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or subdued the aboriginal peoples of Western Europe, and finally 

 of Ireland itself. 



Major Berry's theories of the various origins of the Irish 

 people gave rise to a prolonged and animated discussion, in which 

 the Chairman, Miss Andrews, Messrs. R. May, J. M. Dickson, 

 R. Welch, M.R.I. A.; and C. M. Cunningham, L.D.S., took part. 



"the study of native vegetation." 



At a meeting of the Botanical Section held in the Museum, 

 on 15th January — Rev. C. H. Waddell, B.D., in the chair — Mr. 

 R. LI. Praeger, B.E., M.R.I. A., described the different plant 

 formations occurring in the Dublin neighbourhood, and also the 

 formation in the Glendalough district of Co. Wicklow, where, 

 owing to the steep and varied nature of the ground, a large variety 

 of types of vegetation was to be found in a limited area — Grass- 

 land, the two Ulex formations, natural woods of Birch and Oak, 

 Calluna and Scirpus formations, and other types. He went on 

 to point out how little was known of the types of vegetation 

 prevailing in other parts of Ireland. Connemara was quoted as 

 having been recently sampled. The local vegetation, such as 

 that of the Belfast Hills and of the Mourne Mountains, was still 

 quite unstudied. Afterwards he spoke of some of the botanical 

 problems raised by the survey of Clare Island and the adjoining 

 mainland in County Mayo which was in progress, and referred 

 particularly to the problems connected with the migration of the 

 flora into the Island, and to the means of dispersal of its 

 constituent elements. 



"DENDRITES AND PICTURE-STONES." 



On Tuesday, 18th January, at a meeting held in the Museum 

 — Mr. W. H. Gallway in the chair — Mr. J. Strachan read a very 

 interesting paper on Dendrites and Picture-stones. 



