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This quarry has been unused for some years and is now being worked
again on a reduced scale. The fallow years have produced a dense growth of
shrubs and trees with many interesting flowering plants.' The composition
of this growth is described in some detail in the account of a former visit
paid by the Club in 1920 (see vol. 9, p. 256) and it was now noticed that a
number of Oak saplings had appeared although no trees from which the
acorns might have come were to be seen in the vicinity.
The strata of Thames Valley deposits (worked for brick earth), Thanet
Sand and Chalk with its layers of flints, which are revealed in the quarries,
were examined and the party then adjourned to Baird's Cafe for tea. After
the meal a short formal meeting was held at which Mr. David H. Wright.
M.A., of 16, Auckland Road, Ilford, was elected a member.
Fifty flowering plants were noted, including Cut-leaved Mignonette
(Reseda lutea), Dyer's Rocket (R. luteola), Bladder Campion (Silene Cucu-
balus), Red Valerian (Kentranthus ruber), Oxford Ragwort (Senecio squalidus),
Common Twayblade (Listera ovata) abundant, Spotted Orchis (Orchis
maculata), Man Orchis (Aceras anthropophora), and the fern, Adder's Tongue
(Ophioglossum vulgatum).
RAMBLE IN EPPING FOREST (889th Meeting)
SATURDAY, JUNE 6TH, 1948
A party of 15 members met outside "The Crown," Loughton at 10.30
a.m. for a ramble in the Forest under the guidance of Mr. J. Ross.
A number of interesting plants were pointed out. In one place a well-
established colony of Claytonia perfoliata and, near a roadway, a few plants
of Water Avens (Geum rivale) and some inflorescences of Bistort (Polygonum
Bistorta).
Strawberry Hill pond was gay with Water Violet and Water Crowfoot
and here also a plant of White Waterlily was coming into flower. In Kate's
Cellar two rather spindly Azaleas showed a few yellow flowers and on the
site of the old High Beach Nursery some large Rhododendrons were in full
bloom, while a boggy patch afforded some flowers of Iris sibirica.
The usual good tea was produced by Mrs. Glass at the "Duke of Welling-
ton" and after the meal Mr. Ross gave an interesting informal talk con-
cerning the changes which he had observed in the Forest flora over a number
of years.
Over 100 wild flowers were recorded during the day, including, in addition
to those already mentioned, Sandspurrey (Spergularia rubra), Shepherd's
Needle (Scandix Pecten-veneris), Flowering Rush (Butomus umbellatus) and
Yellow Flag (Iris Pseudacorus).
A Snake-fly found by Mrs. R. Ward at the swamp on Strawberry Hill was
afterward identified as Raphidia xanthostigma.
VISIT TO THE VALLEY OF THE STOUR (890th Meeting)
SATURDAY, JUNE 26TH, 1948
Leaving Woodford at rather after the appointed hour of 10 a.m. by motor-
coach, the route taken as far as Coggeshall was that followed when the
Club visited that town last year. On the way through the Rodings several
houses that had been very nicely re-thatched were noticed and in the fields
and gardens of the seed-growing district round Coggeshall sweet-peas in
full bloom provided a feast of glowing colour.
Driving north from Coggeshall the river was crossed at Earls Colne where
a fleeting glimpse of the famous pargetting of Ford House was obtained.
Through Bures with its large weather-boarded mill the route then followed
the north bank of the Stour towards Nayland. On the way the very pleasing