26 S :Mi:r/iixc;s. 



At the conclusion oF tlie lecture Mr. Lester-(iarland exhibited 

 a fine series of Al])ine and Norwegian ])lants, mostly col- 

 lected hy himself. 



Monihlij Mcctiiu/ held on April I7th, 1907, Mr. F. L. Tdnnrr, 

 Jj.J).S., in the chair. 



^Ir. E. D. Marqiiand exhibited a s[)ecimen of the Morell 

 { MorchcUa esculenta) a very interesting addition to the 

 Fungus-fiora of Guernsey, which is a rich one, over six 

 hundred species being on record. Particulars about the 

 occurrence of the Morell in this island will be found in the 

 Botanical Report. 



The Hon. Secretary read a paper by Mr. C. Cox on 

 " St. Peter-Port in bygone times," illustrated by an excellent 

 plan of the old Town prepared by the author. This valuable 

 historical paper is printed in the following pages. A lengthy 

 discussion ensued, in the course of which it was suggested 

 that there may have been at least one more gate in the ToAvn 

 wall, viz., in Berthelot Street, which was one of the oldest in 

 St. Peter-Port. Col. C. Durand said he had always under- 

 stood that the old house at the corner of Berthelot Street 

 (noAv the Savings Bank) was formerly the Town Rectory, 

 and tradition had it that a subterranean passage existed 

 between it and the church, for the use of the officiating priest, 

 but, although excavations had been made deep down in the 

 course of improvements, no trace had been found of such a 

 passage. The construction of the Commercial Arcade was 

 also discussed, and many curious old traditions referred to. 

 It was suggested that another j)aper should be Avritten tracing 

 the great changes that have taken place in the Town during 

 the last fifty years. 



Mr. E. D. Mar([uan(l made some extempore remarks 

 giving the result of observations on the two forms of Primrose 

 flowers and their distribution in this island. These notes are 

 embodied in a paper which is ])ublished in the present 

 Trunaactions.^ so as to be available for comparison with the 

 results in other parts of the United Kingdom. 



Monthlij Meeting held on October 16th, 1907, Col. T. W. M. 

 De Guerin in the cliuir. 



Mr. A. L. Chalmers, of La Corbiere, was unanimously 

 elected a member of the Society. 



