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Bog and vicinity in mid-autumn seemed rich in flowering- species,, 
and gave a very good account of its plant resources. 
Of isolated records, referred to above, it may be mentioned 
that Mr. P. Fox Lee, in the pages of the Naturalist " early in 
the year, notified the first record for the North Riding of the dwarf 
Centaury, Erythrcea ptilchella. Then the revival of the sight of the 
beautiful slipper-orchis Cypripediwn Calceolus, which has been 
observed in no fewer than three Yorkshire stations during the past 
summer, is one of those marvels of plant phenomena which should 
add zest to further search in many directions besides the orchis one. 
We thought the "slipper" had almost vanished from our cal- 
careous xerophilous tracts. We can still pray — lo7ige C. Calceolus 
floreat. Quite recently a new record for the East Riding has been 
made by Mr. Herbert Cox, of Willerby, who for the last two years 
has known of the existence of the rare dwarf thistle Cniciis (or 
Cardiius) accmlis^ near Beverley. Indications these, that 
"The ancient spirit is not dead." 
The following were elected for 1907 : — 
President— W. G. Smith, Ph.D., Leeds. 
Secretaries — H. H. Corbett, Doncaster ; J. F. Robinson, Hull 
Representative on Executive — P. Fox Lee. 
Representative on Committee of Suggestions — S. Margerison 
GeolOg'ical Section. — There has been a large attendance 
of the members of this section at all the meetings, and much 
useful work has been done. At Ingleton and Flambro' the 
geologists constituted a majority of all those present. Seldom 
have more examples of important geological phenomena been seen 
in a few hours than in the former district, and the opportunity 
was taken of inaugurating an important piece of work, namely, the 
zoning of the lower Carboniferous rocks of Yorkshire. The President 
of the section, Mr. Cosmo Johns, has been foremost in this, 
having, with some assistance from other members, devoted con- 
siderable time to the examination of sections and collection of 
specimens in North-west Yorkshire. Some of the results have 
already been published. The Flambro' meeting afforded a splendid 
opportunity of examining the Neocomian rocks under favourable 
conditions, and renewing acquaintance with the fine sections of 
chalk exposed in the cliffs of the headland and adjacent. At the 
Washburn Valley meeting attention was devoted to the "Shell 
Bed " in the Millstone Grit series. At Askern, the Permian rocks 
were inspected, and the recent deposits of the district gave rise to 
much discussion as to their origin. At Guisborough special 
attention was paid to the Cleveland ironstone, and on one of the 
evenings the President of the section read a paper on "Jurassic 
Ironstone Deposits of Great Britain." Mr. M. B. Cotsworth also 
read a paper on "The Continuous Glacial Period"; both giving 
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