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It might therefore be worth while considering if 

 Marine Zoology could be undertaken, and, if so, how it 

 could be most effectually carried out. 



As has been observed by previous Presidents, we cannot 

 expect, at this date, to be rewarded, on many occasions, 

 by the discovery of new habitats for Phanerogamia ; but 

 we have by no means exhausted Nature. 



For instance, in 1887, Dr Paul of Roxburgh, the then 

 President, delivered a^ veiy able Address on Fungology. 

 He brought before the Club, in & very lucid manner, 

 the many inducements to pursue the study ; he commented 

 on its literature; and, in short, one could not have a 

 better practical introduction to the study of Fungi, or a 

 clearer exposition of the method of procedure in the 

 study. Adverting, at the commencement, to the scanty 

 notice the subject had met with in the past, he suggested 

 the desirability of pursuing it more zealously in the 

 future. 



Gentlemen, I admit with regret, as one of the parties 

 concerned, that this Address has not received the 

 recognition, at our hands, that it deserved. 



I see that, a month ago, the Mycological section of 

 the Yorkshire Naturalists' Union had a three days 

 Fungus foray in the neighbourhood of Huddersfield, 

 when specimens of upwards of two hundred kinds were 

 collected ; and I feel confident Dr Paul would be quite 

 prepared to take the generalship of such a raid, and to 

 otherwise assist us in the study of Fungology, if it were 

 entered upon in earnest. 



As regards Botanical research and observation generally, 

 there probably never was a time when Clubs like ours 

 were of more importance, as there seems some apprehension 

 that the work of the laboratory is usurping, to an undue 

 degree, the place of observations in the field, or in the 

 garden, on which some of our greatest naturalists, Dr 

 Darwin for instance, founded so many of their works. 



Mr Thistleton-Dyer, the Director of the Royal Gardens, 

 Kew, in his recent Address to the Botanical section of 



