of doors, to try and foster the love of nature, and to increase the 

 knowledge of nature's products and nature's methods amongst all 

 of us who were willing to listen and be taught. The second field 

 day was on May 2nd, at the Canal, at Seab ook. The Kev. E. 

 Langdon read a paper on " Our Freshwater Molluscs," also con- 

 tained in this journal. 



The first microscopical soiree was he'd at Dr. FitzGerald's house 

 on May 13th, when lie re d an interesting paper on " The Micro- 

 scope," and several microscopes and microscopical objects were 

 exhibited. 



On June 6th, about forty members assembled near tl.e Warren 

 again, and the Eev. C. L. Acland read a m( st able paper on " The 

 Fertilizat on of Orchids." I remember that meeting, and the great 

 interest that was shown in the subject, both by the reader of the 

 paper and the members in general. 



On June 13th, at a committee meeting, it was arranged that the 

 secretary should confer with the Town Clerk as to the best means to 

 be adopted for obtaining the charge of the Folkestone collection of 

 objects in natural history then existing, and at the same meeting 

 a quarterly journal was proposed, and the Rev. C. L. Acland and 

 the Kev. E. Langdon were appointed editors, but Mr. Acland 

 resigned, and the secretary was appointed in his stead before the 

 iirst number was issued. 



On November 20th, the subject of winter lectures was brought 

 forward by the Rev. C. L. Acland, at a committee meeting. At a 

 meeting in December, the members were asked to assist in getting 

 as many local names of plants and animals as possible. In January, 

 1869, seven prizes of books, amounting in value to £5 16s. ia all, 

 were offered for collections of dried flowering plants, of insects 

 excluding lepidoptera), and of fossils. 



In April, 1869, at the annual meeting after one year's work, 60 

 members were present. In June, 1869, Mr. Mackeson, of Hythe, 

 gave a lecture on " The Geology of the Warren," and remarked 

 on the probability of coal existing at no very great depth, a 

 remark that is very interesting to us who know that within 

 about two miles it has been recently verified. The quarterly 

 magazine was discontinued in October, 1869. In November, an 

 evening class for botany was arranged, and a series of public lectures 

 Tinder the auspices of the society, commenced in January, 1870, 

 when the president took the " Physiology of Respiration " as his 

 subject for the first lecture. At the second annual meeting about 

 70 members were present. 



The care of the Museum in High Street seems to have been takeii 

 in hand by the society in 1870, and it was formerly opened on 

 October 4th, by the Mayor. In the same month, classes in botany 

 and geology were formed. Early in 1871, the Rev. C. L. Acland 



