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cultivated, which is kiiovvji to be established in five or six localities, not- 
ably in Holt Wood two miles to' the west. There was no stopping however 
at Forstal J>ock, where in 1895, liupistrnm rugosxim (L.) All. began its 
spread down the Medway, and which was the last Kentish station for 
Scirpus triqueter L. — it was finally seen here just before the war. 
A good tea was provided at the “Bull” at Wrothani, but so large 
was the gathering that an overflow was necessary elsewhere. J^ondon 
was reached about 7.30 p.m. 
I). McCmntock, 
J. E. Lousley. 
JUNE 14th to 21st, 1952. KILLAKNEY. 
Leader: Miss M. P. H. Kebtlano. 
Foitj' members and guests took part in this meeting. The 
party assembled on the evening of Saturday, 14th June, at the head- 
(juarters, the International Hotel, to meet Miss Kertland of Belfast, 
who had so kindly undertaken the leadership at short notice. 
Sunday, June 15th, was spent in most attractive botanising country 
on the wooded shores of the Killarney Lakes. In the morning we visited 
Ross Island, which is limestone, where planted trees and shrubs mingled 
with the native flora. Here we saw Arbutus, Osmunda, Euphorbia 
ligbenia, Itubia peregrina, Oruba iiche hederae and Sisj/rinchiuiii angvs- 
tifolium. In the Natiire Reserve Vicia. sylvatica, Sorbus oenglica, Crepis 
ptdudosa and Eleocharis acicularis were seen. In the water were 
Lobelia dortmaruim, Potamogeton alpinus, P. Luceiis and P. x nitens. 
(Udium boreale was seen on the shore near the old copper mines and in 
dry places were Sdene maritiwa and Armeria maritima in abundance, 
though the island is far inland, and not much above sea level. 
In the afternoon a pleasant car drive (in the company of hundreds 
of jaunting-cars) along the Lake side, took us through native woodland 
with many trees of Arbutus, past rocks with Haxifruga spathuJaris on 
every ledge, to the track to Derrycunihy Cascade. This area is Old Red 
Sandstone, and here we found Juncus tenuis on the track. Euphorbia 
hyberna beside it, Wahlenbergia hederacea by the stream, Hymeno- 
phyllum coating the great boulders, and abundance of Dryopteris aemula 
and D. dilatata. Platanthera chlorantha occurred and one plant of 
Listera cordata was found. A bog near the Upper Lake was rich in 
sedges including 0 . lasiocarpa and C. elata, and llhynchospora fusca 
was luxuriant. Pinguicula lusitanica and P. grandiflora, TJtriculariu 
intermedia and Ceratophyllum demersum were found. 
On Monday morning, June 16th, we set off at 10.15 in a coach, 
northward past meadows full of Iris and dog daisies through Tralee, 
where the Fuchsia hedges begin, then westward past the mountains of 
Slieve Mish, with Brandon Mountain ahead in the distance, and the 
sea on our right, towards Castlegregory on the north side of the Dingle 
Peninsula. A stop was made at Aughacashla Bridge and the party 
divided, some to go seaward and along the dunes, some to climb Strad- 
