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executed under the Directivity of Life"; the other, on " The 

 Increase of Colpomenia sinuosa in Britain," by A. D. Cotton, 

 Esq., F.L.S., Royal Gardens, Kew. (A summary of this appears 

 on a later page of this volume.) 



January 4th, 1912. A paper was read by the Rev. L. S. Garland, 

 M.A., on "A Sketch of the Myxomycetes." 



February 1st. A paper by Mr. Charles Parmiter, entitled 

 " How Plants Manufacture Food Materials 

 from Inorganic Substances." 



April 18th. A lecture by Maurice Prichard, Esq., on 



" Alpine Plants under Culture and in the Native 

 Haunts." The meeting was held in Trinity Hall. 



Secretary's Report. 



The Excursions of the Season, 191 2, took place on the follow- 

 ing dates : — 



Tuesday, May 14th. Corfe Castle, Nordon, Bushey, and 



Brenscombe Wood, returning by Ashey Copse. 

 Wednesday, June 12th. Abandoned. 

 Wednesday, July 10th. Wool. 



Wednesday, August 3rd. South Haven and Little Sea. 

 Wednesday, September 25th. Brockenhurst, Stockley and 

 Hawkshill enclosure. 



Four out of the five excursions arranged for were very suc- 

 cessfully carried out, the fifth, to Creech Barrow, was prevented 

 by one of the wettest days of the year. 



These excursions were supplemented by the workers going 

 on July 12th to Hinton Admiral, Highcliffe and Mudeford ; on 

 July 25th to Wareham and Stoborough ; and on September 19th 

 to Corfe Castle, Nordon and South Middlebere. 



Advantage was also taken of General and other Sectional 

 Excursions, e.g., to Cheddar, Flowers Barrow, New Forest, 

 Somerley, Southampton and Studland. 



A considerable number of plants have been collected ; more 

 especially by individual work of the members. Excursions of the 

 Section were greatly interfered with by the arrangements of the 

 Railway Company in the earlier months of the year, and later 

 by the abnormal or unseasonable weather. 



Special attention has again been paid to the water and bog 

 plants, rushes, sedges and pond weeds, lists of these we hope to 

 insert in the volume next year, after verification. The most 

 interesting find of the season was early in the year of Equisetum 

 hyemale, by Mr. J. F. Rayner, F.R.H.S., and Miss M. Moore, 

 near Southampton, being the first record of the county ; also a 

 very rare form of Equisetum limosum, c. polystachion (Bruck), 



