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NATURE NOTES. 
SELBORNE SOCIETY NOTICES. 
Winter Lecture Season. — Referring to the notice which appeared last 
month, the following is a list of lectures which the Council wishes to illustrate by 
means of slides ; — 
Insects and their Structure. Fertilization of Flowers. Migration of Birds. 
Structure of Plants. British Wild Flowers. Trees. Bird Life. Pond Life. 
Offers of slides on loan, or for disposal, should be made to the Secretary, at 
20, Hanover Square, W. 
New Branches. — It is expected that several new Branches will be inaugu- 
rated during the autumn, and the Council wishes to take this opportunity of 
upon members the great desirability of opening up new districts by the 
formation of such Branches. The Secretary will willingly give all the information 
necessary for the accomplishment of this object, and it is hoped that no one will 
be deterred from such work from fear of the possible membership being but small. 
Even though such be the case, a Branch having once been formed will always 
serve as a nucleus around which Selbornians’ interests will collect, and the 
smallest Branch will always bear the prestige which belongs to the Society as a 
whole. In country districts especially, it is not always easy, where the population 
is but sparingly distributed, to form a large Branch, and numerous small country 
Branches are as urgently needed as are those in towns where there is a possibility 
of greater expansion. 
Council and Committee Meetings. — The next meetings of the Council 
will be held on October i and November 5 at 5.30; and of the Magazine and 
Leaflet Committee on October 15 and November 19 at 5.30. 
Field Club. — On Saturday, the 29th August last, the Field Club visited St. 
Albans. The party having been met at the Railway Station by J. Hopkinson, 
Esq., F.L.S., F.G.S., of “The Grange,” St. Albans, was conducted to the 
Abbey and there joined by the Rev. G. H. P. Glossop, M.A., W. Page, Esq., 
F.S.A., and A. E. Gibbs, Esq.,F.L.S., F.E.S. Mr. Glossop led the party round 
the Abbey, his remarks on its history and architecture, including the ingeniously 
atrocious restorations, being luminous and pointed. Mr. Page then delivered an 
interesting address in the Abbey churchyard, respecting some excavations he 
recently made on the spot, when he uncovered the foundations of St. Andrew’s 
Church, built in the thirteenth century, but long since pulled down. The members 
then proceeded, under the guidance of Mr. Hopkinson, to “The Grange,” where 
they were received by Mrs. Hopkinson, and entertained to tea. They were sub- 
sequently conducted to St. Michael’s Church, where Francis Bacon lies buried, and 
thence to the ruins of the old Roman Wall, near Verulam W’oods. The cordial 
thanks of the Field Club are due to Mr. Hopkinson for his great kindness in 
making all the arrangements in connection with this highly successful ramble. 
Saturday Rambles— 
October 3. — Hayes and Keston Commons. Croydon contingent take train at 
Addiscombe Road (S.E. R.) 2.23. Elmer’s End arr. 2.29, dep. 2.38; Hayes, 
2.50. London contingent ; Charing Cross, 1.45 ; London Bridge, 1.58 or 2.21 ; 
change at Elmer's End. Any coming by 2.21 train will kindly notify Mr. Martin, 
at the Society’s offices. 
October 10. — Fungus Foray, in conjunction with the Lambeth Field Club. 
Wimbledon Common to Robin Hood Gate, where tea about 5.30. Waterloo 
(L. & S. W. R.), 2.25, 2.35, or 2.45, to Putney. Single fare, 5d. 
Geological Lectures. — Notification has been received of a course of twelve 
lectures on the Geological History of Vertebrate Animals, which will be 
delivered by R. H. Traquair, M.D,, LL.U., F. R.S., in the Lecture Theatre, 
South Kensington Museum, on Mondays, Wednesdays and Fridays, commencing 
October 5, at 5 p.m. Admission Free. 
Edward A. Martin, F.G.S. 
lion. Sec. Magazine and Leaflet Committee. 
