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flepcrt of ike ^zhqaU to the § ritish 

 JUsociation, 19X2. 



Oir Daniel Morris presented a brief Report as Delegate of the 

 ^ Bournemouth Natural Science Society at the Conference of 

 Corresponding Societies at the meeting of the British Association 

 for the Advancement of Science at Dundee in September, 1912. 



The Chairman of the Conference was Professor F. O. Bower, 

 F.R.S., of Glasgow; the Vice-Chairman, Harold W. T. Wager, 



F. R.S. (H.M. Inspector of Secondary Schools); and the Secretary, 

 Mr. W. P. D. Stebbing. 



At the opening meeting on September 5th the Chairman gave 

 a memorable address on Sir Joseph Dalton Hooker, O.M., 



G. C.S.I., F.R.S., the distinguished botanist and formerly Director 

 of the Royal Gardens at Kew. The address comprised a 

 biographical sketch and a valuable summary of the various lines 

 of research in which this illustrious man of science excelled. Sir 

 Joseph was born in 1817 and died in 191 1 in his 94th year. His 

 record is hardly to be equalled in any walk of intellectual life. 



The following is a list of some of the subjects discussed at the 

 Conference : — 



(a) " The Results obtained by the British Mycological Society 

 on certain Fungoid Pests/' by Miss A. Lorrain Smith, 



F.L.S. 



(b) 44 A Preliminary Report of the Selborne Society's Com- 

 mittee for the State Protection of Wild Plants," by Mr. 

 A. R. Horwood. 



(c) li The Brent Valley Bird Sanctuary: An Experiment in 



Bird Protection " (with lantern illustration), by Mr. 

 Wilfred Mark Webb, F.L.S. 



(d) " Highland Lochs," by Mr. A. Newlands. 



The subject of the Protection of Animals and Plants was also 

 brought forward by Dr. Chalmers Mitchell, F.R.S., President of 

 Section D (Zoology). At the second meeting of the Conference of 

 Delegates of Corresponding Societies on September 10th the same 

 subject was fully dealt with. In this leading members of Section 

 K (Botany) took part. A summary of the discussion and the 

 general conclusions arrived at will be published in the report of the 

 Corresponding Societies Committee. A copy of this Report will 

 be communicated to the Secretary and laid on the table for refer- 

 ence. Previous Reports of a similar character are filed in the 

 Library. 



