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T?K1’0R,T OF TTIF. COUNCIL FOR 1 0.‘)2 
The field meetings arranged during the year have resulted in a loss 
of about £15. This was mainly due to a loss of £9 15s on the South 
Warwickshire excursion where attendance was insufficient to cover the 
accommodation ive had reserved, and the heavy expenses incurred in 
arranging the Killarney and Junior Meetings which amounted to 
£7 12s 6d and £5 11s 6d respectively, and were greatl3' in excess of 
receipts. The combination of circumstances which lead to the total loss 
must be regarded as exceptional and unlikely to be repeated. 
PUBLICATIONS COMMITTEE. Secretary: Dr. J. Heslop-Harrison. 
Wafsonia, Volume II, Parts III and IV were published in January 
and October respectively. The Council consider it most important that 
at least three parts of our journal should be issued in each calendar yeai'* 
and very much regret that this did not prove possible in 1952. Every 
effort is being made to expedite publication so that the parts appear 
more frequently. 
The Year Book, 1952, edited by Mr. W. R. Price, was published in 
September and, with the exception of the Cliveden meeting, the ac- 
counts of Field Meetings were brought right up to the end of 1951. It 
is hoped that it will be possible in future to publish accounts of all meet- 
ings not later than the following year. 
A report of the 1952 Conference, edited by Mr. J. E. Lousley, will 
be issued as a separate book under the title of The Changing Flora of 
Britain, and members will be given an opportunity of obtaining it at a 
reduced price. Unfortunately, the task of collecting papers from the 
speakers proved much more lengthy than was anticipated but, except 
for a few illustrations, they are now all in the hands of the editor and 
it is expected that the book will go to the printers in January 1953. 
The sub-committee appointed in May 1951 for the preparation of a 
revised and shortened edition of the British Plant List is continuing its 
work, and Mr. J. E. Dandy is at present preparing the draft. The pro-, 
duction of this List is regarded as a matter of great urgency in view of 
the outstanding need for standard names to be adopted in the Society’s 
publications. 
CONSEBVATION COMMITTEE. Secretary: Mr. J. E. Lousley. 
The number of “threats” reported during the year was about 30 and, 
fortunately, some of these proved unfounded or relatively unimportant. 
The more important matters considered included the effect of the use 
of chemical sprays on roadside verges and elsewhere, the North Wales 
Hydro-Electric scheme, the Air Ministry’s proposals to establish a range 
on Newborough Warren, Anglesey, and the prevention of planting 
of daffodils in Dovedale. We are satisfied that our work during the year 
*Tliis aiTans’ement lias now been allei'Pd by Uie cban.i>es in the form of the 
Society's publications — see p. G9. 
