THE ESSEX FIELD CLUB. 107
be sent to Mr. Buxton as a mark of esteem, and in recognition of his long
and valued services to the cause of Natural History in Essex in his capacity
of Verderer of Epping Forest. I now propose that this resolution should
be accepted as coming from the general body of members also."
This resolution was put to the meeting, and carried by acclamation.
Gift of Mycetozoa from Epping Forest.—The Curator (Mr. Cole)
exhibited a collection of Mycetozoa from Epping Forest, comprising all
the species hitherto recorded from the district. This collection had been
made and presented to the Club by Miss Gulielma Lister. F.L.S. The
whole series had been mounted in glass-topped boxes in the Museum,
and constituted a very welcome contribution to our collections.
A vote of thanks was most cordially given to Miss Lister for this
interesting collection.
Rough Pottery from Lincolnshire Coast.—Mr. Hazzledine Warren
exhibited and presented some rough pottery from the Lincolnshire coast,
which closely resembled the briquetage found in our Essex Red-hills,
but which has no red-earth associated with it, nor does it form hillocks ;
much charcoal was found with the pottery.
"Arctic Bed" at Ponders End.—Mr. Warren also exhibited a sample
of the Moss-bed at Ponders End, containing Hypnum exannulatum var.
orthophyllum and a small quantity of H. giganteum. The nearest
present-day forms of these mosses grow on the summit of Ben Nevis in
Scotland. In the Ponders End bed the Mosses are associated with
bones of Elephas primigenius. [See ante, pp. 36-39,]
The President, Messrs. Miller Christy and W. Cole joined in the dis-
cussion which these exhibits provoked, and the thanks of the meeting were
accorded to Mr. Warren.
Mr. C. Nicholson exhibited living examples of a Myxomycete, Bad-
hamia Utricularia, in various stages of plasmodium and sporangia, and
gave some account of the creatures.
In the ensuing discussion in which Mr. Paulson, F.R.M.S., and Mr.
T. C. Shenstone, F.L.S., joined, Miss Hibbert-Ware spoke of the great
abundance of Myxogasters in the neighbourhood of Leytonstone during
the last month, saying that she had found 28 species during January.
Mr. William Marriott, F.R.Met.Soc., gave a Lecture on "Weather Ob-
servation in connection with the work of the Essex Field Club." The
lecturer treated of the following matters, among others, and his observa-
tions were fully illustrated by lantern slides :—Luke Howard's Observa-
tions at Plaistow—Instruments used at Meteorological Stations—Forms of
Clouds—Rainfall—Snow—Hail—Thunderstorms—Climatological Observa-
tions—Work done by Natural History Societies—Work which might be
undertaken by the Essex Field Club.
An interesting discussion followed, in which the President, Mr. David
Howard, F.C.S., (who exhibited a portrait at the age of 90 of his grand-
father, Luke Howard, F.R.S., the celebrated "Father of British Meteoro-
logy"), Mr. T. S. Dymond, F.C.S., Mr. Paulson, Mr. Shenstone, Mr. Thomp-
son, Mr. Nicholson, Mr. Wilson and Dr. Graham took part.
A cordial vote of thanks was passed to Mr. Marriott, at the instance of
the President.