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F!aturdny, 25th June. 
Tlie iiarty left Carlisle at 10 a.m. by bus for Wedholme Flow, a 
low-lying ])eat-moss between Kirkbride and Wigton, going on to the 
moss by the farm of Lawrenceholme. One of the most characteristic 
plants of the peat mosses at the head of the Solway, Andromeda Poli- 
fulla. had unfortunately finished flowering, but its abundance was 
obvious. Drosera rofundifolia was frequent, and both D. longifolia and 
1). anglica also seen, and Scirpn-s pauciflorus was collected, a plant not 
hitherto recorded from this bog. Lunch was eaten in the farmyard of 
Tiawrenceholme, where the bus had perforce come to rest, after which 
the party moved on to Anthorn, on the shores of Moricambe Bay, call- 
ing at Longcroft on the way. Here they were met by Mr Dugdale, who 
is in charge of turf-cutting operations on the marsh, and shown areas 
of the celebrated Solway turf, with its constituent flora. 
At Anthorn, the narrow fringe of salt marsh was examined for a 
short distance along the coast and Eleocharis 'aniglumis and Bly sinus 
rufus collected, neither of these previously known from this marsh, and 
the former being new to the county. Limon-ium humile. the most abun- 
dant species of sea lavender on the coast of Cumberland was scarcely in 
flower, and Ceritaurium umhellatiim., C. littorale and C. pidchelhnn 
were seen, the latter species new to the area and very rare in the 
county. Juncus maritimus was plentiful, and Cnrex extensa and C. 
distans were growing together in turf by the shore, and the sight of 
several enthusiastic botanists investigating the flora of the salt marsh 
turf, at close quarters, will long be a most trea.sured recollection. 
From Anthorn the party had to traverse the aerodrome by bus and 
car on its way to Bowness on Solway for tea, a proceeding found to be 
fraught with difficulty for the uninitiated. Fortunately, liowever, 
when almost on the point of sending out distress signals, rescue aji- 
])eared in the shape of a bread van, and we left the scene with a cer- 
tain amount of dignity, in convoy. At Bowne,ss Blysmns rufus was seen 
again by the shore, and Borippa sylvestris and Sisymhrium orientale 
were noted in the village. 
Sunday, 26th June. 
Tile jiarty left Carlisle by bus at 2 p.m. for Netherby, famous for 
its collection of trees, walking through the grounds from the first to the 
third lodge. Pyrola minor was seen near the road and hybrids of Ge.um 
rivaJe x urhanum were particularly abundaut. Digitalis purpurea 
var. nudicnulis was also collected. From Netherby the party went to 
explore mainly the Cumberland liank of the Liddel M"ater at Benton 
Lj'iins, after a picnic tea by the river. Here the river forms part of 
the boundary between England and Scotland, flowing through a wooded 
gorge of limestone rock. Valeriana pijrenaica, thoroughly naturalised 
in this district, was seen along the banks with Cirsium helenioides, Cam- 
panula latifolia and Plata, nthera chlorantha . Melampyrum pratense 
vai’. hians was the common form of the species, but M. sylvaticum was 
