118 MEETINGS. 



Mr. E. D. Marquand next contributed a most valuable 

 paper on " The Flowering Plants of Guernsey." It embodies 

 the result of the author's researches during the past three 

 years, and records nothing but what he has personally 

 observed and noted. It is the first complete list of flowering 

 plants of the island since Professor Babington's, published 

 fifty years ago. Mr. Marquand supplemented his paper (which 

 is printed in the following pages) with some very interesting 

 statistics, tending to show the richness of the phanerogamic 

 flora of Guernsey as compared size for size with (a) the whole 

 of Great Britain, ( b) the county of Hampshire, including the 

 Isle of Wight, and (c) the district comprised in a radius of 

 twelve miles from Plymouth. The proportion of rare plants 

 to the entire number recorded was also worked out, as well as 

 the relative number of representatives in each of the eight or 

 nine leading orders. At the close of the paper a very hearty 

 vote of thanks was accorded to Mr. Marquand, the paper 

 being considered by far the most valuable one contributed 

 since the foundation of the Society nine years ago. 



Annual Meeting held October 30th, 1891. 



The chair was taken by Mr. E. D. Marquand, in the 

 absence of the President and Vice-President through indis- 

 position. 



The following Report of the Council was read by the 

 Honorary Secretary, Mr. W. Sharp : — 



" The Council, in presenting you the 9th Annual Report, 

 have much pleasure in recording that the increased interest 

 in the work of the Society shown last year has been continued 

 during the one just closed. Indoor meetings have been 

 held regularly every month, and have been, as a rule, 

 well attended. Valuable and interesting papers have been 

 read, and the useful information therein contained has served 

 to keep alive the interest in such matters as it is the special 

 object of the Society to deal with. The formation of a 

 Geological section has given an impetus to the study of that 

 branch of our work, and the amount done during the past 

 few summer months augurs well for the future. A detailed 

 account of the doings of this section will be presented you by 

 the energetic Secretary of the section. 



" Though no excursion out of the island has been held this 

 year, a new departure has been made in the shape of a weekly 

 out-door meeting (when the weather permitted) during the 

 summer months. These have proved a great success, and 



