24 Survey and Study of British Vegetation. 
The meeting was only a preliminary one, yet it was thoroughly 
representative. Mr. C. E. Moss (Manchester), Dr. W. G. Smith 
(Leeds), Mr. A. G. Tansley (London) and Mr. T. W. Woodhead 
(Huddersfield) were present, while Mr. M. Hardy (Dundee), Mr. F. J. 
Lewis (Liverpool), Mr. R. Lloyd Praeger and Dr. G. H. Pethybridge 
(Dublin) and Mr. W. M. Rankin (Portsmouth) communicated, 
expressing sympathy with the general objects of the meeting, and 
regretting their inability to be present. The unanimous response 
from almost all those actively engaged in vegetation-survey in the 
British Isles indicated the need of some closer co-operation than 
has hitherto existed. 
It was therefore resolved to form a Committee of those present, 
together with the other gentlemen mentioned above (with power to 
add to their number), in order to co-ordinate the work which is 
being done, to secure uniformity of method so far as it may seem 
desirable, to have a ready means of discussing various topics that 
arise in connexion with methods and results, and generally to 
advance the interests of the survey. It is proposed to call the 
Committee “ The Central Committee for the Survey and Study of 
British Vegetation.” 
The following provisional resolutions which were adopted among 
others may be of interest to botanists interested in the work. 
Scale of Maps. The survey of the British Isles should be pro¬ 
ceeded with. In those areas where the plant-associations are largely 
untouched by human agency and extend uniformly over considerable 
tracts, the scales of one inch to the mile or half an inch to the mile, 
which have been found suitable in the maps hitherto published 
should be adopted ; the field work may be carried out on the one 
inch or six inch ordnance maps. In regions which are largely 
agricultural, general topographical maps on a scale of a quarter- 
inch to the mile are recommended, with the local features of botanical 
interest marked in some distinctive manner. Maps illustrating these 
local features, e.g. marshes, commons, natural woods, etc., on a scale 
of six inches or of twenty-five inches to the mile, or if thought 
desirable on an even larger scale, should be prepared as opportunity 
offers. In this way it is hoped to complete a first botanical survey 
within a reasonable time. 
Colours to be used. Steps should be taken after consulting 
with cartographic experts to obtain uniformity in the printing 
of colours, a point on which some difficulty has been experienced 
in the past. The question of deciding upon a uniform comprehensive 
