1Repoit0 of flDcetings. 
Fo 7' the Year ending 31st December^ 1908. 
ri^HE Presidential Address by Mr. J. W. White, F.L.S., entitled, 
X “ The History of Bristol Botany,” Part I., was given upon 
January 23rd. Other meetings were held as follows : — • 
Feb. 6th.— A. B. Browse, M.D., F.R.C.S., “Dartmoor.” 
Mar. 5th. — Miss I. M. Roper, “ The Blossoming of the Trees.” 
,, 23rd. — Exhibition Meeting, arranged by the Entomological 
Section. 
April 2nd. — G. C. Griffiths, “Variation and Dimorphism in Butter- 
flies.” 
May 7th. — J. H. Priestley, “Further Experiments upon the 
application of electricity in Horticulture and Agriculture.” 
Oct. 8th. — P. A. Thompson, A.M.I.C.E., ‘^Siam.” 
Nov. 5th. — J. McMurtrie, F.G.S., “ Physical Disturbances in the 
Somersetshire and Gloucestershire Coal Fields.” 
Dec. 3rd. — Short papers — W. A. Smith, M.B., “The Ornithorhyn- 
chus.” Miss I. M. Roper, “The Cotton Grasses.” J. H. Priestley, 
“ Light Lenses of the Leaf.” 
At the General Meeting held on April 2nd the following Resolution 
was passed unanimously 
“ That this General Meeting of the Bristol Naturalists’ Society 
cordially supports the movement for the establishment of a University 
in Bristol, and is of opinion that a local University will be of the 
highest value in furthering the development of those branches of 
education and research in which this Society has for forty-six years 
shown its deep interest.” 
The following exhibits were shown by members at the ordinary 
meetings of the Society : — 
Jan. 23rd. — T. D. Nicholson, M.D., Ed. Stone with depression 
tradition stated to have been occupied by a toad. 
J. McMurtrie, F.G.S. Fossil Plants from the carbon- 
iferous formation. 
Mar. 5th. — C. K. Rudge, L.R.C.P., M.R.C.S. Specimens of balls 
of vegetable fibre rolled by the winds or waves, 
collected from sea-water and from a fresh-water lake. 
W. H. Wickes. Crystalline carborundum from the 
electrical works at Niagara. 
April 2nd. — Miss Roper. Specimens of brown fibre found in large 
quantities on the shores of the Spencer Gulf 
S. Australia, and consisting of the fibrous remains of 
the leafsheaths and bracts of Posidonia australis, 
