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Drayton and his Works.” The tenth excursion of the section 
was made on December 17th, this being confined to places in 
Birmingham—as “Dr. Priestley’s Country.” There was 
afterwards exhibited in the Society’s room, through the kind¬ 
ness of Sam: Timmins, Esq., F.R.S.L., and Mr. W. H. 
Cope, a large and interesting collection of Dr. Priestley’s 
books, engravings, and autograph letters. A sympathetic and 
eloquent address on “ Priestley ” was also delivered by 
Dr. Crosskey, the able and courteous successor to his pulpit. 
Miss Naden’s introduction to the study of the “ Data of 
Ethics” and Mr. W. K. Parkes’s essay on “ Individualism in 
Art ” have been published in the “ Midland Naturalist.” The 
section has suffered a great loss in the removal of Miss 
Naden from Birmingham. 
The Library .—The librarian (J. E. Bagnall, A.L.S.) 
reports favourably as to the state of the Library. The issue of 
books has been as follows : Botany, 52 ; Zoology, 22; 
Ornithology, 5 ; Entomology, 3 ; Geology, 20 ; Microscopy, 
20; Philosophy and General, 59; total, 181, being 36 in 
excess of last year. The number of persons borrowing books 
during the year has been 38, as against 41 in the previous 
year. The list of books added to the Library during the year 
will be separately published. 
General Property .—The curators (G. M. Iliff and H. Miller) 
have to report that the microscopes are now in good order, 
the necessary repairs having been effected during the year. 
The parabolic illuminator belonging to the Swift microscope, 
mentioned as missing in the last year’s report, has been 
found and replaced in its case. 
NOTES ON THE WARWICKSHIRE STOUR VALLEY 
AND ITS FLORA. 
BY JAMES E. BAGNALL, A.L.S. 
(Continued from page 28.) 
The River Stour and its Affluents. 
The Stour rises at Stour Well, near Tadmarton Camp, in 
Oxfordshire, and enters Warwickshire at Traitor’s Ford, three 
miles west of its source. Here it is a rapid but insignificant 
stream, and its course is west and north-west, through 
Stourton and Clierrington to Mitford Bridge, receiving small 
feeders on right and left bank, near Whichford Mill ; on its 
right bank at Stourton it joins, or, better, takes the bed 
of Sutton Brook, a stream rising near Compton Wynyates. 
and flowing through Lower Brailes and Sutton-under-Brailes. 
