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NATURE NOTES. 
SELBORNE SOCIETY NOTICES. 
Annual Meeting and Conversazione, 1896 . — This will be held on 
Thursday, May 7, at the Society’s Rooms, 20, Hanover Square, W., from 7.30 to 
10.30. The Annual Meeting will commence at 8. It is hoped that Sir John 
Lubbock, M.P., F.R.S., will be present and will take the Chair. Mrs. Brightwen 
and Sir William Flower, F.R.S., F.Z.S., will also be present. There will be an 
exhibition of objects of interest. Selbornian subjects will be illustrated by the 
lantern, under the superintendence of Mr. Ravenshaw. . Music and light 
refreshments. 
Tickets of admission are sent to all members with this month’s Nature 
Notes. Application for further tickets, the supply of which is limited, should be 
made to the Secretary, and a stamped addressed envelope should be enclosed with 
each application. 
The May Council Meeting will be held on Tuesday, May 5, at 5.30, 
instead of on May 7, the latter being the day of the Conversazione. 
Council and Committee Meetings.— The next meetings of the Council 
will be held on May 5 and June 4, at 5.30 ; and of the Magazine and Leaflet Com- 
mittee on May 21 and June 18, at 5.30. 
Field Club Saturday Rambles : — 
May 2. — Meet at Thornton Heath Station at 2.32 (Victoria 2.7, London 
Bridge 2.3). Inspect Dick Turpin’s house ; tram and walk to Beddington by 
Mitcham Common. Return fare, is. Guide, Mr. E. A. Martin. 
May 9. — Meet at 3.9 at Castle Hill Station, Ealing (G.W.R.). Thence to the 
Ballot Box, vid Perivale Wood, returning to Hanweil Station (G. W. R. ) vid Green- 
ford. (Paddington 2.50, Willesden 2.52.) kir. Ravenshaw to guide. 
May 16. — Meet at Hounslow .Station (S.W. R.) at 3.6. Thence to Gravel 
Pits; banks of Crane; returning from Twickenham. (Waterloo North Station 
2.30, Clapham Junction 2.40, Kew Bridge 2.57.) Mr. Field to guide. 
May 23. — No ramble. Saturday before Whitsuntide. 
May 30. — Meet at High Barnet Station at 3.4. Thence through Barnet to 
Hadley Woods. Return fare — King’s Cross, is. 6d. (Moorgate Street Station 
(G.N.R.) 2. 15, King’s Cross, Met. (G.N.R.), 2.23, Finsbury Park 2.35.) Mr. 
Carpenter to guide. If ten or more members will meet the hon. sec. of the 
Field Club (Miss E. J. Temple) at King’s Cross, Met. (G.N.R.) booking office 
at 2.10 p.m., a reduction of fare can be obtained by taking all the tickets together. 
Branch Contribution. 
Clapton (Lower Lea Valley) ... ... ... 6 3 
NEWS FROM THE BRANCHES. 
Clapton (Lower Lea Valley.) — The last of the winter Social Evenings w.is 
held on Saturday, March 7, when Mr. Ferdinand Coles, vice-president, gave a 
very interesting paper on “ Mosses,” illustrated by numerous specimens, chiefly 
from the Epping Forest district, and exhibited some excellent niicroscoiiic slides. 
Mrs. Percy Myles also kindly exhibited some excellent drawings illustrating the 
same subject. The meeting closed with the usual vote of thanks to the lecturer 
and friends, who contributed to the musical porticjii of the evening’s entertainment ; 
also to the Misses Barlow for kimily iiermitting the use of their school-room during 
the session. (This notice was unavoidably held over from last month’s number. ) 
Croydon and Norwood.—On April ii, the hon, sec. of the Branch 
lectured at the Thornton Heath Polytechnic iqion “Great Britain under an 
Ice-Cap.” 
Edward A. Martin, F.G.S., 
lion. See. .Magazine and Leaflet Committee. 
