14 
The Irish Naturalist. 
January^ 
BELFAST NATURALISTS' FIELD CLUB 
October 27. — Annual Conversazione was held in the Carlton Hall, 
Fountain Street, when a most enjoyable evening was spent by a large 
number of members and their friends. The various sections of the Club 
were well represented by numerous interesting exhibits, which were 
carefully inspected by those to whom they afforded special interest. After 
tea had been partaken of, the President (R. Lloyd Praeger) gave an 
address upon " Photographing Wild Flowers in the West of Ireland." 
The address, which was keenly enjoyed by the audience, was illustrated 
by numerous lantern slides from photographs taken by R. J. Welch, 
several of which had been obtained by the photographer under very 
difficult circumstances. At the close of the meeting ten new members 
were admitted to the Club, after their names had been duly proposed 
and seconded. A condensed list of the exhibits is as follows : — 
Zoology. — N. H. Foster : books showing recorded distribution of 
Woodlice, Mjnriopods and False Scorpions in Ireland. Joseph Wright : 
Foraminifera. Botany. — S. A. Bennett : Plants from Seaforde, England, 
also some recently found in Antrim and Down. Miss S. Blackwood : 
Plants collected, 1915. N. Carrothers : Introduced plants from Down 
and Antrim. Miss M. W. Rea : Mounted seaweeds from Ballycastle. 
A. W. Stelfox : Irish Mossy Saxifrages arranged on miniature rock-garden. 
Rev. C. H. Waddell : Collection of special plants. Geology.^ — Miss E. 
Andrews : Minerals collected by the late Miss M. K. Andrews in 1914. 
R. Bell : Minerals from the basalts of Antrim and Down, including 
plant remains with chabazite. Dr. Charlesworth : Amber containing 
insects. Carboniferous limestone from Castle Espie containing Actinoceras 
sp. and other interesting fossils. A. McI. Cleland : specimens from the 
cliffs of Murlough Bay. Robert May : fossils from Ballycastle coal-field, 
and a specimen of " Landscape Marble." Antiquities, &c. — R. Bell : 
Very early types of rude flint implements from Islandmagec. F. J. 
Bigger ; Ancient coloured glass from the ruined Church of St. Nicholas, 
Ardtole, Ardglass. Miss S. Blackwood : Flint implements from Toome- 
bridge. W. B. Burrows : Jade chisel, &c., from New Zealand. W. A. 
Green : Rude stone axes from site of manufacture near Cushendall. J. 
T. Greeves : Humourous print, showing method of making arrow-heads. 
A. R. Hogg : a fine series of photographs taken on the Club excursions, 
1915. R. May : " Peerman " type of rushlight candlestick from Austrian 
Silesia. B. McCoy : the loving cup presented by Lady Hamilton to 
the men on Lord Nelson's flagship. 
November 16. — The President, R. Lloyd Praeger, delivered his 
presidential address, entitled " Club Retrospects and Prospects." He 
briefly alluded to the formation of the Club in 1863, in which the moving 
spirit was the late Professor Ralph Tate. The founding of the Field 
Club was not the commencement of field work in the North of Ireland, 
for previously Templeton, Hyndman, Thompson, Patterson, and many 
others had been well known for their natural history studies and researches. 
Mr. Praeger then narrated some of his own early experiences at the time — 
thirty years since — when he joined the Club, and mentioned some of the 
