ANNUAL REPORT.
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Cooke, deserve special notice. These have been framed and hung round the
walls of the gallery, above the series of wall-cases, which will contain the
educational set of botanical specimens. The Museum is to be congratulated on
having obtained such fine examples of the skill of one of the leading English
botanists.
Mr. F. W. Reader still continues to give us the benefit of his knowledge and
skill in connection with our small archaeological series, and Dr. Frank Corner,
Mr. A. S. Kennard, and Mr. J. P. Johnson presented very interesting specimens
to the collection.
The Curator has much pleasure in acknowledging the patient and skilful
work of Mr. Whitehead, the Museum Steward, in all departments.
It is hoped that in the coming year, arrangements will be possible for
the better exhibition of the Essex series of Vertebrates, the Essex Invertebrates, the
Herbarium and the Pre-historic collections. These matters are now being carefully
considered.
The Library must be held over for notice in the next report. But one very
interesting donation must be recorded. Our member, Dr. H. C. Sorby, F.R.S.,
is subscribing for a copy of the Victoria History of Essex, and the first volume
has been received.
Epping Forest Museum.—The anxiety concerning this institution, referred
to in the report for 1902, still continues, and, indeed, is becoming acute. It is
proposed to call a meeting of the members and of the Epping Forest Museum
Committee at the Museum to consider the whole matter, and a special report will
then be presented. A good deal of work has been done at the Museum during
the year, particularly in finishing the cases, and in the entomological collections.
The Lepidoptera have been re-arranged in a special set of cases by Mr. B. G.
Cole. Mr. H. A. Cole has made a large number of frames for the cases, and for
an orderly presentation of the group labels in the different sections. Glass jars
have been purchased for the tree and fungi collection, and a set of small aquaria are
in hand awaiting setting up. Mr. H. A. Cole has also made a stand for jars to
contain specimens of wild flowers in blossom in each week of the summer. Dr.
Cooke has prepared a set of 16 large original coloured drawings of the groups of
flowerless plants native to the Forest, with which to fill the screens in the "Oak
Room." And Mr. W. Cole has prepared and arranged a series of the larvae of
Forest Lepidoptera, mounted on their appropriate food plants, these last being
natural specimens.
Mr. Chalkley Gould has completed the arrangement of the series of specimens
from the Romano-British village at Chigwell, and the Council may be permitted
to say that in a few small local museums can be seen a collection of the kind
better displayed and illustrated by plans and descriptive tablets.
The Proposed Photographic Survey of Essex.—Considerable interest
has been aroused by Mr. Briscoe's proposals published in the April part of the
Essex Naturalist. The details for the practical realization of the scheme are
now almost completed. It is hoped that a county meeting for the purpose of
bringing this matter before the Essex people may be organised in the summer.
The members will be further advised of this in due course.
Presidency.—The Council has great pleasure in recommending the members
to re-elect Mr. F. W. Rudler, I.S.O., F.G.S., etc., as President for the coming
Club year.