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excursion to Dilham and Honing. The day was fine, the scenery 
varied, and many objects were observed by the members; of which 
perhaps, none was more strange to the majority of those present, 
than a young cuckow, nearly ready to fly, but which Mr. Laurence 
had enclosed in the nest with a wire frame, to allow us to inspect 
him with greater convenience. The islands at Dilham, planted by 
the late Mr. Shepherd Taylor, were by the courtesy of his son Mr. 
H. Taylor, thrown open to us ; and after rowing round the canals 
and an inspection of the woods, we, following the course of the 
river above Horning Mills, inspected some good botanizing ground 
in the pits whence the turf had been cut ; the plants gathered, 
being Veronica scutellata, the three species of Drosera, two species 
of Utricularia, Ranunculus lingua, and the usual grasses and sedges 
of our marshes. Especial thanks are due to Rev. J. A. Laurence, 
for his courtesy and kindness to us on the occasion. 
By permission of Charles Marsham Esq., the almost classic 
woods of Stratton Strawless, Avere thrown open to our Society for 
our August excursion; and as, since the publication of the White — 
Marsham correspondence in the last part of our Transactions, 
the chronicles of those woods have become famous, not only within 
their immediate neighbourhood, but in the annals of tree culture 
generally, the Society found very much to be remembered in that 
visit. I regret being personally unable to be present, but the visit 
is well remembered as a most enjoyable one, by those who formed 
the party. I hear that Atropa belladonna, and Gentiana cam- 
pestris, were found during the day at Stratton, the former 
abundantly. 
In the study of Vegetable Teratology, our tables have frequently 
been decked with specimens illustrating either accidental, or varietal 
deviations from the normal forms of many of our British plants ; 
and I think it due to our friend Mr. R. I J . Burcham, to acknowledge 
the assiduity with which these have been collected for our meetings. 
And we have also to thank Mr. George Asker for specimens of a 
variety of Dahlia, and another of the China Rose, in both of 
which, the petals are of a bluish green tint : these were cut from 
plants grown by himself, which constantly exhibit that peculiarity. 
