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notes on the architecture of the building, and Mr. Cater, a Member of the
Council of the British Archaeological Association, who was present as a
visitor, added a few remarks of a general character. Votes of thanks were
carried unanimously to these three gentlemen for their several communica-
tions.
Leaving the Chapel, a length of the original Roman wall of Othona was
inspected, almost masked by overhanging bushes, and the visitors strolled
down to the foreshore, where several of the more usual Saltmarsh plants
were collected on the saltings. Mr. Shenstone made some remarks on
the ecology of plants, with special reference to our Essex Saltmarsh forms
(printed under the title of "The Coast Flora of Essex" ante pp. 129-
133), and acted as referee for plants brought to him to name.
Five o'clock having now arrived, it became necessary to rejoin the
conveyances, and proceed to Bradwell Rectory, where the Rev. J. R. B.
Owen and Mrs. Owen welcomed the party to afternoon tea. The extensive
gardens of the Rectory offered many objects of interest to the visitors,
chief among these being an enormous fig tree, supported on posts and
extending over a space some 57 feet in length ; a grand old Holm Oak,
and a Cork Oak, were also specially noteworthy. Some of the party
also inspected the Church, with its fine Norman font, and the adjacent
lock-up and whipping-post.
After tea, an Ordinary Meeting of the Club (the 285th) was held
on the lawn, Mr. Miller Christy, Vice-President, in the chair.
New Members.—The following were elected :—
Miss Dorothy Walthall, Cantab Cottage, Hill's Road, Buckhurst Hill.
Miss Dorothea Sparshatt, Cantab Cottage, Hill's Road, Buckhurst Hill.
Mr. Francis C. Hill, Wardenhurst, Wanstead.
A short abstract of a paper by the Rev. A. C. Morris, on the occurrence
of Potentilla norvegica in Wanstead Park, was given by the Acting Secre-
tary, and specimens of the plant exhibited. (See paper in the present
part.)
A cordial vote of thanks to our host and hostess was then proposed
by Mr. Eliot Howard and seconded by Dr. Robert Jones, and Mr. Owen
suitably responded.
At 7 o'clock the brakes were in readiness and the return drive was
made by a slightly different route to Southminster.
MEETING AT WALTON-ON-NAZE.
Saturday,17th September 1910.
This meeting was for the purpose of studying the Geology and Botany
of the district.
The party assembled at Walton station at 10.21 a.m. and proceeded
through the town and along the beach to the Naze, noticing a considerable
quantity of lignitized wood in Septaria from the London Clay, while
several sharks' teeth from the same beds were picked up on the beach,
washed out from the clay cliff. The exposure of Red Crag, overlying the
London Clay, was reached by climbing, and collections were made of the
very abundant, but mostly comminuted molluscan fossils of which the
Crag is largely composed.