2 Anniversary Address. 



world the learned and elaborate pai)er on the Marine Algse 

 of Berwick-upon-Tweed, by one of our members, Mr A. L. 

 Batters, a gentleman who has before contributed papers on 

 this subject to our Proceedings. Though I do not feel com- 

 petent to give any opinion on this subject myself, I may 

 mention that in a review of the Club's Proceedings, which 

 appeared in the " Scottish Naturalist " for July last, by Dr 

 W. H. Trail, Professor of Botany at the University of Aber- 

 deen, this article is referred to as follows :— " This paper is 

 one of the most important that has ever dealt with the 

 British Algse, and we trust will be procurable by many be- 

 sides the members of this Club, as it will prove indispens- 

 able to the students of that subject."* There is a fitness, 

 too, in this paper appearing in our Proceedings, as the 

 founder of our Club, Dr George Johnston, nearly 60 years 

 ago, first published a work on the same subject. So long as 

 such papers as those of Mr Batters and of other distinguished 

 naturalists appear in our Proceedings, the Club must retain 

 the high position it now holds, not only locally, but I may 

 safely say, in the country generally. 



Our first meeting, which was most numerously attended, 

 and which passed off in a most satisfactory manner, was 

 held on the 28th May at Beanley. This will always be a 

 memorable meeting in the history of the Club, for there I, 

 as your President, had the honour and privilege of present- 

 ing, on behalf of many of its members, a testimonial to our 

 worthy and respected Secretary, Dr Hardy, who had a short 

 time before received from the University of Edinburgh the 

 much honoured and highly coveted degree of LL.D. I am 

 not going to repeat what I said on that occasion, for that 

 will be printed in the Proceedings. I will read, however, 

 the concluding remarks of Professor Kirkpatrick at Edin- 

 burgh when Dr Hardy received his degree: — "In 1886 Mr 

 Hardy became sole Honorary Secretary of the Berwickshire 

 Naturalists' Club, and during these eighteen years he may 

 best be described as the life and soul of the Club. Suffice 

 it to add that his able and valuable contributions to its 



* See farther reference fco Mr Batters' Paper at end of Address. 



