see its membership increased. On behalf of the Committee of 

 the Belfast Naturalists' Field Club I tender to you, young and 

 otherwise, my earnest plea for the discontinuance of the older 

 method of teaching, which abomination constitutes one of the 

 possibilities arising from nature study. 



A somewhat heated discussion followed in which at least one 

 member desired to sec all collecting of specimens prohibited, 

 while several others considered that Mr. Stendall had over- 

 estimated the dangers likely to arise from the teaching of "Nature 

 Study " by incompetent persons. Among those who took part in 

 the debate were the President, Mrs. Hobson, and Messrs. 

 W. J. C. Tomlinson, H. L. Orr, J. M. Dickson, Robert Patterson, 

 and R. H. Whitehouse. Mr. Stendall having answered several 

 questions and defended his point of view, and two junior members 

 — Miss Vera Morris and Master James Gorman — having been 

 elected, a most instructive meeting terminated. 



THE INDIGENOUS TREES IN OUR WOODLANDS. 



Before the Botanical Section on 20th January the Chairman, 

 Rev. C. H. Waddell, M.A., B.D., read an interesting paper on 

 the above subject. An enlightening discussion followed Mr. 

 Waddell's paper, and an examination of dried specimens concluded 

 the meeting. 



LOCAL FOSSILS AND THEIR CORRELATION TO RECENT TYPES. 



A meeting of the Geological Section of the Club was held in 

 the Museum on Wednesday, 24th January, when the above paper 

 was read by Mr. James Orr. The Chairman of the Section 

 (Mr. VV. J. C. Tomlinson) presided. After reading his paper 

 Mr. Orr gave a practical lesson on the subject by means of a 

 beautiful collection of fossils which he had obtained from our 

 local fossiliferous rocks. With every conspicuous type of fossil 

 form he had a specimen of its nearest living representative. 



