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After lunch, a circuitous route through the Forest in a hail and thunder
storm eventually led to the main Epping Road just south of Mount Pleasant,
Crossing the road in open formation, the members passed through the old
nursery ground and, skirting High Beach Church, dropped down to the
Duke of Wellington Inn. The view over the Lea Valley reminded one that :
"The day becomes more solemn and serene
When noon is past—there is a harmony
In Autumn, and a lustre in the sky,
Which through the Summer is not heard or seen,
As if it could not be, as if it had not been!" Shelley.
After an excellent tea, Mr. W. J. Foster, as Chairman, thanked Mr.
Peterken for his help and kindness in leading and acting as referee for the
Mosses. Mr. Peterken said that the day had yielded disappointing results
and remarked on the absence of many well-known kinds. Mr. W. Howard
spoke briefly on the Ferns recorded. The outstanding feature of the day
had been the prolific display of Fungi, particularly Amanita muscaria, which
had developed late this year, and the striking beauty of the sunlit woods,
The following were recorded during the day :
MOSSES
Dicranum scoparium Leucobryum glaucum
Polytrichum formosum Campylopus pyriformis
Brachythecium rutabulum Mnium hornum
Diplophyllum albicans Tetraphis pellucida
Ceratodon purpureus Webera nutans
Brachythecium velutinum Hypnum cupressiforme
Dicranella heteromalla Hypnum fluitans
LIVERWORTS
Calypogeia trichomanes Lepidozia ventricosa
Lepidozia reptans
FERNS
Dryopteris aristata Pteris aquilina
Dryopteris Filix-mas Dryopteris spinulosa
Ordinary Meeting (915th Meeting)
SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 26TH, 1949
This meeting was held at 3 p.m. in the West Ham Municipal College,
with the President, Mr. L. S. Harley, in the chair. Some thirty-five members
and friends attended.
The following were elected to membership of the Club:
Miss M. D. Allen, of 4, Warren Road, Wanstead, E.11.
Miss F. Godfrey, of 17, Beacontree Road, Leytonstone, E.11.
Mr. Broughton exhibited the two fishes (now permanently preserved)
which were the subject of his remarks at the last ordinary meeting. Taken
in the River Roding between Ongar and Fyfield, they had now been identified
as Common Loach (Cobitis barbatula) and a two-spined specimen of Three-
spined Stickleback (Gasterosteus aculeatus).
The President spoke of his observation on the concentration of place
names containing "White" in the coastal region and river valleys of Essex.
He showed a lantern slide of a sketch map which he had prepared to illustrate
this concentration. Beyond a speculation that there might be some con-
nection with the salt industry of bygone times he was not prepared at this
stage to suggest any explanation of this curious fact.
Mr. Bernard Ward showed specimens of the moss Nanomitrium tenerum