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YORKSHIRE NATURALISTS' UNION. 
before or the morning of an excursion, to prepare a programme 
stating the route and the special objects of each day's excursion ; 
this programme to be posted up at headquarters, so that any 
memljer could consult it." It was pointed out that members on 
arrival could ascertain at once the day's programme, and that 
it would assist members in selecting the party most suited to their 
special branch of field-work. 
The Convener showed the collection of Seeds available for 
identification at the University of Leeds. This collection is 
in use for identifying seeds found as impurities in cultivated 
seed ; also seeds found in the crops of birds, and in other ways. 
It was proposed to obtain the names of seeds in possession of other 
collectors, and to combine all together into a single list, which 
will show what seeds were still required to complete the collections* 
Several items on the Agenda could not be fully discussed 
within the time at the disposal of this meeting. The proposed in- 
vestigation of Yorkshire peat deposits led to a short discussion 
of the best methods of securing and packing samples, and in order 
to settle some difficulties it was agreed to organise a field-trial. 
The claims of the Fossil Flora of the Secondary Rocks to fuller 
investigation was somewhat pessimistically received, but it was 
agreed to call the attention of geologists in North-East and East 
Yorkshire to the importance of work in this direction. Mr. 
Margerison's suggestion to obtain records of trees and woods at the 
higher altitudes in Yorkshire, information much needed by the 
forester, had to be deferred. Details are required as to place, 
altitude, geology, character of soil, aspect and exposure to wind, 
moisture of soil, rainfall, slope, species, density of crop, measure- 
ments of trees, health of crop, date of planting, character of 
vegetation on adjoining area, or as many of these as possible. 
The following were elected for 1908 : — 
Chairman — Prof. P. F. Kendall, Leeds. 
Convener — Dr. W. G. Smith, Leeds. 
Representative on Executive — P. F. Kendall. 
Representatives of Committees and Sections — A. White, Leeds; 
G. T. Porritt, Huddersfield; W. Hewett, York; J. W. 
Taylor, Leeds ; J. F. Robinson, Hull ; W. West, 
Bradford; W. Ingham, York; J. E. Wilson, Ilkley; 
Godfrey Bingley, Leeds ; F. F. Walton, Hull ; and 
K. McLean, Harrogate. 
Yorkshire Hymenoptera, Hemiptera, and Diptera 
Committee.— A number of examples of Hymenoptera and a few 
Hemiptera and Diptera have been sent in, including a very few 
which have been collected at the Union Field-Meetings, and are 
at present in the hands of the Referees. 
