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NEWS OE OTITER SOCTETTES 
section is very active and during 1951 many county and flora district 
records were made for Gloucestei'shire, and distribution gaps are 
gradually being filled in. Even greater activity by all sections is 
planned for the coming season, and to this end a Field Meeting Com- 
mittee has been formed. B.S.B.T. members will always be w('lcome on 
('xcursions, particulars of which may be had from tlie E.M.C. Secretary. 
iNtr. R. ,J. M. Skarratt, 265 Brestbury Road. Cheltenham. Both sec- 
tional and general meetings are held. 
SOUTH ESSEX NATURAL HISTORY SOCIETY 
The South Essex Natural History Society holds field me(>tings during 
the summer in south Essex. Any B.S.B.T. niember wishing to visit the 
district, which has a good general and maritime flora, can obtain par- 
ticulars from the Secretary, Mr. S. T. Jermyii, 98 Western Road, Leigh- 
on-Sea, Essex. Visitors are welcome. 
SOUTH LONDON BOTANICAL INSTITUTE 
The Institute maintains an important herbarium (including the 
collections of Joseph Woods, Frederick Townsend, W. H. Beeby, and 
A. O. Hume), an excellent library, and garden. Rambles and visits are 
arranged on Saturdays during the summer months to places within 
easy reach of London, and lectures given on about ten Friday evenings 
in the winter. Members of the B.S.B.T. are inviti'd to visit the Institute 
and attend the lectures and rambles. Application may be made to the 
Curator at d2d Norwood Road, London, S.E.24. for a copy of the current 
programme. 
INTERNATIONAL ASSOCIATION FOR PLANT TAXONOMY 
Full particulars of the Association were given in Year Book, 1951, 
pages 115-116, where aims and terms of membership were stated. Fifteen 
numbers of the bi-monthly publication Tnxon have now been received 
by members. The financial agent for Great Britain and British Overseas 
Territories, through whom suhscriptions can now be paid, is Mr. A. A. 
Bullock, The Herbarium, Royal Botanio Gardens, Kew, Richmond, 
Surrey. 
THE SCOTTISH FIELD STUDIES ASSOCIATION 
The Association has a Field Studies Centre at Garth Memorial Youth 
Hostel, Fortingall, near Aberfeldy, Perthshire. The charge for accom- 
modation is about £3 per week, and parties from Natural History 
Societies and amateur naturalists coming individually are just as wel- 
come as school, training college, and university groups. 
Leaflets giving full information (including details of cours?es run by 
visiting tutors) may be obtained from the Honorary Secretary, The 
Scottish Field Studies Association, The Glasgow Museum, Kelvingrove, 
Glasgow, C.3, to whom all enquiries should be addressed. 
