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demesne, which occupies about 500 acres, all finely timbered, the tries 

 being in great variety. Even in the days of Arthur Young this demesne 

 was well known to students of forestry. The party was shown by Mr. 

 Brooke through the grounds and gardens and the well-preserved Imokilly 

 Castle, where the celebrated Lord Broghill (the first Earl of Orrery) died 

 in 1679. In the " Camellia Garden " a fine specimen of the Golden 

 Wellingtonia was seen. Squirrels were found to be established in the 

 woods here, as in many other woods in the county. The barony of 

 Imokilly, in which Castlemartyr is situated, has much to interest the 

 student of animal folk-lore, being rich in legends of enchanted animals, 

 some of which are partially preserved in the place names of the district. 



September 18. — Excursion to Munster Institute. — A party of 

 sixteen assembled at O'Neill Crowley Bridge, when the conductor, John 

 Griffin, began by calling the attention of members to a pool south of 

 tlu" bridge, where, in w^hat, a few years ago, was a sandpit, many species 

 of w^ater plants now grow, and explained the manner in which such plants 

 spread themselves. Proceeding to a lane between Victoria Cross and 

 Dennehy's Cross the alien plant, £nm<s alpimts, was found well establishe d 

 on a wall, and an opportunity was afforded of explaining the development 

 of Ergot. Further on in the lane the fruit farm of Mr. Thomas Jennings 

 was reached. Here much was found to interest the members. The 

 adjoining grounds of the Munster Institute were next entered. Prof. 

 Swain gave a short account of the geology of the River Lee near the 

 Institute, Having been shown over the gardens by the conductor, the 

 members w^alked back to the city. Among the plants noted on tlie 

 excursion were : — Elodea canadensis, Pulicaria dysenterica, Spavganhtm 

 natans, Callitriche verna, Linum catharticum. Two places in which the 

 King -fisher has been known to breed in recent years were pointed out 

 on the return journey. 



October 13. — Excursion to Dunscombe's Wood,- — Owing to 

 unfavourable weather, the number of members who walked from Thomas 

 Davis Bridge to " Dunscombe's Wood," Mount Desert (visited by 

 permission of Mr, G. W. Dunscombe, B.L.) was somewhat small. The 

 study of Fungi was the object of this meeting, and a collection, fairly 

 representative of the commoner orders, was made. The system of 

 classification, method of identification, &c., were explained by the 

 condvictor, Miss B. E, Duke. 



NOTES. 



BOTANY. 



Orchis pyramidalis on Lambay. 



Orchis pyramidalis was omitted, owing to my inadvertence, from the 

 list of additions to the Lambay flora, which was printed in the April 

 issue of the Irish Naturalist {supra, p, 71). The plant in question was 

 found in the Castle enclosure in the summer of 1908. 



Cecil Baring- 



