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PROCEEDINGS, 
Field Meeting, 3rd June, 1905. 
ST. PETER’S, ST. ALBANS. 
The party assembled in St. Peter’s Churchyard and walked by 
way of Bernard’s Heath to Beech Bottom, where, by permission of 
Mr. Alderman Beynolds, the old British earthwork was examined 
and its botany and entomology were investigated. What is known 
or surmised as to the origin of this earthwork having been stated in 
reports of previous visits to Beech Bottom, it is unnecessary to 
enter here into this debatable question. 
The route was then by way of Soot House Lane and the lanes at 
the back of Marshall’s Wick to the Home Wood, which was visited 
by permission of Mr. G. H. Marten, and the party returned to 
St. Albans by way of Sandpit Lane. 
Here the members and their friends had been kindly invited to 
tea by the President of the Society and Director of this meeting, 
Dr. John Morison, and it was partaken of on the lawn at his 
residence, “ Thirlstane.” A vote of thanks to him and to Mrs. 
Morison for their hospitality concluded a very pleasant meeting. 
Field Meeting, 27th June, 1905. 
KEAV GARDENS. 
The members met at the principal entrance, Kew Green, and the 
Director, Mr. Daniel Hill, who has furnished this report, first called 
attention to the fine specimen of Ginglco liloiba , the maidenhair- 
tree, standing near the Tropical Fern House : it is a native of 
Japan, and is considered to be a survivor or very close ally of some 
of the plants of the Coal Measures. As its name implies, the leaves 
are like much-enlarged pinnae of the maidenhair fern, but it is 
a conspicuous tree, nearly allied to the yews. 
The Palm House was visited, and attention was called to the 
Lodoicea seychettensis , the “ coco-de-mer,” noticed on our visit of 
29th May, 1900 (‘Trans.,’ Yol. X, p. Ixx), which had in the 
meantime been moved from the Victoria Regia House into the 
Palm House. The plant appeared to be very healthy and vigorous. 
Many beautiful things were seen in the Temperate House, which 
covers more than two acres of ground and is believed to be the 
largest glass house in the world. Attention was here called to 
the Strelitzia augusta , a member of the Banana family, with its 
very curious flowers, much like, both in form and colour, the 
erected crest of an angry cockatoo. The plant was named by 
Aiton in honour of the Queen of George III, a member of the 
House of Mecklenberg Strelitz. An earlier visit to this house 
would well repay members to see the fine collection of Himalayan 
rhododendrons and camellias in flower. 
Tea was partaken of at the Kiosk, and the party returned by way 
of the Bamboo Garden to the Rhododendron Dell and the Azalea 
