Reports of Societies. 



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The minutes were taken as read. On the roll-call it was found that the 

 60 or 70 members present during the day represented 14 societies, viz : — 

 Barnsley, Wakefield, Elland -cum - Greetland, Bradford Naturalists, 

 Leeds (3), Goole, Selby, Huddersfield Lit. and Scient., Dewsbury, 

 Halifax, Ilkley, and Shipley. The following new members, having been 

 duly proposed and seconded, were elected : — Mr. J. F. T. Spiking of 

 Birstall, Mr. J. S. Hurst of Copt Hewick Hall, near Ripon, Rev. Henry 

 Smith of Redcar, Mr. G. H. L. Rickards of Poole, near Otley, Mr. R. 

 Paver-Crow, J. P., of Ornhams Hall, near Boroughbridge, Dr. S. H- 

 Kerr, M.A., of Otley, and Mr. James Backhouse, jun., of York. Thanks 

 were then unanimously voted, on the proposition of Messrs. John 

 Grassham, Leeds, and Vincent Taylor, Ilkley, to Lord Walsingham, Mr. 

 Ayscough Fawkes, J. P., of Farnley, and the Leeds Corporation, for 

 permission to visit their estates and the margins of the reservoirs, and to 

 Mr. Harrison, Lord Walsingham's agent, for guiding one of the parties. 

 There was a little discussion as to the Union being represented at the 

 Southport meeting of the British Association, and it was agreed that in 

 case of the inability of the president to attend, his place should be taken 

 by Mr. C. P. Hobkirk, F.L.S., of Huddersfield, a member of the Y.N.U. 

 executive. The sectional reports were then given. For the Botanical 

 Section Mr. P. F. Lee, Dewsbury, secretary of the section, stated that 

 the picturesque little valley had during the day yielded 252 different 

 species of the flowering plants, ferns, charas, &c., contained in the 

 London Catalogue of British Plants. Of these, 13 were ferns — without 

 doubt a goodly list, considering the limited area worked— among them 

 being Asplenium Ceterach, Nephrodium spinulosum, N. Oreopteris 

 (abundant on the margin of Dob Wood), and Polypodium Phegopteris. 

 In the list of phanerogams collected were the undermentioned, as repre- 

 senting the best finds : — Ranunculus Lenormandi, Yiola tricolor, sub-sp. 

 lutea, var. amcena (on the summit of the left bank of Washburn Dale), 

 Malva Moschata, Gnaphalium sylvaticum, Lactuca muralis. Campanula 

 latifolia, Linaria minor, Veronica montana, Galeopsis Tetrahit, sub-sp. 

 epeciosa (G. versicolor, Curt.j, Humulus lupulus, Typha latifolia, the 

 broad-leaved Helleborine, Epipactis latifolia. On the margin of a mill- 

 race in the lower part of the valley were fine tussocks of the great 

 panicled sedge, Carex paniculata, with nearly 4ft. stems ; the graceful 

 Aira caryophyllea, and Chara flexilis. Mr. H. T. Soppitt reported having 

 seen and collected 33 species of fungi, amongst which were Helotium 

 seruginosum, Calocera viscosa, Coleosporium campanulse, Puccinea 

 poarum, Uredo vacciniorum. Boletus luteus, B. flavus, Lactarius rufus,, 

 Marasmius rotula. For the Geological Section its president, Mr, Davis, 

 reported that it had been intended to drive from Harrogate to Blubber- 

 houses, and thence walk down the valley to Otley, but the weather 

 during the early part of the day being unfavourable, a short excursion 

 was made to the millstone grit quarry at Little Wonder, Harrogate, 

 where the president gave a brief outline of the geo'logy of the distriet^ 



