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two watercresses and their hybrid were collected and an abundance of 
Eqiiisetum fluviatile var. polystachion was seen. A visit to the Cashen 
River was omitted as a dredger had been at work there and seems to have 
eliminated FJeorhai'is paroula. That evening we had final discussions of 
our finds and a presentation was made to Miss Kertland in token of our 
great gratitude for her excellent and cheerful leadership during a 
memorable week. Mr. N. D. Simpson also expressed our thanks to 
Mr. Peter Newey for his good management of the finances of the coach 
hire and car petrol pool. The coach driver and conductor had been most 
helpful and co-operative and the rainfall during the five days must have 
been well below the average. 
As most of our time had been spent in botanically well-known 
localities, it was not to be expected that we could atld many new records, 
and it was hard to be always remembering that the commonplaces of 
southern England may be rarities in Kerry, so perhaps we passed with- 
out noticing such plants as Hypencum pnforatuin, H. hirsutatii , Frati- 
(/uln altnis or Hum ex hydrolapnthum . It was exceptional to see a 
“cottage garden” in the English sense and vegetables, other than 
potatoes, seem not to be grown; weeds of cultivation are therefore scarce. 
The only limestone aiva visited was Ross Island, but calcicoles were seen 
on the coastal dunes. 
An account of the additions to R. W. Scully’s Flora of Kerry is 
being prepared, and it is hoped to publi.sh this in Wafsonia. 
B. Welch. 
JPNE 27th to 29th, 1952. SOUTH WARWICKSHIRE 
Leader: R. 0. Readett. 
Arranged primarily to assist in the work on the revision of the 
Warwickshire County Ulora, this meeting had as its headquarters West- 
ham House, Barford : and visits were made to botanically interesting 
ai'eas within easy reach. Seventeen members and guests attended, and, 
as they said “goodbye,” they all agreed that they were taking with 
them pleasant memories of the sunny week-end in the beautiful old 
Warwickshire house. 
The meeting opened on Friday evening, 27th June. After dinner 
the visitors were welcomed by Dr. Dony and Mr. J. F. Woolman (Presi- 
dent of the Botanical Section of the Birmingham Natural History 
Society). Mr. Readett then outlined the methods being used and the 
work which had already been done on the revision of the County Flora. 
Recorder’s Sheets had been prepared for the use of visitors. He 
explained the abbreviations and symbols used to denote “habitat”, 
“state” (of growth) and “frequency”. Six-figure map references were 
asked for with all records, and, where the recox’d was of a plant in one of 
the “critical groups” (of which a list is supplied to each recoi'der) it 
should be accompanied by a specimen. All records were card-indexed, 
and a transparent outline map of the county was used to record the 
distribution of each species. These outline maps could be used in con- 
