THE ESSEX FIELD CLUB. 
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be sent to Mr. Buxton as a mark of esteem, and in recognition of his long 
and valued services to the cause of Natural History in Essex in his capacity 
of Verderer of Epping Forest. I now propose that this resolution should 
be accepted as coming from the general body of members also.” 
This resolution was put to the meeting, and carried by acclamation. 
Gift of Mycetozoa from Epping Forest. —The Curator (Mr. Cole) 
exhibited a collection of Mycetozoa from Epping Forest, comprising all 
the species hitherto recorded from the district. This collection had been 
made and presented to the Club by Miss Gulielma Lister, F.L.S. The 
whole series had been mounted in glass-topped boxes in the Museum, 
and constituted a very welcome contribution to our collections. 
A vote of thanks was most cordially given to Miss Lister for this 
interesting collection. 
Rough Pottery from Lincolnshire Coast. —Mr. Hazzledine Warren 
exhibited and presented some rough pottery from the Lincolnshire coast, 
which closely resembled the briquetage found in our Essex Red-hills, 
but which has no red-earth associated with it, nor does it form hillocks ; 
much charcoal was found with the pottery. 
“ Arctic Bed ” at Ponders End.— Mr. Warren also exhibited a sample 
of the Moss-bed at Ponders End, containing Hypnum exannulatum var. 
orthophyllum and a small quantity of H. giganteum. The nearest 
present-day forms of these mosses grow on the summit of Ben Nevis in 
Scotland. In the Ponders End bed the Mosses are associated with 
bones of Elephas pvimigenius. [See ante, pp. 36-39,] 
The President, Messrs. Miller Christy and W. Cole joined in the dis¬ 
cussion which these exhibits provoked, and the thanks of the meeting were 
accorded to Mr. Warren. 
Mr. C. Nicholson exhibited living examples of a Myxomycete, Bad - 
Jiamia utricularia , in various stages of plasmodium and sporangia, and 
gave some account of the creatures. 
In the ensuing discussion in which Mr. Paulson, F.R.M.S., and Mr. 
T. C. Shenstone, F.L.S., joined, Miss Hibbert-Ware spoke of the great 
abundance of Myxogasters in the neighbourhood of Leytonstone during 
the last month, saying that she had found 28 species during January. 
Mr. William Marriott, F.R.Met.S., gave a Lecture on “ Weather Ob¬ 
servation in connection with the work of the Essex Field Club.” The 
lecturer treated of the following matters, among others, and his observa¬ 
tions were fully illustrated by lantern slides :— Luke Howard’s Observa¬ 
tions at Plaistow—Instruments used at Meteorological Stations—Forms of 
Clouds — Rainfall — Snow — Hail — Thunderstorms—Climatological Observa¬ 
tions — Work done by Natural History Societies—Work which might be 
undertaken bv the Essex Field Club. 
An interesting discussion followed, in which the President, Mr. David 
Howard, F.C.S. (who exhibited a portrait at the age of 90 of his grand¬ 
father, Luke Howard, F.R.S., the celebrated “ Father of British Meteoro¬ 
logy ”), Mr. T. S. Dymond, F.C.S., Mr. Paulson, Mr. Shenstone, Mr. Thomp¬ 
son, Mr. Nicholson, Mr. Wilson and Dr. Graham took part. 
A cordial vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Marriott, at the instance of 
the President. 
