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PROCEEDINGS. 
generate local patriotism, and establish an outlook into the 
larger world on a concrete foundation rather than on the sands of 
mere book-learning ? Such a text-book might also be correlated 
with the local museum arranged for visual instruction, and so 
classified as to prompt systematic thought.” # 
The Rev. R. Ashington Bullen advocated the advisability of 
appointing a Committee for the photographic survey of ancient 
remains in the British Islands. 
The result of his remarks and of a very full discussion which 
followed was the passing of the following resolution to be sent 
to the Committee of Recommendations for transmission to the 
Council of the Association:— 
“ That it is advisable : 
“1. To obtain information as to the present state of things in 
Britain in connection with photo-survey work. 
“2. To publish instructions or give advice for the execution 
of a scientific photographic survey. 
“3. To endeavour to found, or promote, a photo-record of the 
town and district in which the British Association holds its 
Annual Meeting.” fi 
Second Meeting. 
Mr. Carleton Rea, M.A., brought forward a plea that Local 
Societies should give greater attention to the investigation of 
the Fungi occurring in their districts, and made suggestions for 
the encouragement of the study of this group. 
The great losses which farmers and gardeners suffer from 
want of knowledge of injurious fungi was pointed out, and also 
the loss to our food supply from want of knowledge of the 
edible species. The exhibition of named specimens in some 
local institution such as a Museum was advocated, such an 
exhibition to be accompanied by illustrations cut out of the 
British Museum ‘ Gfuide to Sowerby’s Models of British Fungi,’ 
and mounted on cards. 
Where there was no member of the Local Society interested 
in the study of fungi, Mr. Rea advised that one or more should 
be induced to do so and to join the British Mycological Society 
and attend its annual meetings, the Society holding a week’s 
fungus foray every year in different parts of Britain, when the 
specimens collected were named and exhibited. 
* A very modest attempt at correlating the work of specialists in the 
description of a small area has recently been made by your Editor in the 
part of our ‘ Transactions’ entitled “ St. Albans and its Neighbourhood” 
(Part 3 of the present volume, June, 1911), but the method advocated by 
Mr. Mackinder of giving the results of local surveys on maps is far too 
expensive for such a Society as ours to aspire to, as the maps would be 
useless to our members generally unless they were published. 
f This has now become an established practice, commencing with an 
excellent exhibition of the kind at the Dublin meeting in 1908. 
