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W, B. Burrowes, cordial votes of thanks were passed to Sir G. F. 

 Lambert for permission to visit Beau Pare and to Mr. Walker for 

 his hospitality and many acts of attention to the members during 

 their visit to the district. 



The marshes along the Boyne above Drogheda shelter an 

 abundance of flowering plants typical of such a habitat. During 

 the drive to Slane the St. John's Wort, Hypericum perforatum, 

 and Tragopogon pratensis were seen near the obelisk. The latter 

 plant is known by the English name of " Jack-go-to-bed-at-noon ' r 

 from the fact that its flowers close at midday. Along the canal 

 on the Meath side of the river, at Oldbridge, Thalictrum flavum 

 and Carex riparia were seen. One of the most striking plants of 

 the neighbourhood of Slane was Geranium pyrenaicum, which was 

 very common on St. Patrick's Hill, where the beautiful thistle, 

 Cardmis crispus, was noted also. The banks of the Boyne 

 between Slane and Beau Pare yielded some additional plants, 

 such as the Yellow Loosestrife, Lysimachia vulgaris, Water Fig- 

 wort, Scrophularia aquatica, Hemp Agrimony, Eupatorium 

 camiabinum, and the Valerian, Valeriana officinalis ; while on the 

 limestone cliffs Geranium lucidum was common in places.. 

 Several naturalised plants grew abundantly by the river at Beau 

 Pare, the beautiful white Bell-flower, Campa?iula rapunculoides, 

 covering the banks for nearly half a mile, while the Mullein, 

 Verbascum Thapsus, was common in the woods of Slane Castle on 

 the north bank of the river. On one of the walls at Slane grew 

 in great profusion the Scale Fern, Ceterach offzeiuarum, the fronds 

 attaining a size seldom seen in this species. 



The zoologists were rewarded by finding of the Pygmy 

 Woodlouse, Irichoniscus pygmceus, in the woods of Beau Pare, 

 this being the first record for this species from County Meath, as 

 is also Trichoniscus roseus, found in the gardens, but it is possible 

 that the latter may be an artificial introduction. It was taken, 

 however, in County Meath on the following day by the riverside 

 at Kells in an apparently natural habitat. The finding of the 



