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FIELD MEETINGS, l‘J50 
FIELD MEETINGS, 1950. 
PROGRAMME 
April 2nd — Quendon Wood. 
June 25th to Jiily 1st — Dougins (Isle of Man). 
July 14th to 16th — The Peak District. 
August 18th to 21st — North Lincolnshire. 
September 2nd — Surrey. 
September 16th — Hailing Down (Kent). 
APRIL 2nd. QUENDON WOOD, ESSEX. 
Leader -. Dr. D. H. Valentine, assisted by Mr. H. and Miss I). Meyeu. 
This meeting ivas arranged in conjunction with the Conference on 
‘Aims and Methods in the Study of the Distribution of British Plants’ 
with the particular object of studying Friiiiuloi elatior, a species with an 
interesting restricted distribution in Britain. Amongst those attending 
we were especially glad to have the company of Prof. Faegri (Bergen), 
Prof, van der Wijk (Groningen) and Dr. Ir. A. W. Kloos, Jr. (Holland). 
Following two or three daj’s of cold, dull weather with overcast skies, 
hopes ran high that the finer weather of the morning would continue 
throughout the day as 57 members and visitors assembled at Victoria 
and boarded the coaches. 
On arrival at (Quendon the party found the wind very cold and whilst 
standing at the entrance to the wood listening to Dr. Valentine ex- 
plaining the general ecology of this wood and of the species the party 
had come to see, a sudden storm of hail and sleet accompanied by thun- 
der and lightning drove members into rainp roofs. This did not however 
dampen their enthusiasm and very shortly all were engaged in hunting 
for the plants to be found. 
Guided by the leaders members noted and discussed the differences 
between the Oxlip {Primula elatior Jacq.), the Primrose {P. vulgaris 
Huds.) and the hybrids in all stages between them. A fine patch of 
Green Hellebore (IleUehorus viridis L. var. Smithiaaus A. Braun) found 
by some was much admired for the excellence of its condition and the 
fine show of blossom. 
Dispersing throughout the length and breadth of the wood members 
at length assembled at the southern end where some Daffodil plants were 
found sparingly in bloom. Leaving Quendon Wood and crossing the 
road to a smaller wood on the opposite side, the Daffodils were found 
in some quantity as were also numbers of local children engaged in 
gathering the blossoms. In this wood also some extremel 3 ' fine speci- 
mens of Cherry (Prunus avium (L.) L.) were noted and occasioned com- 
ment on the size they had attained. 
