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the members were present^ it being understood that the question of the 

 desirability of securing another room for the Society was to be discussed. 

 After some discussion it was decided to take certain new premises, and a 

 committee was chosen to look after the matter, and make what internal 

 arrangements were necessary to adapt them to the requirements of the 

 Society. As so much time had been taken up by other matters, the 

 naming of the botanical specimens had to be postponed, Mr. Wentworth 

 naming a few of the rarer ones, viz., Gentauria solstitialis, C. calcitrapa, 

 Adonis autumnalis, Anthemis tinctoria, A. cotula, Pulicaria dysenterica, 

 Carum carui, Cichorium Intyhus, Centauria scahiosa, and Bidens tripartita. 

 The taking of new premises it is thought will be of great benefit to the 

 Society, and will advance its usefulness ; already it has a collection of 

 specimens and the nucleus of a library, both of which are steadily 

 increasing. 



GooLE Scientific Society. — The last excursion of the season was 

 made on August 26th, to Newbald and Drewton Vale, near Brough. On 

 their arrival at Newbald, after visiting the church — a handsome Norman 

 structure — the party proceeded to a spot about a quarter of a mile above 

 the village, where some copious springs of clear sparkling water issue 

 from the base of the chalk, at a height of about 150 feet above sea level. 

 The temperature of the springs was found to be 51° Fah. , and by a rough 

 measurement they were found to yield nearly 350,000 gallons per diem. 

 By the springs grew Sagina nodosa, Parnassia palustris, Menyanthes 

 trifoliata, Pinguicida vulgaris, Anagallis tenella, Bartramia calcarea, 

 Hypnum Kneiffii, and other interesting plants. The road was then taken 

 to Drewton Yale — a picturesque ravine winding up among the Wolds, 

 At the head of this valley is a bold projecting mass of brecciated chalk, 

 known as St. Austin's Stone, and at the bottom runs a stream similar to 

 that at Newbald. Ah^opa Belladonna grows abundantly in Drewton Vale, 

 to all appearance native, and Baponaria officinalis was found by the side 

 of the stream, but with semi-double flowers, no doubt escaped from some 

 garden, it having formerly been cultivated for washing purposes, as it 

 contains a principle called saponine, which, forms a lather with water. 

 Between Brough and Newbald a characteristic limestone flora was 

 observed ; the more noteworthy plants being Reseda hitea, Cerastium 

 arvense, Rhamnus catharticus, Rosa mollissima, Bryonia dioica, Gornus 

 sanguinea, Pimpinella saxifraga, Garduus nutans, Garlina vulgaris, Ghry- 

 santhemum segetum, Garifipanula glomerata, Nepeta Gataria, and Asplenium, 

 Ruta-muraria. Sections were seen of the lower oolite in quarries near 

 Brough and South Cave ; of the upper green-sand in a pit near Drewton 

 Vale ; of the chalk marl in the bed of the stream in the vale ; and of the 

 chalk^ on the Wolds ; few fossils, however, were found, and those not 

 sufiiciently well preserved to be identified. Of moUusca only Helix 

 virgata and H. ericetorum were taken. — H. F. Parsons, M.D., Hon. Sec. 



