GBNERAIi NOTES 



Since the publication of the last 

 Transactions in 19U9-50, several changes have 

 taken place in the Society. 



Owing to illness, Mr. A.M. Morley was obliged 

 to resign the Presidency, to everyone's regret. 

 ThQ Society owes him a very great debt, for when 

 Mr. John Walton retired from the Secretaryship for 

 reasons of health, after 25 years of devoted 

 service, Mr. Morley* s enthusiasm and wide knowledge 

 v/ere of inestimable value to a new and inex- 

 perienced secretary who was also a stranger to 

 Folkestone. 



Our next President, Mrs John Walton v/as a 

 very popular choice, since she continued the 

 "Walton tradition". She was the Society's first 

 woman President. Under her energetic leadership 

 a number of young people took an increasing 

 interest in natural history and a Cadet Branch 

 was instituted, at an annual subscription of 2s. 6d. 

 for persons under 16. Visitii^gbot^nists to the 

 district are readily given the benefit of her 

 advice, and it was during her Presidency that the 

 "List of V/ild Flowers, Ferns and Mosses of 

 Folkestone and District" was published. This v/as 

 based on the work of the late Mr. G.C. Walton ,F.L.S., 



and most of the cost of production was borne by 

 her and Mr. Walton. Most unfortunately, her term 

 of office was cut short by the continued ill 

 health of Mr. Walton and her consequent occupation 

 with domestic duties, and her resignation was a 

 great disappointment. 



The Society is fortunate in having as her 

 successor, Mr. T.W. Birch v/ho has already given 

 much of his time as a committee member and Vice- 

 President, and whose enthusiasm and experience are 



greatly appreciated. We welcome him as our new 

 President, 



