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8tii INTERNATIONAT. CONGRESS OF BOTANY 
The 8th International Congress of Botany will be held in Paris fioni 
Friday, 2nd, to Wednesday, the I4th July 1954. Lodging will be guar- 
anteed according to wishes, in the most comlortable conditions (big 
hotels) to the most modest (school dormitories). 
General and special excursions will take place before and after the 
Congress. Before the Congress (from 15th to 20th June): North Africa, 
Languedoc, Alsace, Lorraine, Nord, Britanny, Normandy, Vendee, 
Gujmnne, Landes, Basque country and Paris area. During the Congress 
(2nd to 14th July): Paris and around Paris (Versailles, Fontainebleau, 
Chantilly, etc.). After the Congress (15th to 22nd July): from Paris to 
Nice via Burgundy, Jura, the Alps, Provence, Massif Central and the 
Pyrenees. A Post Congress of 4 or 5 days will take place at Nice (22nd 
to 25th-26th July) ; it will be followed by excursions to the Hyei'es 
Islands, Corsica, Tropical Africa (Senegal and Mauritania) and to equa- 
torial Africa (Ivory Coast and Guinea). The probable amount of the 
subscription to the Congress will be £5. Interested members may obtain 
fill! details from: — Secretariat General du 8e Congres International de 
Botaniipie, 292 Rne Saint-Martin, Paris (3e), France. 
LONDON NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY 
We have received a list of the Field Meetings of this Society for 
1953. Applicants for membership or for permission to attend a meeting 
as a guest shoidd apply to Mr. H. A. Toombs, the General Secretary. 
British Aluseum (Nat. Hist.) Cromwell Road, S.W.7. Both Botanical 
and Ecological vSections arrange numerous lecture and field meetings 
throughout the year. 
COUNCIL FOR THE PROMOTION OF FIEI.D STTUHES 
The Council now owns four Field Centres: — 
Flatford Mill, East Bergholt, near fiolchestt'c, Essex 
Juniper Hall, near Dorking, Surrey 
Dale Fort, near Haverfordwest, Pembrokeshire 
Malham Tarn, near Settle, Yorkshire 
Full descriptive leaflets about each of the Centres and about courses 
l)lauued for the coming year are available and will bt> sent on ri'(|uest. 
The Centres are intended just as much for amateur naturalists as for 
jiarties from universities, training colleges and schools. 
The normal period of residence is one week or more, and the charg(' 
is £5 15s 6d per week. Enquiries about accommodation or other informa- 
tion relating specifically to one of the Centres should be addres.sed to 
the Warden. Othenvise, and for general information, correspondenct' 
should be addressed to the Director, Council for the Promotion of Field 
Studies, Ravensmead, Keston, Kent. 
CHELTENHAM AND DISTRICT NATURAITSTS’ SOCIETY 
This Society is one of the most recently formed in the country and is 
growing rapidly — in keenness more than in numbers. The botanical 
