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specimens of foraminifera are found round the next head- 
land, not many yards from the creek in question. 
Mr. H. A. Hurst communicated some further notes 
respecting the plants which occurred spontaneously on some 
newly turned land in Tatton Park. Another year’s obser- 
vations had confirmed the results of his previous papers on 
the plants which acquire, successively, the largest possession 
of exposed soil in Cheshire. These are : 1st year, Polygo- 
num convolvulus; 2nd year, Rumex Acetosella; 3rd and 
4th years, Holcus lanatus and H. mollis. Against the two 
last named plants Rumex Acetosella struggles hard during 
the third year, and is not destroyed by them until the 
fourth. 
Mr. Hurst also communicated a list of sea-weeds found 
by himself in the Bay of Gibraltar. 
Mr. Linton exhibited fresh specimens of Epimedium alpi- 
num in flower, from Corda Castle. 
Mr. Hurst exhibited specimens of plants recently col- 
lected in Egypt. 
Annual Meeting, May 10th, 1869. 
J. B. Dancer, Esq., F.R. A.S., President of the Section, 
in the Chair. 
The following Report of the Council and the Treasurer’s 
Account for the past year were read and passed : 
Your Council have to report that the Session which 
closes to-night has been of more than average interest. 
