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THE ESSEX FIELD CLUB.
Meeting would be held at the end of March, and in anticipation of it, the Council's
nominations of new members of Council and officers for 1896 were made. (See
Report of Annual Meeting, page 205.)
No other nominations were made, nor had the Secretary received any.
The President then called upon Mr. Holmes to give his Demonstration
on the Mosses.
Mr. Holmes had brought a large collection of type specimens of Mosses, with
microscopical preparations, fresh specimens of Mosses from the Sevenoaks
district, comprising examples of all the groups, and a large number of beautifully
clear diagrams which had been arranged around the walls of the meeting-room.
He gave an excellent demonstration, alluding among other points to the
following : "Differences between Club-Mosses, Scale-Mosses, and true Mosses—
Modes of classifying Mosses (1) by the leaf structure, (2), by the character of
the fructification—Modes of reproduction—How to collect Mosses—How to
examine them, and how to preserve them—The species to be looked for in the
Forest—Books recommended as aids to the study of Mosses."
Mr. Marquand supplemented Mr. Holmes' lecture by some practical remarks
and suggestions for beginners.
Mr. T, V. Holmes, V.P. (who was in the chair, the President having to leave
before the end of the meeting), proposed that a hearty vote of thanks should be
accorded to Mr. Holmes and Mr. Marquand for their valuable services, and the
vote was passed by acclamation.
The remainder of the evening was spent in examining the numerous specimens
and engravings of Mosses on the table, and then the members drove or walked
to Loughton, or Chingford, en route for home.
The i6th Annual General Meeting.
Saturday, March 2Sth, 1896.
The 16th Annual General Meeting of the Club was held in the small lecture
room of the Young Men's Christian Association, West Ham Lane, Stratford, at
7 o'clock, Mr. D. Howard, President, in the chair.
The minutes of the 15th Annual Meeting, held on March 30th, 1895, were read
and confirmed.
The Report of the Council for the year 1895 was read and adopted (see
p. 141).
The Treasurer's Statement of Account was read by Mr.W. C. Waller, although
the Audit Meeting had not taken place, owing to engagements of the Auditors.
The Statement was received and adopted, and was subsequently signed by the
Auditors and presented to the Council on June 16th (see p. 143).
The Hon. Curator read his Interim Report on the Central Museum (see
p. 145) and his Report on the progress of the Epping Forest Museum (see
p. 146). Both these reports were received and adopted.
No report on the condition of the Library was presented, but in answer to a
question Mr. Durrant said that he was preparing a list of Periodicals and
Transactions received at the library for the use of Members.