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In January a short paper was contributed by the 

 contributed Chairman on the Cruciferae. In March the Chair- 

 man gave a short account of plant tissues, illus- 

 trated by lantern slides prepared by Dr. Dixon. In April a short 

 paper was contributed by A, Scott, Esq., B.A., on the leading 

 characteristics and life history of a Composite, illustrated by 

 diagrams and specimens. 



Summer During the summer, excursions were made to Little- 



Excursions sea ' Talbot Bog, Christchurch Meadows, Wootton, 

 and Corfe Castle. Many interesting plants were 

 observed and collected, the excursions being most enjoyable and 

 well attended. 



Several members were very active on their own account, and, 

 forming small parties, undertook excursions to the Isle of Wight, 

 Clifton, Torquay, Brandsbury, Hartley (Kent), Weston-super-Mare, 

 Swanage, Weymouth and district, and Wareham. 



Bournemouth ma ^ ^ e °^ * nterest *° no * e that the Bournemouth 

 , Lily (Simethis bicolor) which was threatened with 



y ' extermination, owing to the site upon which it 



grew having been acquired for building purposes, has flowered this 

 year in the Public Gardens, where a number of the bulbs were placed 

 in the hope of preserving the species from destruction. This is very 

 satisfactory, as the plant thrives only under certain conditions of 

 light and moisture (see Plate II.). 



Chairman: J. E. Liddiard, Esq., F.R.G.S. 



. The first meeting of the section was held in the 



*if 0? p raP Society's rooms on November 21st, 1908, when a 



p iV\ * nC0= paper was read by A. Scott, Esq., B.A., entitled 

 cusw-l- " Notes made at the Franco-British Exhibition on 



bxnibation. the Geographical Exhibits." In the course of his 

 remarks the lecturer suggested that great advantages might arise, 

 if, in future the educational exhibits generally were arranged accord- 

 ing to subjects. Had this plan been adopted, comparison between 

 various methods of teaching geography and the illustrations 

 employed for that purpose, would have been much facilitated. He 

 thought great advance was shown in the " Graphic " maps relating 

 to facts connected with temperature, rainfall, barometric pressure, 

 &c, and, indeed, that nothing was more striking than the progress 

 observable in map production generally and in the increasing atten- 

 tion given in English schools to both map construction and map 



