The Flower Show's new site in Radnor Park was a great improve- 

 ment. It was very satisfactory that the Society's exhibit was described 

 as colourful since we were staged amongst brilliant hued greenhouse 

 plants. 



Lt.-Col. C. Duffield has resigned from the Secretaryship of the 

 Entomological Section owing to pressure of work ; he is hoping to 

 publish shortly a book on the ecology of his district. We welcome 

 Mr. L. C. Bushby, F.R.E.S., F.Z.S., as the new Entomological Secretary. 



Miss G. Meanwell's term of office as Botanical Secretary was 

 terminated by ill-health and we accepted her resignation with regret. 

 Mrs. D. Standford, whose interest in wild plants is well known, is the 

 new Secretary. 



Mr. A. M. Morley visited Western Australia during the summer and 

 brought back a number of specimens of Lepidoptera, which he has 

 presented to the British Museum of Natural History. 



At the last Council Meeting of the East Kent Federation of Women's 

 Institutes, Miss D. Long proposed a resolution condemning the indis- 

 criminate use of selective weed killers on roadside verges. 



Mrs. Walton will be glad if members will report to her any cases 

 of closure of rights of ways and bridle paths. Strong representations 

 have resulted in the replacement of a footbridge over the canal near 

 Aldington. 



The Entomological and Ornithological Sections have experienced 

 certain difficulties in arranging events and in attracting new supporters. 

 It is a comparatively simple matter for the Botanical section to arrange a 

 ramble for any number of people, but it is clearly impossible for some 

 sections to conduct field work on a similar scale and it is hoped that 

 their members will undertake as much individual field work as possible 

 and publish their findings in the Transactions. It would be helpful 

 if a Geological Section were started as it is possible for large parties to 

 engage in field work of this character without detriment to the specimens. 



The following suggestions for the better working of the sections 

 **«6 drawn up at a recent Committee Meeting :- 



(1) The purpose of the sections is to be regarded as facilitating the 

 exchange of views by specialists ; to encourage the publishing of the 

 results of original research ; and to interest and assist beginners and 

 non-specialists. (2) The sections should remain in their present form. 

 (3) Efforts should be made to encourage interested beginners. (4) Field 

 work should be regarded as an essential function. (5) As section audiences 

 at the winter meetings are inevitably small, talks might profitably be 

 given by members and friends from the neighbourhood rather than 

 lecturers from a distance. (6) Arrangements should be considered 

 whereby occasional talks could be arranged between the sections to 

 further their co-ordination for the benefit of themselves and the Society, 



The Secretary. 



