section. 



The Session 1908-1909, so far as the Botanical Section is 

 concerned, has been an uneventful one. 



Owing to the desire of the members to encourage, and parti- 

 cipate in, the ordinary summer excursions of the Club, no special 

 Sectional excursions were arranged or took place. The majority of 

 the places visited on the regular Club excursions were botanically 

 interesting, and our members were fully represented on most of 

 these excursions. This was notably the case at Lissanoure Castle, 

 the Lagan Canal, Carlingford, and Dundrum. Rare species were 

 noted on each of these excursions, and some interesting records 

 made. At Lissanoure especially, some valuable work was done, 

 as the district is one about which hitherto little has been known 

 regarding its flora. The more important plants observed on these 

 occasions are recorded in connection with the reports of the 

 excursions. 



The monthly meetings of the Section, held in the Club-room 

 during the winter season, were well attended. The papers read, 

 and addresses given, were on broad lines and of a stimulating 

 character. The Fertilization of Flowers, the Darwin Centenary 

 from the Botanical standpoint, and the Engler System of Classifi- 

 cation, were three of the subjects dealt with. These, with a short 

 paper on Local Botanical Gleanings of the Session, were very 



