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ticket, IS. 6d. Walk to Bodley Cottages, top of Titsey Hill, where tea at 
6 p.m. Return from Oxted 8.19 p.m., paying excess to Woldingham. Guide, 
Mr. M. Miihlberg. 
September 16. — Belmont to Chipstead. Victoria, 2.14; London Bridge, 
2.14; Sutton, 3.10, where change. Meet at Belmont at 3.13. Tea at Banstead. 
Guide, Mr. E. A. Martin, F.G.S. 
September 23. — Bickley to the Town Court Woods, St. Paul’s Cray and 
Chislehurst Commons. Leaving Bickley Station (L.C.D.R.) after the arrival of 
the trains leaving Victoria at 2.30; Holbotn Viaduct, 2.25; St. Paul’s, 2.28; 
and Herne Hill at 2.41. Guide, Mr. A. B. Wilkinson. 
September 30. — Oxted, Tandridge and Godstone Station. Leave Victoria, 
2.30 p.m., or London Bridge, 2.25. Take single tickets to Oxted. Fare, is. 8d. 
Arrive Oxted, 3.27. Return from Godstone Station, 6.50. Fare, 2S. i^d. 
Arrive London Bridge, 7.45 ; Charing Cross, 8.1. Guide, Professor Boulger. 
NEWS FROM THE BRANCHES. 
Bath. — Saturday y June 24. — The garden party at Claverton Manor, which 
the genial President of this Branch gives every year to the members, was so largely 
attended that many members could not get into the library where Mr. Skrine read 
some very interesting reports, botanical and ornithological in character. Mr. Baker 
informed the company that a number of the drawings shown by him last year at 
one of the Selborne meetings are to be published in a forthcoming volume on 
Lepidoptera. The drawings are chiefly of butterflies’ and moths’ eggs greatly 
magnified. Mr. Scott caused some amusement by reading a newspaper cutting 
about a hen in Bath, which, it was said, had laid eggs with the face of a clock 
embossed on them. After tea an enjoyable stroll was taken around the beautiful 
grounds of the Manor. 
Thursday, July 6 . — Surgeon-Major Adcock conducted a very pleasant 
excursion to Saltford by the Newton Meads, skirting one of the most beautiful 
bits of the river Avon, which is very rich in its flora. Some large specimens of 
Acorus calanms were gathered, used very much in Prussia to put on the roofs of the 
houses. At Whitsuntide and Easter also it is used as a decoration and a fine liqueur is 
made from the root, which has a pleasant odour, something like cinnamon. Tea 
was taken at the pretty cyclists’ chalet, one of the first to be erected. Now they 
abound in the neighbourhood and may be found at Cheddar, Brockley Combe, 
Box, Ctibb Causeway and many other places dear to the wheeler. After tea 
boats were in readiness to take the members to Saltford village by water. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
Mrs. Needham. — Trachelium cteruleum, L., a native of southern Europe. 
Verax (p. 151). — Kindly send your address to the Editor, as he has a letter 
to forward you. 
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