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encouraged Metzgeria to take hold again in
Epping Forest (Strawberry Hill) and on the
Little Oakley club outing, a thriving colony
of Tortula ruraliformis was located on the
dunes, not seen in Essex since Sherrin
recorded it there in 1905.
As County Recorder for High Plants, I
would like to express my appreciated of the
hundreds of records sent to me during the
year in response to the circulation of the
document "Botanical Recording in Essex".
Together with printing and postage, this
cost well over £100 to produce which suggests
therefore that our Botanist's Newsletter No.l
will have to pay for itself. This is going
to be out much later than originally planned
as I have had other commitments this summer.
It should be ready for Christmas. X would
be grateful for articles for inclusion on
ecological or taxonomic topics. Would anyone
like to take up my challenge for an exchange
of views on transplanting? (See Botanical
Recording in Essex). There will be a retro-
spective charge of around 50p to cover
production and postage when it finally does
appear.
Ken Adams
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Wanted - several adventurous naturalists
to join a Landrover safari through Kenya over
Christmas. We shall be camping, purchasing
our food locally and cooking over camp fires.
The aim being to record both on film and
sound tape something of the ecology and fauna
and flora of that equatorial country.
Enquiries
to Ron Allen