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screes were extensive sheets of Convallaria majalis. After tea at 
Monsal Dale, the party drove to Miller’s Dale station, and took 
train to Manchester. 
The next three nights were spent at the Midland Hotel, 
Manchester, where the party was joined by Professor Graebner. 
On August 8tb a traverse across the moors from Crowden to 
Greenfield was made. The sides of Crowden Great Clough were 
covered by siliceous grassland with much Pteris aquiliua, and a few 
trees of Quercus sessili/iora, Betula tomentosa and Pyrus Aucuparia 
in the lateral valleys. The edge of the moors which occupy the 
peat-covered plateau is very sharp. Blackchew Head moor is 
largely covered with an association of Eriophorum vaginatum, but a 
good deal of it is much cut up by channels through the peat, and on 
the drying hags is abundant Vactinium Myrtillus, Empetrum nigrum 
and sheets of Rufats Chamcemorus. An extensive new reservoir is 
being made at the head of Chewbrook Clough and a considerable 
extent of the valley is devastated. In the evening the party was 
entertained to dinner at the Midland Hotel by Professor Weiss and 
Professor Lang. 
August 9th was devoted to an excursion to the moors and 
woods lying to the south of Huddersfield. Owing to the kind offices 
of Dr. Woodhead some of the members of “ the Cave,” the oldest 
club in Huddersfield, generously lent several motor cars for the use 
of the party, and in this way a great deal of ground was covered 
most comfortably on this, the hottest day of a memorable 
summer. The party was met at Greenfield station by the cars and 
taken at once up over Saddleworth moor, very typical moor of 
Eriophorum vaginatum, so characteristic of the Pennine plateaux. The 
peat was now exceptionally dry and cracked in many places. Some 
interesting peat-sections with buried birch were examined, and again 
the siliceous pasture of the valley sides with continuous belts of 
Pteris, especially towards their upper edges were seen to stand out 
clearly against the peat-covered plateaux. The cars then proceeded 
to Honley where the party were most graciously entertained at 
lunch by Miss Siddon. After lunch Honley Woods of Quercus 
sessiliflora accompanied by Birch with an undergrowth of Calluna, 
Vactinium Myrtillus, Deschampsia flextiosa, etc., passing into Calluna 
heath were visited, and afterwards Hey Wood and Woodsome 
Woods, with the ground vegetation (on the Lower Coal Measures) 
mainly composed of Holcus mollis, Pteris aquilina and Scilla non- 
scripta, except in the damper places where there is a more varied 
vegetation. At Woodsome Wood the party were given tea by Mrs. 
Woodhead, and afterwards visited Woodsome Hall by permission 
of Lord Dartmouth, whose agent kindly opened it for the purpose 
of showing the members of the party the beautiful old court and 
hall and Renaissance terrace. From Woodsome Hall the party 
quickly reached Huddersfield, where they were entertained at 
dinner by the President and members of “ the Cave ” at a local 
hotel. The warm-hearted hospitality of their Huddersfield hosts 
will always be remembered with special pleasure of the party. 
On the morning of August 10th the party left Manchester for 
Southport and Ainsdale to visit the extensive Lancashire sand 
dunes under the leadership of Professor Weiss and Mr. Ball (of 
