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GEOLOGY. — The Geological Section will be ofliciall}' represented by Messrs. 
A. 1. Stather and J. Cosmo Johns, F.G.S. 
Mr. J. W. Stather writes : — Pocklington is situated just outside the western 
fringe of the Chalk Wolds, the town itself being on the Keuper beds (Upi)er Trias) 
-of the Vale of York. The beds likely to be seen during the excursion are : — 
(a) The Keiiper Marls, upon which Pocklington stands, occur in good section 
in a brickyard close to the railway, about a mile from the town. 
(b) The Lias, which in this neighbourhood is everywhere conformable to the 
underl)ing Keuper, and can be traced in a narrow strip along the edge of the 
•Chalk escari)ment. In following the stream up from Nunburnholme to VVarter 
the zone of Ammonites plaiiorhis may be found, and the A. angitlalus zone is seen 
between Millington and Pocklington. The overlying A. biicklandi and A. jamcsoni 
.zones are also found as the valley is ascended towards Warter. 
(c) Upper Cretaceous. The Chalk Wolds occupy the liigli ground to the 
north and west of Pocklington, and the beds can be examined in numerous 
..quarries. The Red Chalk (the basement bed of the Upper Cretaceous series) 
.can be seen resting on the Lias at Warter, and also outcrops in the vicinit}- (jf 
Millington. 
(d) Superficial Deposits. The recent gravels which occupy the low ground 
in the neighbourhood of Pocklington are worthy of examination, particularly as 
.regards the contained foreign pebbles. 
BOTANY. — The Botanical Section will be officially represented bv Mr. \. J. 
Marshall. 
Flowerinj;; Plants. — Mr. J. J. Marshall writes : — -During a visit to Aller- 
thorpe Common and Barmby Moor, the following characteristic sand and 
peat loving plants were secured, and some will reward the careful searcher : — 
Geniiana pneitmoiianthe, Coj>iarum palustre (fruit), Jasiouc motitaua, Drosera 
intermedia, O) iiithopus perpusillus, GaliuDi uliginosui/i , Salix repens, Radiola 
/niUetrrana and Scleranthus annuus. J/alva rotuiidifolia is frequent by the side of 
•old buildings in the villages near, and Silene noctifioia, Sanguisorba officinalis. 
Cat duns pratetisis, Anagallis tenella, LaDiiuui amplexicaule, Filago ??iinima, 
Centunculus mi)iiinus, Rutiiex hydrolapathum, and Apera spica-venti have all 
been noted on similar ground, within the radius of a few miles. Those who 
ascend the higher ground to Kilnwick Percy, the adjacent portion of the \'orkshire 
Wolds, will prol)ably meet with Carduus nutans, Scabiosa columbaria and Spircca 
filipendula. 
Mosses and Hepatics. — The Yorkshire Bryological Committee will be 
officially represented by Mr. Marshall. 
Mr. Marshall writes : — Bryologists should be on the look out for the rare 
Dicrafiuni undulatuui Erhr. , as it occurs a few miles away at Market Weighton, 
and the rare liepatic, found by the late Dr. Spruce, Haplomitjium Hookeri Xees, 
associated with Fossombronia dumortiera. 
Fungi. — The Yorkshire Mycological Committee will be officially represented 
by its Secretary. 
Mr. Crossland writes : — The Union's Annual Fungus Fornv of 1893 (see 
^'Naturalist," March, 1894) for the investigation of Allerthor]-)e and Everingham 
Woods was held here. That season being excep ionally dry, the results were not 
so satisfactory as might have been the case had moister weather ])revailed during 
August and September. Only about 180 species were noted during the four days' 
search, but several of them were of special interest. If this season proves to be 
more propitious (for Fungi), and suitable ground is covered, it is possible to add 
to our present somewhat scanty knowledge of the Fungus Flora of this district. 
VERTEBRATE ZOOLOGY.— The Vertebrate Section will be officially 
represented Mr. R. Fortune, F.Z.S. 
