ACCOUNT OF THE GENERAL MEETINGS AND ANNUAL MEETING. 67 
several clumps of the Purple Gromwell (Lithospermum purpureo- 
cseruleum). At length the members found their way back to the 
village, and while some among them stood around the railed 
enclosure in the churchyard where lie the remains of Hannah More 
and her four sisters, others discussed the beauties of one of the 
most noteworthy of Somerset's admirable churches. It appears 
that Hannah More's occupation of Barley Wood came to an end in 
1828, and the closing years of her life were passed elsewhere. 
The knowledge that the excursion had been a brilliant success 
and worthy of the occasion may in some degree have recompensed 
our energetic and tactful President for the care and labour entailed 
in planning and carrying through such an expedition. 
436th GENERAL MEETING OF THE SOCIETY. 
October 2nd, 1913. 
(Times and Mirror, October 4th, 1913). 
"The first general meeting of the session of the Bristol 
Naturalists' Society was held in the Botanical Lecture Room of 
the University, Miss Roper presiding. The usual minutes having 
been read and approved, Dr. Darbishire (hon. secretary) moved 
for the second time certain alterations in the laws of the Society 
relating to the election of officers and Council. These were passed 
without opposition, and now come into effect without any further 
vote. Arrangements for the jubilee exhibition meeting on 
November 6th were then discussed. It was decided to hold it in 
the large hall of the University, the use of which has been kindly 
granted for the occasion without charge. The exhibition will 
not be confined to members of the Society, but non-members 
wishing to exhibit must be introduced by a member. Scientific 
exhibits relating to the Bristol district are specially desired. 
' ' The following exhibits were made by members : — Life history 
of the Vapourer moth (Orgyia antiqua), including two species of 
parasites by Mr. W. A. Smallcombe ; living bacteria from a pond 
in the University garden, by Dr. Darbishire ; the upright sea 
lavender (Limonium binervosum) gathered between Clevedon and 
Weston by the President. 
" Mr. W. A. Smallcombe gave a most interesting account of his 
observations in various species of ants found in Somerset and 
Gloucestershire, illustrated by lantern slides. He has met with 
ten out of the forty known British species, and has studied their 
ways and life history both in their natural habitats and in 
•captivity with great care and accuracy. Living colonies of most 
