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the soil, e.g. basalt in Co. Antrim and Silurian rocks in Co. 

 Down. There were forty plants in Co. Down which did not 

 occur in Antrim, and seventy Antrim plants were absent from 

 Co. Down. 



Plant pressure was also a factor to be reckoned with. The 

 ground might be so fully occupied that new plants found a 

 difficulty in obtaining a foothold. Another obstacle was the sea. 

 A relatively small number of our plants had seeds which could 

 float. Again a land mass such as a mountain chain was a serious 

 obstacle. 



Finally Mr. Bennett showed that several water Ranunculi 

 occurred in Co. Antrim in the Lough Neagh basin, and that the 

 Greater Spearwort was found in the Quoile area in Co. Down as 

 well as in the Lough Neagh basin, and many other instances were 

 cited. The lecture was illustrated by lantern slides as well as 

 maps. In the discussion which followed, Rev. C. H. Waddell, 

 Mr. J. A. S. Stendall and Mr. A. M'L Cleland took part. Mr. 

 Stendall suggested that the Field Club should publish distribution 

 maps and that these should be available for members who could 

 mark their records on them. 



Three new ordinary members — Messrs. H. Fylds, O. V. 

 Greeves and J. Seymour, B.A. — were then elected, after which the 

 meeting terminated. 



ANNUAL MEETING. 



The fifty-fifth Annual Meeting was held in the Museum on 

 23rd April, the chair being occupied by Mr. F. A. Heron. The 

 Annual Report was read by Dr. Charles worth ; the Librarian's 

 Report by Mr. S. Wear ; the Treasurer's Statement by Mr. S. M. 

 Macoun ; the Botanical Section Report by Mr. N. Carrothers ; 

 the Geological Section Report by Miss E. L. Andrews ; the 

 Archaeological Section Report by Mr. R. May ; the Reports of 

 the Associate and Junior Sections and that of the Prizes Sub- 

 Committee by Mr. J. A. S. Stendall. On the motion of Mr. 



