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TOLLYMORE PARK. 



On ioth August the seventh excursion of the Summer Session 

 was held, a party of members and friends, numbering thirty-one, 

 travelling to Newcastle. On arrival at Tollymore Park the party 

 passed first of all by the river side to see the quaintly-built old 

 sawmill, where they were interested to notice that large quantities 

 of beech and other hard woods were being sawn into wedges for 

 the Belfast shipyards. Further on they crossed the river by one 

 of the numerous bridges, and proceeded towards the upper end 

 of the stream to view the fine specimens of conifers and other 

 trees for which the demesne has long been famous. Amongst the 

 most remarkable of the trees one may mention numerous Oaks, 

 very fine specimens of Spanish Chestnut, Spruces, Larches, Silver 

 Firs, Beech, Horse-Chestnuts, and on the avenue leading to the 

 Barbican Gate has been planted a double row of fine Deodars. 

 In the undergrowth in the woods Melampyrum pratense was very 

 noticeable, growing in great profusion. Gnaphalium sylvaticum, 

 Pimpinella Saxifraga and Lycopodiam clavatum were also observed. 

 Many different species of Hawkweeds grow in this district. The 

 following were obtained : — Hieracinm anglicum, H. crocatum, 

 and H. vulgatum, the small number being due no doubt to the 

 destruction of the flowers by recent flooding. Everywhere the 

 growth of the plants was most luxuriant, and this was particularly 

 noticeable in connection with the ferns. Plants of the Hard Fern, 

 Blechnum Spicnnt, were growing abundantly everywhere, and many 

 bifid fronds were obtained. Asplenium Trichomanes was collected 

 also from one of the bridges, where it was growing profusely. 

 Higher up on the mountain side the Beech Fern, Polypodium 

 Phegopteris, and the Brittle Bladder Fern, Cystopteris fragilis, 

 were found growing in the crevices of the rocks. The woods 

 afforded a happy hunting-ground for workers on mosses, hepatics, 

 and fungi. Two interesting hepatics were noticed— a dark brown, 

 almost black, form of Marsupeila emarginata var. minor, which 



