D.Inst.P.A., of the Public Parks Dept. with many coloured photographs 

 taken by himself in Holland ; and Mr. G. Fuller's remarkably beautiful 

 films of Kentish orchids and Birds of the Shore. An innovation was 

 a joint archaeological lecture in January with the Historical Association, 

 Mr. Robertson Mackay, of the Ministry of Works, giving a talk on flint 

 implements. 



The award of a gold medal for our exhibit at the Flower Show was 

 a great thrill. Those responsible for arranging the stand, Mrs. Walton, 

 Miss Elwin and her friend Miss Meetens, Mr. Merryweather and Mr. 

 and Mrs. Coveney must feel well rewarded. We heard that a friend of 

 the Society, on being told to " look what we've got ! ", said " What is 

 it ? please point it out to me ! " Like a true botanist he was looking 

 for an uncommon plant rather than a mere award ! 



The Secretary attended the S.E.U.S.S. Congress at Tunbridge 

 Wells, and Mrs. Walton the British Association Meeting at Sheffield — 

 where it rained non-stop. 



For family reasons Mrs. D. Standford has been obliged to give up 

 the botanical Secretaryship and we welcome Miss G. Fellows as her 

 successor. 



We are pleased to welcome Mr. J. R. Parkes, as Hon. Auditor. 



We had to begin the wild flower exhibit in April, instead of the 

 first week in March, as vegetation was so retarded. We were asked 

 to continue with it until mid-December to coincide with the opening 

 of the Old Folkestone Exhibition, and we were able to do so with the 

 kind assistance of the Parks Department who provided several lots of 

 specimens of shrubs. 



The maintaining of a botanical exhibit at Cheriton Library has not 

 been easy but it is expected that everything will be satisfactory next 

 season. 



The Society, with the Nature Conservancy, made strong represent- 

 ations against letting part of the Warren as a caravan site, but without 

 success. We must hope that the Council's decision will prevent the 

 hooliganism that has occurred in the Warren during the past years, in 

 which case it may do good. 



SOME FLOWERS OF THE VOSGES 



TUST upstream of Strasbourg the Rhine cuts through the mountains, 

 *' separating the German Black Forest from the French Vosges. 



In the Black Forest the rocks are chiefly igneous (granites etc.), 

 there are also outcrops of a brown or creamy sandstone (like those 

 in Sussex) which has weathered to a pure white sand, but the greater 



