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occasional bushes with plenty of berries, but the greater number without. 
The Bramble crop is far better than that of the last two years, and 
Raspberries have done very well. Apples, Pears and Plums are only 
moderate, Sloes and Damsons almost absent. 
The season seems to have produced a normal growth of all species of 
orchids, none being reported as failing or making special displays. Mr. 
A. Malins Smith mentions a patch of Habenaria chlorantha flowering, which 
had been watched and had not produced flowers since 1914 ; he also 
cites the abundance of Ash seedlings as an outstanding event of the 
year. 
Mr. W. B. Haley states that Epilobium angustifolium is over-running 
the ground which was so full of interesting aliens, though a few are 
still holding their own. 
The consensus of opinion is that secondary growth has not been so 
noticeable this year, but statements vary widely, and this may be due 
to various causes. Some definite trees will be found to always show this 
type of growth, and if they are carefully examined it will generally be 
found that there has been disturbance of the original growth at some 
time or other. Perhaps a broken branch years ago, or pruning and clipping 
this year, or insect attack during spring — any such like matters will 
cause the production of a type of secondary growth. 
Flowering Plants (W. A. Sledge, Ph.D.) : — The task of drawing 
up this report on the flowering plants for the past season, during which 
many notable records have been made, has been lightened by the kindness 
of those members who have forwarded their records to me, and I should 
like to thank them for their help. 
From the North Riding, Mr. R. J. Flintoff, sends me records 
for Rynchospora alba L. Yahl. found by Dr. H. Arathoon at Lilia Cross ; 
Crepis biennis L., found by W. C. Worsdell, James Green and R. J. 
Flintoff at Allerston, near Pickering ; and Asplenium lanceolatum Huds. 
found by Mr. Francis Druce near Goathland. Mr. Flintoff also records 
Hieracium sagittatum Lindeb. var. subhirtum Hanb. (teste K. Zahn) 
from Riccaldale, and a Dandelion collected by him at Grosmont has 
been identified by Dr. Dahlstedt as Taraxacum brachyglossum Dahls. 
Early in the season Miss K. Rob found Asperugo procumbens L. in some 
quantity in a stackyard at Topcliffe, near Thirsk, where she showed it 
to me. We also collected Pyrus scandica Fr. at Pilmoor ; it has long 
been known to grow there, but is unrecorded in Baker’s North Yorkshire 
and the Comital Flora of the British Isles. Mrs. T. J. Foggitt and I also 
collected a batrachian Ranunculus at Thirsk, which Mr. W. H. Pearsall 
identified as R. heterophyllus Weber, var. trifidus Pearsall. 
From the West Riding Mr. N. Frankland records Peucedanum sativum 
L. from near Gisburn, and our late regretted member, Mr. H. H. Sturdy, 
shortly before his death had noted that the prevailing Water Plantain 
in the Leeds and Liverpool Canal in the Craven area is Alisma plantago- 
aquatica L. var. lanceolatum With. Early in July I spent a week at 
Austwick, and the visit yielded Car ex diandra Schrank. and C. panicea 
L. var. tumidula Laest., the former a most welcome record in view of the 
■very few, old and vaguely localised records for the species in the Flora 
of West Yorkshire. The record for this plant at Malham Tarn quoted in 
the Flora is open to grave doubt. Further investigations were made on 
the marsh and spotted orchids of the district, and the following species, 
varieties and hybrids are now known to occur in the neighbourhood : 
Orchis incarnata L., O. incarnata L. var. pulchrior Dr., O. praetermissa 
Dr. var. pulchella Dr., O. purpurella Steph., O. elodes Griseb., O. elodes 
Griseb. var. leucantha (Dr.) O. elodes Griseb. xO. praetermissa Dr. var. 
pulchella Dr., O. Fuchsii Dr., and 0 . Fyichsii Dr. xO. praetermissa Dr. 
var. pulchella Dr. Purpurella hybrids probably occur, too, but have not 
yet been identified with certainty. 
The Naturalist 
