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EXHIHITIOX MlvETINC;, 1952 
Some Interesting Northern Eli PIlBAfil AE 
I'lessed spociiiieiis oi' 24 Evpliraslti taxa were shown representing 
eollections of rare and atypical material from Scotland and northern 
Phigland. 
From the exceedingly rich Eyebright flora of the Isle of Rhum the 
three endemics E. rhumica Pugsl., and its variety fionchrensis Pugsl., 
and K. eii ri/rti rpa Pugsl. were exhibited, along with the rare varieties 
of E. rtu fn (Fr.) Wettst. (vars. ustenfi’Idii Pugsl. and jncroJa (Townsend) 
Pugsl.) and E. ronfusa Pugsl. (vars. inaciana Callen and gratidiflova 
Pugsl.). From the same island E. liedop-harrisonii Pugsl. and P'. 
foulaensis Townsend ex Wettst. were also shown, together with atypical 
specimens of E. micrantha Reichb., E. scotica. Wettst., E. borealis 
Townsend, E. hrevip'da Burnat & Gremli and E. occidentalis Wettst. 
Species collected in northern England included jRJ. montarui Jord. 
from Teesdale and from Borrowdale, and E. rlvularis Pugsl. from Cum- 
berland. 
K. J. F. Park. 
A Card Index System tor Ecotogists 
A “Punch Card’’ of a commercial tj^pe which has l)een adapted to 
the use of ecologists was exhibited. It is thought that the system might 
simplify the sorting of large amounts of ecological data. 
The system could be used in two ways : 
(1) Py individuals working on isolated problems. 
(2) As a national i-epository for ecological facts which might be drawn 
on by workers on new aspects. 
To facilitate (2) workers under (1) could prepare duplicate cards. 
In the hope that a national library of cards might be thought useful, 
the cards were designed for use anywhere in the British Isles. 
F. H. Peering. 
Some Aspects of Ardutoeogy 
The Strawberry-tree, Arbtitvs uiiedo L., has a long history of asso- 
ciation with man. Its fruits and wood have been of a minor economic 
importance since Greek and Roman times and the uses are mentioned 
by Theophrastus and Vergil. The exhibit displayed the many facets 
of the use of the Strawberry-tree ; the wood used for its hard timber 
for making charcoal; the leaves until recently associated with religious 
festivals in Brittany; the fruits used to-day in Portugal in jam making, 
and for making Agua Ardent de Medroneiro (Fire-water of the Arbutus 
Tree). The fruit is also used as an emblem on the labels of the Killarney 
Mineral Water Company. The exhibit included a copy of Stanford’s 
setting of the song by A. P. Graves “My love’s an Arbutus”. Photo- 
graphs showing the tree at its stations in Portugal, Brittany and Ire- 
land were exhibited. 
F. H. Peering & R. G. West. 
