34 Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union : Annual Report, 1913. 
Botanical Survey Committee. — Dr. T. W. Woodhead 
writes : — There are many items of interest to record relating to 
Botanical Survey in Yorkshire. The small Vegetation Committee 
which was founded in 1904 by Dr. Wm. G. Smith has developed 
into the ‘ British Ecological Society,’ with a publication, the 
‘ Journal of Ecology.’ During the year two important works 
have appeared, viz., Mr. F. Elgee’s ‘ Moorlands of North-Eastern 
Yorkshire,’ which is a valuable contribution to our knowledge 
of the Cleveland Moors, and Dr. C. E. Moss’s ‘ Vegetation of 
the Peak District,’ which includes a small portion of South- 
west Yorkshire and gives an excellent summary of the plant 
associations of the area. It is indispensible to Yorkshire ecolo- 
gists. Noteworthy contributions have also been made by Mr. 
W. B. Crump on methods of determining the water content of 
soils, in which he deals especially with the moorland and 
woodland soils of South-west Yorkshire. Reference to these, 
and comments on them by Mr. J. W. H. Johnson, will be found in 
The Naturalist, pp. 169-171, 239-241 and 436-438. An account 
of the Marsh Vegetation of Askern Bog and Kilham Marsh, by 
Mr. H. H. Corbett, appeared in The Naturalist for December. 
Interesting observations have been made at the Union’s 
excursions, notably at Kirkby Stephen (Nat., page 232) and at 
Great Ayton (Nat., pp. 326-7). 
Members of the Heckmondwike Society are engaged on a 
study of the woodland vegetation of Upper Lodge Range, 
Hunsworth, and several maps have been prepared showing the 
distribution of the more important species. 
Bryological Committee.— Mr. W. Ingham, B.A., writes: — 
Much good and successful work has been done during the year. 
Mr. James Murray has added Ulota phyllantha to Cumberland. 
Mr. R. Barnes has re-found the very rare moss Oreas Mielichoferi 
var. elongata in the original locality in Cleveland. The only 
other locality for this moss in the British Isles is South Aberdeen, 
where it was refound by Mr. W. E. Nicholson in July, 1912. 
Mr. J. J. Marshall has added the following to North Lincoln- 
shire : Seligeria calcarea, Tortilla angustata, Trichostomum 
jlavovirens, Weber a annotina var. bulbifera c. fr., the first British 
record in fruit of this var., Brachythecium rivulare, Eurhynchium 
pumilum c. fr., Amblystcgium Kochii c. fr., and Hypnum gigan- 
teutn, the last also by J. F. Musham. 
Mr. C. A. Cheetham has added Weber a proligera to Mid-west 
Yorks. ; Mr. W. Watson Funaria Tcmpletoni to South-west 
Yorks., and Mr. W. Ingham Philonotis capillaris to Yorkshire — 
good ‘ capillaris.’ He also found good Bryum capillare var. 
elegans on Inglcborough. 
Mycological Committee. — Mr. C. Crossland writes : — In 
April the sixth instalment of ‘ Newly-discovered Fungi in York- 
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