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the skins and referred to several visits he had himself paid to Western 
Canada in earlier years, when he had made acquaintance with all the 
forms of birds exhibited. 
On the President’s motion, the thanks of the meeting were accorded 
to the several exhibitors and donors. 
Mr. C. Nicholson read a paper on " The Rosy-marbled Moth in Britain 
(with special reference to Essex) ” (printed ante, p. 29), and exhibited speci¬ 
mens of the moth and its cocoon. 
Thanks were passed to Mr. Nicholson for his paper. 
The President then called upon Mr. George Morris, who read a paper 
on " Some Neolithic Sites in the Valley of the Essex Cam ” (see ante, p. 
49), illustrating same by lantern-maps and diagrams, and by the exhibi¬ 
tion of specimens of implements and flakes from the various sites described. 
An interesting discussion followed the reading of the paper, in the course 
of which Mr. Hazzledine Warren remarked that he agreed with the author 
in regarding the implements exhibited as being of Neolithic date, although 
some advanced students of to-day would call them Palaeolithic ; he added 
that patination is due to local conditions and not to age. 
A hearty vote of thanks was accorded to Mr. Morris for his communica¬ 
tion, and the meeting adjourned. 
VISIT TO THE MUSUEM OF ECONOMIC BOTANY. 
KEW GARDENS (541st MEETING). 
SATURDAY, l8TH FEBRUARY, I922. 
A bright sunny day, which reminded one that spring was not far dis¬ 
tant, tempted some 25 members to attend this meeting, which had been 
arranged for the purpose of making an inspection of the Museums in the 
Kew Gardens, under the conduct of our Vice-President, Professor G. S. 
Boulger, F.L.S., F.G.S. 
The party assembled at 2 o’clock at the Victoria Gate entrance to the 
Gardens, where it was met by the Conductor, and at once proceeded to 
Museum No. 1. 
Here Professor Boulger began a detailed account of the history of the 
building and its collections, and remarked that the latter, though all of 
economic importance, were arranged in strict scientific sequence of the 
natural orders of plants, and not according to their economic value ; but 
he pointed out that economic characters run with the natural orders with 
remarkable unanimity. 
It is impossible here to give a resume of Professor Boulger’s lecture, 
which was of the most detailed character and which lasted until the visitors 
were turned out of the Museum at closing time ! Briefly, the Professor 
touched upon each of the more valuable economic products of the Dicotyle¬ 
dons (to which Class this Museum is devoted. Museum No. 2 being in 
like manner given up to the Monocotyledons), such as opium, gamboge, 
tea, cotton, kapok, cocoa, flax, linseed oil, senna, gum arabic, etc., treating 
each subject with a wealth of personal knowledge which did not fail to 
impress his hearers. 
Before leaving the Museum the President expressed the cordial thanks 
of these present to our Vice-President for his valuable exposition, and 
