40 Anniversary Address 



and annotated, was rendered to the Sheriff of Northumberland, 

 on the suppression of the order. 2. Brief Notes on the Q-eology 

 of Oorbridge, Northumberland, by G. A. Lebour, M.A., F.G.S., 

 Professor of Geology in the University of Durham College of 

 Physical Science, Newcastle-on-Tyne. Thanks were voted to the 

 contributors of the papers. 



In the course of the conversation which followed the reading 

 of these papers Sir Walter Elliot mentioned that Neottia iV^'(?e<s- 

 flws had lately been found near Branxholm in Teviotdale ; and 

 the President gave an account of an old vine, which he had seen 

 at Whickham the previous day, when he was the guest of the 

 Eev. E. H. Williamson. This vine is believed to have been 

 planted about the year 1735. It covers the whole of the sloping 

 roof of a vinery, 28 feet long by 12 wide. The stem before 

 sending off the horizontal branches is 15 inches in girth ; and 40 

 principal lateral branches spring from the horizontal ones. It 

 is of the Black Hamburgh variety, a steady bearer, and this year 

 had produced 239 good bunches of grapes. Mr Williamson had 

 stated that the vine was always carefully tended, and as far as 

 he could remember had always produced, during the last sixty 

 years, pretty much the same crop both in quantity and quality. 

 This vine was not to be set in comparison with the famous 

 Hampton Court vine, and other known patriarchs of the vinery, 

 but it was worthy of a short notice in the Proceedings. 



Sir Walter Elliot gave notice that he would propose at the 

 business meeting of the Club in October, that in future only one 

 copy of the Proceedings be issued to each member ; and also that 

 he would call attention to the subject of the organization of the 

 work of the Club, which had been remitted to a Committee to 

 report upon. 



The meeting broke up about 7 o'clock, a delightful day having 

 been spent in a district new to many of those present, and in 

 more favourable weather than the gloomy and wet character of 

 several preceding days had promised. 



A small detachment of the party spent the next day in visiting 

 Hexham, and the Eoman Camp at Chesters. At the latter place 

 they found excavations going on at the charge of the venerable 

 proprietor, Mr Clayton, and saw the labourers engaged in un- 

 covering a short row of columns, which had belonged to a build- 

 ing within the camp, and opposite the south gate. This little 

 appendix to the Corbridge meeting, however, is recorded with 



