IReport of fIDeetings. 
For the Year ending 31st December^ 1907. 
rnHE Presidential Address by the retiring President, Mr. C. K. 
X Pudge, L.P.C.P., M.P.C.S., entitled, “ Notes on the Habit and 
Structure of the Mollu.^ca,” was given upon February 7th. Other 
meetings were held as follows : — 
Jan. 17th. — J. W. White, F.L.S., ‘‘The Botany of Montserrat.’’ 
Feb. 26th. — Exhibition Meeting, arranged by the Entomological 
Section. 
Mar. 7th, — B. T. P. Barker, M.A., “Yeasts.” 
,, 19th. — Exhibition Meeting, arranged by the Botanical Section. 
April 4th. — H. Bolton, F.R.S.E., ‘‘ Coal Measures of Ashton Vale.” 
,, 16th. — Exhibition of Specimens relating to Zoology. 
May 2nd. — J. H. Priestley, B.Sc., “ The Soil and Plant Formations.” 
Oct. 10th. — Prof. S. H. Reynolds, M.A., “Lakes and Rivers.” 
Nov. 7th. — H. J. Charbonnier, “Notes on Local Mammals.” 
,, 21st. — Exhibition Meeting, arranged by the Geological 
Section. 
Dec. 5th. — G. Munro Smith, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P., “A morning on 
the Downs.” 
The following Exhibits were shown by members at the ordinary 
meetings of the Society : — 
Feb. 7th. — The feet of the female Capercailzie — Mr. H. Matthews. 
Mar. 7th. — A specimen of Centriscus Scolopax, the “Trumpet” or 
“ Bellows ” Fish, found in the stomach of a Hake — Mr. H. Matthews. 
April 4th. — An unusually large specimen of the British Adder — 
Mr. C. K. Rudge, M.R.C.S., L.R.C.P. 
April 4th. — An abnormal flower of Richardia ZEthiopica, possessing 
apparently a double spathe — Miss Dorothy Hudd. 
May 2nd. — A fasciated branch of Crataegus Oxyacantha — Mr. 
G. S. Chapman. 
Oct. 10th. — A specimen of Strophanthus hispidus — Miss Holdship. 
Nov. 7th. — A specimen of crystalline Gypsum — Mr. J, W. White, 
iCL.S. 
Dec. 5th. — A specimen of Clover brought from the North of 
Ireland as the typical Irish Shamrock — Mr. J. W. White, F.L.S. 
At the December meeting a communication from Dr. J. Beddoe, 
F.R.S., was read by the Hon. Secretary, and is printed in full in this 
volume of the Proceedings of the Society. 
BOTANICAL SECTION. 
I T might well be supposed that all botanical discovery in the country 
around Bristol had been by this time effected, and that explorations 
carried on by so many observers during so long a period had completed 
the list of floral treasures contained in the district. The longer we 
live, however, the more certain it appears that flnality in field-botany 
is still as far off as it may be in any other investigation of nature’s 
mysteries ; and for this there are other reasons than that sight fails 
