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Sectional meeting. Miss C. Agnes Rooper 

 Jan. 5, 191 1. presided. For this meeting members had been 

 invited to ask questions on botanical subjects to be answered by 

 Miss Rooper and others. Miss Chidell desired information about 

 the Cyperacea. Mr. Parmiter read a short paper on the 

 Halophytes (Salt-worts). Miss Chidell exhibited fruit of the 

 Calvery Clover ; Mr. Parmiter some fossils ; Mr. Le Jeune some 

 leaves attacked by rusts. Finally Miss Rooper described the 

 structure of Lichens illustrated by diagrams. 



Sectional Meeting. (Botanical, Microscopical and 

 Feb. 9, 191 1. Zoological.) Mr. Wells presided. A demon- 

 stration was given by the Rev. L. T. Garland of a very fine series 

 of slides of botanical and zoological specimens by means of a 

 projection lantern microscope. 



A Sectional meeting was held (Miss C. Agnes 

 arc 10, 191 1. R 00 p er j n c hair) when a paper was read by Sir 

 Daniel Morris in behalf of Mr. George Massee, f.l.s., of the Royal 

 Gardens, Kew, on the mildew attacking the Japanese Euonymus 

 (Oidium Euonymi-japonicae). Specimens of leaves were exhibited 

 with the mildew and the life history of the Oidium was fully 

 explained with diagrams. (The paper with an illustration appears 

 in this volume, p. 81.) 



Expedition to Bailey's Gate and Lychett 

 March 25, 191 1. MaltraverSi Party consisted of Mr. F. V. 



Sherring, f.l.s.., Miss Chidell, Miss M. Chidell. Flowers reported 

 were Viola odorata, Narcissus Pseudo-Narcissus, Barren Strawberry, 

 Dogwood in bud, etc. 



Sectional meeting. Miss C. Agnes Rooper under- 

 ^pn 7> I9 11 * took to answer botanical questions asked by the 

 members. Mr. Parmiter inquired if the Mosses were derived from 

 Algae in the chain of descent. Mr- Sherring exhibited his specimens 

 of dried Characese, Equisetaceae and Ferns. 



The season was so hot and dry that few excursions by the 

 whole Section were taken, but individual work was very successfully 

 carried out. The working Section has benefited by new members 

 but it has lost much by the departure of Dr. Dixon to another 

 sphere of work. 



The chief districts covered this year by excursions and 

 individual work were as follows : — 



Freshwater, I. of W. Wool. 



Wareham. Christchurch. 



Corfe Castle and River. Morden Decoy. 



West Moors. Hatchet Pond. 



Swanage. Ringwood. 



Tarrant Valley. Holmsley. 



Verwood. Studland. 



