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When the British Pteridological Society held its annual 

 meeting at Arnside in 1912, the principal outing was to 

 Whitbarrow Scar, and I was able to indicate to the 

 members of the Society — including Messrs. Druery, 

 Cranfield, Henwood, Boyd, Edwards, Bell, Smithies and 

 others — the dell in which P. dryopteris plumosum was 

 found, and also in close proximity where the record was 

 broken by Messrs. Christopherson and Sargeant finding 

 Polystichum lonchitis at an altitude of under 400 feet. 

 One of these plants was shewn by me at the Arnside 

 meeting, and was declared to be a true Lonchitis.''' 



THE AUGUST MEETING. 



For the reasons given in the Editorial Notes, the meeting 

 this year was held purely pro forma at the residence of the 

 Hon. Secretary, 11, Shaa Road, Acton, W., at 12 noon on 

 Monday, August 2nd, 191 5. The balance sheet being 

 produced as audited by Mr. J. J. Smithies, the following 

 resolutions were passed (by means of proxies sent to the 

 Hon. Secretary), to which we append the list of officers as 

 re-elected, and also the balance sheet, shewing a balance 

 to the credit of the Society of £76 2s. iod., which may be 

 regarded as extremely satisfactory under the adverse 

 conditions of the war: — 



RESOLUTIONS. 



1. That the accounts and balance sheet as audited be 



approved. 



2. That the Officers and Committee of the Society be 



re-elected for the ensuing year. 



3. That the annual excursion (to South Wales) proposed 



for 1915 be held — subject to the war — in 1916. 



4. That the Hon. Secretary be requested to continue the 



