Lowe, the official photographer, and see his wonderful coloured slides. 

 The Lecturer was introduced by the Mayor and with him on the platform 

 were our President and Captain John Noel, official photographer to the 

 1924 expedition, whom we all know. 



Another interesting event was a joint meeting arranged at Wye 

 College between the Society and Wye College Natural History Club. 

 Members of both were invited to show and discuss slides of rare local 

 plants — a very worth while and profitable meeting. 



An important summer fixture was the Grass Foray arranged by 

 Mr. C. Hubbard of Kew in place of a lecture which he had to cancel. 

 About 20 members were able to participate in this most enjoyable and 

 instructive expedition, including a visitor who came over from Whitstable. 

 Mr. Hubbard's new book on Grasses, just published by Penguin Books, 

 Ltd., should be secured without delay. 



The Flower Show was held for three days this year and in con- 

 sequence was looked forward to with some trepidation, but the sunless 

 weather, so unkind to holiday makers and gardeners, enabled our exhibits 

 to stand up remarkably well. Throughout the Show the stewards were 

 kept busy answering questions and the Society's thanks are due to all 

 those who helped to make the exhibit a success. 



We have had more enquiries than usual from visitors and visiting 

 botanists about local wild flowers and Mrs. Walton's telephone has been 

 working overtime. Mrs. Walton also arranged a botanical outing to 

 Dungeness for physical training students from Dartford ; other fixtures 

 for them had to be cancelled owing to the weather. 



The exhibits jars at the Museum will be replaced as soon as it is 

 possible to get the right kind at a reasonable price. Members of the 

 Society have been asked to examine the herbaria and re-arrange the 

 bird exhibits at the Museum. This work is in progress. Sometime 

 ago Mr. Morley sorted and set out some of the entomological specimens. 



The rules of the Society are revised periodically and the latest 

 revision was issued to members last season. An innovation is the setting 

 up of sub-committees to deal with various aspects of the Society's 

 business. It is hoped that this will broaden the basis of responsibility, 

 increase interest, and enable the business to be more effectively carried 

 out. 



The Secretary and a number of our members attended the S.E. 

 Union of Scientific Societies' Congress at Maidstone in June, and Mrs. 

 Walton, as delegate of the Society, attended the British Association 

 Meeting at Oxford in September. 



The Secretary. 



