REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR I9I3. 
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was interesting in view of the universal frequency of this 
mammal round York. 
On Saturday, July 5th, an excursion to Stamford Bridge 
took place in conjunction with the Yorkshire Naturalists’ Union. 
The river was crossed at Buttercrambe Bridge and, by the 
kind permission of Major Collins, the members went through 
Aldby Park, famous as the residence of an old Yorkshire 
family—the Darleys, and of being the site of a Royal villa 
belonging to the King of Northumbria. 
An evening ramble to Askham bogs took place on July 16th, 
when 11 members had a most enjoyable evening. What pleased 
them most was to find that the royal fern was still an inhabit¬ 
ant of that famous locality. 
By kind permission of Lord Feversham, Beckdale was 
visited on August gth ; only 7 members attended that outing, 
and nothing fresh was reported. 
An evening ramble—the last of the year—was held at New 
Earswick on September 3rd, when 8 members spent a pleasant 
hour in Dr. Gayner’s garden. Mr. Gayner showed many in¬ 
teresting plants, amongst which were noticed the tulip tree, 
the wood sorrel, sea lavender, etc. ; after viewing the garden, 
Mrs. Gayner kindly entertained the members with light 
refreshments. 
The winter session was opened with the Presidential Address 
by Mr. W. Ingham. The lecture was entitled “A Sketch of 
Natural History Subjects.” As this was the first meeting 
following the death of Dr. Tempest Anderson, Mr. S. Smith 
moved—“ That the Field Naturalists’ Section of the Philosoph¬ 
ical Society desires to place on record their appreciation of the 
services rendered to them and to science generally by Dr. 
Anderson, and express their regret at his untimely demise.” 
Mr. H. J. Wilkinson, in seconding the resolution, spoke very 
feelingly of the loss of Dr. Anderson, who, he said, was one 
always ready to give kind advice, and he was pleased to know 
the Yorkshire Philosophical Society had a perpetual memorial 
in the Tempest Anderson Hall. The resolution was carried 
unanimously. 
At the following meeting Mr. W. Bellerby read a Paper 
on “ English Flowers and Trees and their identification,” 
