Yorkshire Naturalists at Leeds. 



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Cudworth (September, Saturday) ; Fung-us Foray, Roche Abbey 

 and Maltby Woods (23rd September to 28th September). 



On the invitation of the Bradford Societies the next annual 

 meeting- will be held at Bradford. The election of Mr. G. W. 

 Lamplug-h, F.G.S., as president of the Union for 1905, was 

 confirmed. 



The members had tea together at the Grand Central Hotel, 

 after which they met in the Lecture Theatre at the Museum, to 

 hear Mr. A. H. Pawson's admirable presidential address, which 

 appears on another pag^e. During- the delivery of this the chair 

 was occupied by Mr. H. C. Marsh, who made some interesting- 

 remarks on the value of Field Clubs. 



After the delivery of the address a conversazione was held in 

 the Museum and adjoining rooms, by the invitation of the Leeds 

 Naturalists' Club, Geological Association, Co-operative Field 

 Club, and Conchological Club. Messrs. Godfrey Bingley and 

 C. B. Howdill exhibited a series of geological and architectural 

 photographs by the aid of the lantern. i\mongst the special 

 exhibits arranged for the meeting were the following : — Experi- 

 ments with Radium and other Radioactive Substances, by Mr. 



F. W. Branson ; Coleoptera, by Mr. H. Ostheide ; ' Phasmidse' 

 (insects protected by their resemblance), by Messrs. J. Wad- 

 dington and A. Hodgson ; Exotic Butterflies, by Messrs. H. C. 

 Marsh and P. Kitchen ; British Butterflies, by Mr. S. W. Judge ; 

 British Butterflies and Moths (showing Life Histories), by Mr. 



G. B. Stanger ; Butterflies, by Mr. J. Grassham ; Water Glass 

 Weeds, by Messrs. Wm. Wallace and J. Hemborough ; Group 

 of Lions and Ornithological Specimens, by Mr. A. White ; 

 Stereoscopic Slides of Yorkshire Nests and Birds, and Wild 

 Flowers, by Mr. Riley Fortune ; Land and Fresh Water 

 Shells, by Messrs. J. W. Taylor, W. Harrison Hutton, J. E. 

 Crowther, and T. Castle ; Selection from Hough's American 

 Woods ; Cases illustrating the Dispersal of Seeds ; One Vol. of 

 Nicholson's ' Herbarium,' by Mr. S. Margerison ; Specimens of 

 Typical Trees and Timber, by Dr. W. G. Smith and Mr. J. G. 

 Wilkinson ; Local Coal Plants, by Mr. J. W. Bond ; Microscopy, 

 Messrs. W. G. Smith, Wm. West, F. A. Mason, and C. A. 

 Cheetham ; Illustrations of Old Leeds, by the Thoresby Society, 

 per Mr. B. P. Scattergood, M.A. ; Lantern Slides in Frames, 

 by Messrs. A. R. Dvverryhouse, W. Parsons, and Godfrey 

 Bingley ; Latest Maps (colour-printed) of the Geological Survey, 

 exhibited by the University of Leeds : Polished Agates, by Mr. 

 AlbertThornes ; Geological Photograph Albums, by the Yorkshire 



1905 January 2. 



