44 REPORT OF THE MEETINGS FOR 1896 



Newham Station about 10 a.m., and proceeded at once to 

 Newham Bog, a well-known botanical station, and a refuge for 

 several uncommon species of birds and insects. It was once a 

 small lake, known as Newham Loch, but was drained in 1833 

 by a Mr Eobson, father of Mr Eobson of Belford, formerly 

 schoolmaster of Lucker. The ground was not so wet as had 

 been anticipated — considering the downpour of the Tuesday — 

 and the party were enabled to conduct their researches under 

 fairly comfortable conditions. 



Epipactis palustris, Crantz., and Fyrola rotundifolia, L., were 

 abundant all over the bog, and in full flower. Other plants 

 found in tolerable plenty were Hahenaria hifolia, E. Br., 

 Hahenaria viridis, E. Br., Listera ovaia, E. Br., Orchis maculata, 

 L., and incarnata, L., Orchis latifolia, L., Eupatorium cannaiinum, 

 L., Potentilla palustris. Scop., Hydrocotyle vulgaris, L., Scutellaria 

 galericulata, L., Valeriana dioica, L., and Valeriana officinalis, L. 

 Several species of Carex were also abundant, particularly 

 paniculata, L., panicea, L., flava, L., pulicaris, L., and paludosa, 

 Good. Comparatively few birds were observed, but most of 

 the migratory warblers were present. A pair of Magpies 

 kept up a continual chattering in the dense brushwood, but were 

 careful to keep out of view. A specimen of the Satin Moth, 

 Leucoma salicis, and a colony of caterpillars of the Small Eggar 

 Moth, Eriogaster lanestris, were found on the willows. 



Most of the party left the bog about half-past twelve, and 

 retraced their steps to Newham Station, whence the drive to 

 Twizel House was to start ; but Mr Boyd, Dr Paul, Mr Grunn, 

 and Mr Hindmarsh lingered behind in search of the Coral-root, 

 Corallorhiza innata, Hall., and were rewarded by the discovery 

 of a considerable number of plants growing in a part of the 

 bog, where the herbage was thin and the brushwood afforded 

 some shade. With the finding of this rare and interesting 

 plant, the object of the Club's visit to Newham may be said to 

 have been completely accomplished. 



Dr Hardy has kindly allowed me to print the following Notes 

 on a visit paid by him to Newham in 1890. 



[July 1, 1890. Went along with MrW. T. Hindmarsh by rail to 

 Newham Bog. Viola odorata grew at the roadside by the way 

 near to Newham Cottages. A nice clump of natural wood in 

 the oblong or oval bog, which is a great fox cover, from which 



