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that "for some years latterly I have found some seedling plants 

 of the Common Maple in one and only one part of my kitchen 

 garden, and it is found in no other part of the pleasure grounds ; 

 the parent trees being near the front door upwards of a hundred 

 yards distant. These plants do not appear annually but only 

 occasionally. Last year, near the same spot in the kitchen 

 garden, two heauti fully variegated seedling plants of the Common 

 Plane tree have been found, and I am not aware of any such 

 variegated trees growing in this neighbourhood." 



In the interesting museum there were noticed a Flying Fish, 

 a small Crocodile, a stuffed Otter, a Night Heron, Wax-wings 

 shot at Glanton Pyke, also Thalassidroma Leachii, and several other 

 birds, which I believe are recorded in early volumes of the Club's 

 Proceedings. Among the collection of weapons were a Russian 

 Musket taken at the capture of Sebastopol, 8th September 1855, 

 and an Assegaie from Ulandi, 4th July 1879. There was not 

 time to do more than glance at the literary stores in the library, 

 which appeared to be valuable. Several additions to the party 

 had arrived outside, including the High Sheriff of Northumber- 

 land (Major Carr-Ellison), so that the signal for departure had 

 to be passed round hastily. The President conveyed a hearty 

 vote of thanks to Mr Collingwood befoi-e leaving. Mr Colling- 

 wood and Dr Douglas accompanied the Club to Greaves Ash. 

 The day opened out fine, but somewhat glassy, with white 

 fleecy vapours screening the horizon, as if they hovered round 

 the tips of thunder clouds, lurking behind the distant hills. 

 Under the bright sunshine the young foliage of the trees wore 

 its best tints. The hawthorn was just coming into blossom at 

 Glanton. Before entering the village there was a field or plot 

 full of blooming Anthriscus sylvestris. I noticed this also as 

 growing profusely at Eslington, where it had a delicious scent of 

 Woodruff that I never experienced before from this umbellifer, 

 so frequent by hedge-rows on rich soil. In Northumberland the 

 fallen flowers that so copiously bestrew the ground where it 

 grows, are called " The Devil's Meal." 



Arranged in long procession the carriages proceeded to our 

 destination far away up the winding valley of the Breamish. 

 Below us lay Howbalk, a very old looking farm-place ; and 

 Mountain Farm, where recently in pulling down an old building, 

 an iron arrow-head has been discovered, which has been drawn 

 for a future paper. Iron arrow-heads are peculiarly rare, and 



