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NATURE NOTES 
FORTHCOMING EVENTS. 
Council and Committee Meetings. 
Monday, July 16. — Publications Committee at 5.30 p.m. 
Tuesday, July 24. — Council Meeting at 5.30 p.m. 
Excursions. 
Central Body. 
Saturday, July 7. — Weybridge and St. George’s Hills. Meet at Weybridge 
Station at 3.10. Trains leave Wateiloo (Main Line) at 2.28, and Clapham 
Junction at 2.27 p.m. Passengers from Clapham Junction change at Surbiton. 
Return tickets 2s. iod. Tea at Swiss Cottage at 5 p.m. f urther ramble to 
Fox Warren optional. Frequent return trains. Guide, Dr. Henry Willson. 
Saturday, July 14. — Rickmansworth and the Chess Valley. Train leaves 
Baker Street (Met. Ry.) at 2.20 p.m. Take return tickets to Rickmansworth, 
is. 1 id. Rickmansworth Park, Sairatt Bottom, tea at the “Cock Inn,” is. 
each, returning via Micklefield, Chandler’s Cross and Croxley Green. Walking 
distance about five miles. Guide, Mr. George Watts. 
Saturday, July 21. — St. Albans and Verulam. Train leaves St. Pancras 
(Midland Ry.) at 2.10 p.m. Take cheap return tickets to St. Albans, 2s. At 
the Cathedral, the Old Clock Tower, the Monastery Gateway, and at the Museum 
short papers will be read. Tea at the old “Fighting Cocks” Inn. After tea 
visit the site of Verulamium and St. Michael’s Church. Return train at 9 p.m. 
Guide, Mr. W. Percival Westell, F.R.H.S., M.B.O.U. 
Saturday, July 28. — West Drayton and Iver Water Splash. Meet at West 
Drayton Station on arrival of train leaving Paddington at 2.30 p.m., Ealing at 
2.43 p.m. Return fare, is. 5d. Guide, Mr. Wilfred Mark Webb, F.L.S. 
Saturday, August 4. — No ramble, on account of the August Bank Holiday. 
Saturday, August II. — Hayes and Keston. Guide, Mr. B. T. Lowne. Full 
details in the August number. 
All communications with regard to Excursions should be addressed to Mr. II. 
H. Poole, Hon. Secretary of the Excursions Committee, at 16, Fleathcote Street, 
W.C. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
S. P. H. — It is easy to describe the structure of the malformed rose ; but not 
to assign a cause for it. The axis is prolonged and bears several recurved flowers 
beyond the main flower. This “growing through,” as gardeners term it, seems 
due to stimulation after arrest, perhaps after the buds are formed. Drought, 
followed by wet, or late manuring might bring it about. It is common in 
rhododendrons. 
S. U. Body. — The pink flower is Geum rivale ; but the other we are unable 
to identify from the little bit sent. 
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