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SELBORNE SOCIETY NOTICES. 
Field Club Saturday Rambles 
August 6. — Start from Loughton on arrival of train leaving Liverpool Street 
at 2.41. Thence by Chigwell Row to Theydon Bois. Tea at Maypole Inn, 
Chigwell, about 5. Cheap return ticket to Loughton, is. Guide, Mr. S. Austin. 
August 13. — Croham Hurst and the Addington Hills. Take return ticket to 
East Croydon. Victoria, 2.35; Thornton Heath, 2.55; London Bridge, 2.25. 
Tea at Sandrock Hotel, Shirley, about 5.30. Guide, Mr. E. A. Martin. 
August 27. — Excursion to Burnham Beeches. Train from Paddington at 
2 o’clock p.m. to Slough, thence to Burnham Beeches by coach. Through return 
third-class railway ticket, including coach, 3s. Trains and through bookings in 
connection leave — Moorgate Street, 1.33 p.m., return fare 3s. 6d. ; Baker Street, 
1.47 p.m., return fare 3s. 2d. Passengers per Metropolitan trains change at 
Praed Street or Bishops Road. Arrive at Burnham Beeches 3.25 p.m. Tea at 
Wingrove’s Farm at 5 p.m. Leave Burnham Beeches per return coach at 6.45 
p.m. Members wishing to make a whole day excursion can meet guide at 
Paddington 10. 10 a.m., or at Slough 10.45 a - m - Guide, Mr. John S. Comrie. 
September 3. — Leave Swanley Junction on arrival of train leaving Holborn 
Viaduct 2.37 ; Victoria (L. C. & D. R.) 2.42. Visit the Bee Farm, Farning- 
ham, thence through village to Eynsford. Single ticket to Swanley Junction, 
is. 5^d. Guide, Mr. H. W. Brice, Hon. Sec., Kent and Sussex Beekeepers* 
Association. 
Council and Committee Meetings : — 
The next meetings of the Council will be held on Tuesdays, August 2 and 
September 6, at 5.30 ; of the Magazine and Leaflet Committee on August 16 and 
September 20 and October 19, at 5.30. 
Badges designed by Mr. John Fullwood. Prices: Brooch, 3s.; solitaire, 
is. 9d. ; pin, is 6d. ; pendant, is. 6d. These are especially useful as a means 
of identification between Selbornians when taking their holidays, or at country 
Field Club Rambles. 
ANSWERS TO CORRESPONDENTS. 
W. Johnson. — Silene Cucubalus, the Bladder Campion, and Vida Cracca 
the Tufted Vetch. 
F. E. Martin. — The Journal of Botany (West, Newman & Co.), The 
Annals of Botany (Clarendon Press), the Gardeners' Chronicle, or Science Gossip 
(Simpkin Marshall) will best meet your wants. 
Beatrice Banks. — We do not believe that animals are skinned alive for 
the manufacture of gloves. 
Rev. A. H. Courthope. — 1, 2, Euphorbia Faralias ; 3,4,5, E. port- 
landica. 
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