REPORT OF THE COUNCIL FOR I917. 
XI 
During my twenty-five years’ work as Honorary Curator I 
have liad the pleasure of exhibiting some of the specimens to 
many eminent botanists such as the late Sir Joseph Dalton 
Hooker, xVlfred Russell Wallace, George Massee, Dr. Robert 
Braithwaite, Dr. Richard Spruce, and others. Also I beg to 
report that the authors of the Flora, North Yorkshire, J. G. 
Baker, F.R.S. ; West Yorkshire, F. Arnold Lees, M.R.C.S., 
Eng. ; East Yorkshire, Jas. Fraser Robinson ; M. B. Slater 
(Malton), and Major General James Cecil Dalton, have ex¬ 
pressed their satisfaction and sympathy with the work done. 
I desire to place on record my sincere thanks to the members 
of the Council, and also to Mr. George Webster, Miss Lilian 
G. Hurd, and Mr. Albert C. Fearnley, for their assistance. 
Donations : 
1159 A. Spiranthes Romazoviana, Cham. 
Presented by W. H. St. Quintin, Esq. 
1208 A. Maianthemum Convallaria, Roth. ) Presented by 
643 A. Matricaria discoidea, D.C. j J. S. Gayner, Esq. 
Also a portfolio containing a small collection of Ferns and 
Club Mosses collected by the Rev. F. 0 . Mayne, Darjiling 
and Simla, India, in 1850. F. G. Mayne, Esq. 
Ceramics. —The Ceramic exhibits have received a good 
deal of attention during the year. Two new cases have been 
erected in the East Gallery, and the specimens have been re¬ 
arranged and progress made with the labelling. Six additional 
specimens have been presented during the year, amongst which 
is a large and interesting Rockingham china leech jar. The 
Loan Collection of Yorkshire Pottery in the Central Hall has 
been increased by a number of specimens, amongst which are 
two one-sided Rockingham china figures, a finely printed 
Middlesbrough pottery ewer and basin. The specimens of 
Stockton pottery show a number of factory marks which are 
unpublished and little known. 
' The Loan Collection of typical wares and decorations has 
been much increased during the year and is becoming highl}' 
instructive. Special mention may be made of an earthenware 
bowl with powder blue decoration, a marbled ware plate with 
finely modelled horses on the bevil or rim, a scratched blue 
