should write the Proprietor, Mr. Robert Brown, stating their 
requirements without delay. The accommodation consists largely 
of double-bedded rooms, and when writing applicants should 
state if they are willing to share a room. 
PERMISSION to visit parts of the district has been kindly 
granted by the Earl of Strathmore, Sir Fredk. Milbank, Bart., 
Major H. E. Morritt, and Norman Field, Esq. 
EXCURSIONS . — On Saturday, Pecknell Wood and Larting- 
ton Park and Woods will be visited. Lartington may be reached 
by 'bus or train, and times of departure will be announced at 
headquarters. The Mycological Committee will be joined by 
members of the Darlington and Teesdale Naturalists’ Field 
Club, and arrangements will be made for an afternoon party to 
meet the main party. Lartington Hall Wood will be first 
examined ; then the Scur Beck through the park and along the 
narrow strip of Pecknell Wood, mostly felled, to its junction 
with the Tees. From there, two or three fields of riverside 
lead back to Barnard Castle for tea. 
On Sunday afternoon, Rokeby Park and Mortham Wood will 
be visited. Tea at Rokeby Cafe. 
In addition, excursions will be arranged, as convenient, to 
the following places : Baldersdale, Deepdale, Brignall Banks, 
Barningham Park, and Thorsgill. 
GUIDES. — Mr. J. B. Nicholson, M.A., Secretary of the 
Darlington and Teesdale Naturalists' Field Club, and Mr. M. S. 
Welsh, of Barnard Castle, will act as guides for the various 
excursions. 
MEETING.' — The Annual Meeting of the Committee will be 
held at headquarters on Saturday evening, September 16th, at 
8 p.m. 
LECTURES. — The Chairman's Address will take the form 
of a public lecture entitled ‘ Edible and Poisonous Mushrooms,' 
illustrated by lantern slides, and will be delivered in the 
School House, on Monday evening, Sept. 18th, at 8 p.m. 
On Tuesday evening, Mr. T. Petch, B.A., B.Sc., will speak 
on ‘ Some Reminiscences of a Government Mycologist.' 
SPECIAL WORK. — Members are particularly requested to 
bring books and microscopes, and as it is felt that it would be 
highly desirable to extend our knowledge of the larger Ascomy- 
cetes and their classification, Mr. T. Petch and Mr. F. A. Mason 
will deliver short informal talks on methods of investigation, 
etc. It is thought that this might form the basis for an intensive 
study of the group by members of the Committee. The convener 
will be glad to receive particulars of any notes or subject for 
discussion which members might like to bring up at the 
meeting. 
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