PROCEEDINGS 



BERWICKSHIRE NATURALISTS' CLUB. 



Address delivered to the Berwickshire Naturalists' Club, 

 at Alnwick, October 14, 1886. By Robert Middlemas, 

 Esq., Alnwick, President. 



Gentlemen, 



It has been a rule of our Club since its commencement, 

 for the retiring President to deliver an address, and I must 

 abide by the rule. On the present occasion I have much 

 pleasure in congratulating the members on the success of 

 the Club, which has been in existence 55 years, and shews 

 no symptoms of decay; its energies are uncramped, and 

 there is a vigorous action which promises well for the 

 future. The Club is still doing the work originally pro- 

 posed by its respected founder, Dr Johnston. It is true we 

 cannot hope, now that the district has been vigorously 

 explored by ardent botanists for many years, to add new 

 species to the Phanerogamia, but in the Cryptogamic portion 

 of our Flora good work may still be done. The Fungi 

 Marine and Freshwater Algce } Jungermannvt and Mar- 

 chantiw, have not received that attention which they 

 deserve ; and complete lists of those plants are required. I 

 trust some of our youthful botanists will undertake the 

 work, and I feel assured that those who have had some 

 experience in determining species will readily give their 

 assistance. 



B.tf.C. — vol. xr. no. 11. 1 o 



