The Irish Naturalist, 



April, 



Colours to be wj-^'^/.— Steps should be taken after consulting with carto- 

 graphic experts to obtain uniformity in the printing of colovirs, a point 

 on which some difficulty has been experienced in the past. The question 

 of deciding upon a uniform comprehensive scheme of colours for repre- 

 senting the British plant-associations should be deferred for the present, 

 pending further experience and consultation. 



Photographs— K collection of photographic prints of vegetation should 

 be made, each print to illustrate a definite association or feature of an 

 association, or a definite plant form characteristic of an association. The 

 quality of the negative from which prints are accepted should reach a 

 high standard. There should be no limit of size up to whole plate. 

 Prints should be sent in unmounted and accompanied by a detailed ex- 

 planation. The collection will be mounted on cards, properly arranged 

 and indexed, w^ill be kept in a definite place to be decided on later, and 

 will be available for reference. 



At the next meeting of the Committee, which will probably be held in 

 March, 1905, the provisional resolutions and constitution of the Com- 

 mittee will come up for confirmation. It is also proposed to consider at 

 that meeting a scheme of terminology of the units of vegetation, which 

 can be communicated to the International Botanical Congress to beheld 

 at Vienna in June, 1905. 



It may be of interest to make a short statement of the progress which 

 has actually been made up to the present time with the work of survey 

 and mapping. 



Areas mapped and published, or about to be published. 

 BNGI.AND AND SCOTl^AND. 



1. W. G. Smith & Moss. ] Yorkshire (West Riding), The Pennines 



1^ and eastward to the Vale of York. About 

 I 1,700 square miles. Scale ^-in. (Geog. 



2. W. G. Smith & Rankin, j Journ. 1903). 



3. IvBwis. The Pennines and Upper Valleys of the Eden and Tees. 



About 560 square miles. Scale i-in. (Geog. Journ. 1904.) 

 ^ 4. Moss. East Somerset. About 1,000 square miles. Scale ^-in. 



5. Robert Smith. Northern Perthshire. About 900 square miles. 



Scale |-in. (Scot. Geog. Mag. 1900). 



6. Robert Smith. Edinburgh District. About 700 square miles 



Scale \-\\\, (Scot. Geog. Mag. 1900). 

 ' 7. W. G. Smith and (the late) R. Smith. Forfar and Fife. About 

 1,500 square miles. Scale |-in. (Scot. Geog. Mag. 

 1904-5). 



Areas under ^//m^;'. —Messrs. Lloyd Praeger and Pethybridge, Co. 

 Dublin (Ireland), ; Mr. Hardy (Scotland), west of Forfar, Fife and Perth- 

 shire, and northwards ; Mr. Rankin, I^ancashire west of the Pennines, 



1 In the Press. 



