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Graham, Mr F. M. Gurteen, Mr «. H. Hall, Mrs «. Hassall, Miss K. 
M. Hollick, Dr M. G. Hughes, Miss M. Isaac, Miss M. Knox, Miss 
C. E. Longfielcl, Mrs M. Milvain, Miss B. M. C. Morgan, Miss M. 
Parsons, Dr C. P. Petch (guest), Mrs H. M. Richards, Miss J. E. 
Richards, Lady Roche, Mr N. Y. SandAvith, Lady Severn and friend. 
Miss E. Starr, Mrs G. M. Steuart, Mr V. S. Summerhayes, Mrs B. 
Welch, Miss D. M. Wethered, Miss M. M. Whiting, Miss O. Wickham, 
Mr L. W. Wilson, and Dr D. P. Young. 
Friday, July 15th. 
In the evening members met at the Globe Hotel, King’s Lynn, where 
a room had been placed at their disposal for discussion, the naming of 
plants, etc. Mr Hubbard opened the meeting by welcoming the very 
large number of members to the vice-county and referred to the wide 
range of types of vegetation which it Avas proposed to study. Its proxi- 
mity to the sea and the Ioav coast-line provided a rich flora characteristic 
of salt-marshes, sand-dunes, and shingle ridges, whilst inland the seve- 
ral semi-natural feus and bogs exhibited features of considerable ecolo- 
gical interest. The northAvard extension of ‘ Breckland ’, an area of 
chalk thinly covered in parts by sands and graA^els, would also be in- 
cluded ill the programme. Mention Avas made of some of the more in- 
teresting plants likely to be met Avith during the following four days. 
Saturday, July 16th. 
The party set out in two coaches and the morning was spent in- 
vestigating the flora of the salt-marshes, sand-dunes, and shingle banks 
on the eastern shore of the Wash between Wolferton and Snettisham. 
Members were interested to see the large land areas reclaimed from the 
sea and to observe the extensive use made of Spartina Townsendii in fix- 
ing the mobile mud. In 1910 a small shipload of plants Avas introduced 
near North Wootton and to-day there is an almost unbroken stand of 
many acres stretching from just north of King’s Lynn to Wolferton 
Creek. A feAv small clumps only of the native Spartina maritima Avere 
found on the landAvard side. 
It Avould appear that the two s])ecies of Spartina do not compete 
Avith each other and the claims that S. Townsendii kills out S. maritima 
cannot be ipilield so far as experience in West Norfolk is concerned. 
Whilst the former occupies the areas of mobile mud the latter occurs by 
the sides of Avater-holes in relatively closed salt-marsh. 
Llal)itat differences are also clearly marked in the two species of 
Farapholis (Lepturus), together with a time-lag in flowering. Para- 
pholis incnrvus Avas pointed out to members although long past floAver- 
ing and showing only the dried-up stems It Avas occupying a habitat 
similar to the continental plant and had every appearance of being 
native in this station; P. strigosu.s, on the other hand, was found in 
full floAA-er, in relatiAmly wetter habitats, and Avas everywhere abundant. 
