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P. F. Kendall, of Leeds, from the Cleveland Hills in North 

 Yorkshire, and those of Teesdale, Weardale, and the Tyne Valley, 

 which the speaker had made the subject of a paper read before the 

 Geological Society of London in 1902. The North of Ireland, it 

 was stated, contained fine examples of these overflow channels, 

 produced during the Glacial Period, several of which had been 

 described by the officers of the Geological Survey in the memoir 

 entitled "The Geology of the Country Around Belfast," 1904. 

 In conclusion, Dr. Dwerryhouse stated that he was engaged in 

 working out the distribution of these valleys in the Counties of 

 Antrim and Down, and hoped to be able to lay the results of his 

 work before the Club at a later date. The paper was illustrated 

 by a series of lantern slides, and an interesting discussion arose 

 which was joined in by the following members : — Messrs. R. 

 J. Welch, M.R.I.A. ; William Gray, M.R.I.A. ; A. W. Stelfox, 

 Robert Bell, S. A. Bennett, B.Sc, and the Chairman. 



THE STUDY OF FUNGI. 



A meeting of the Botanical Section was held on 18th Feb- 

 ruary, when Mr. George Donaldson presided and Mr. Alexander 

 Milligan read a paper on " The Study of Fungi." After dealing 

 with the empirical definition of Fungi as plants devoid of 

 chlorophyll and wanting also the organised tissues found in the 

 higher plants, Mr. Milligan proceeded to deal with the evidence 

 which indicates that the Fungi are derived from the Algae or 

 Sea-weed family. According to this evidence many of the lower 

 forms show much similarity in structure ; but what was more 

 interesting and of greater evidential value was the practical 

 identity of the reproductive systems to be found in many primitive 

 genera of both groups, which the lecturer then briefly outlined. 

 These lower forms of Fungi, which differ from corresponding algal 

 forms in little else than the absence of chlorophyll, are known as 

 Phy corny cetes, next, in an ascending order, being the Ascomycetes 

 and the Basidiomycetes. The last named group was made up of 



