A * / i W3 .-4- • Ijjorhabtre philosophical Society. 9 ANNUAL REPOET MDCCCXCIX, « X * ANNUAL REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF THE YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL FOR MDCCCXCIX. PRESENTED TO THE ANNUAL MEETING, FEBRUARY 12th, 1900. YORK : COULTAS & VOLANS, PRINTERS, KING STREET, TRUSTEES OF THE YORKSHIRE MUSED M. APPOINTED BY ROYAL GRANT. TEMPEST ANDERSON, M.D. EDWIN GRAY, LL.M. WILLIAM LAWTON. T. S. NOBLE. PATRONESSES OF THE l!)ork$btre philosophical Society. HER MAJESTY THE QUEEN. H.R. H. THE PRINCESS OF WALES. PATRONS. H. R. H. THE PRINCE OF WALES, K.G. H. R. H. THE DUKE OF CONNAUGHT, K.G. OFFICERS OF THE SOCIETY, 1900. PRESIDENT : Sir Charles Strickland, F.G.S. VICE-PRESIDENTS : The Very Rev. the Dean of York. John Francis Walker, M.A., F.L.S., F.G.S., F.C.S., F.Z.S., late Fellow of Sidney Sussex College, Cambridge. Tempest Anderson, M.D., B.Sc., &c., Fellow of University College, London. The Rev. W. C. Hey, M.A. James Melrose, J.P. George S. Gibb, LL.B. Henry Cowling. T. S. Noble. Richard Thompson. The Rev. W. Haworth, F.S.A. HON. TREASURER : Edwin Gray, LL.B. COUNCIL. Elected 1898... Oxley Grabham, M.A. James Ramsay, M.D. John Teasdale, M.A. Elected 1899... The Rev. W. Johnson, B.A. Arthur Rowntree, B.A. H. Venn Scott. H. C. Shann, M.R.C.S. Elected 1900. ..W. H. Brierley. W. H. Cobb. J. H. CUDWORTH. H. Leetham. The Rev. E. S. Carter, M.A. (For one year in place of the Reu. W. Haworth ). HON. SECRETARIES. Tempest Anderson, M.D. C. E. Elmhirst. CURATORS. Archaeology . Geology . Mineralogy . Comparative Anatomy - - Ornithology . Botany . Observatory . Meteorology . Laboratory . Library ------- fT. Boynton, F.S.A. (The Rev. W. Haworth, F.S.A. J. F. Walker, M.A., F.G.S. W. H. Hubleston, M.A., F.R.S. T. Anderson, M.D., B.Se. J. Backhouse, F.Z.S., M.B.O.U. H. J. Wilkinson. T. S. Noble. The Rev. W. Johnson, B.A. J. F. Walker, M.A., F.I.C., F.C.S., London and Berlin. A. Buckle, B.A. GARDEN COM M LITRE. A. Buckle, B.A. Bowden Cattley. J. Melrose, f.P. Sir C. A. Milward. The Secretaries (ex-officio). LECTURE COMMITTEE. Tempest Anderson, M.D. The Rev. E. S. Carter, M.A. G. S. Gibb, LL.B. R. Thompson. The Secretaries ( ex-officio ;. KEEPER OF THE MUSEUM. Henry Maurice Platnauer, A.R.S.M., B.Sc. REPORT OF THE COUNCIL OF THE YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY, February i2Tii, igoo. The year 1899, though uneventful, has been on the whole one of prosperity to the Society. The number of members has somewhat increased, the losses hy death and resignation being more than balanced by thirty-five accessions. The income has been £1,262, as against -£1,190 for the previous year, but this includes special donations amounting to £28 10s. towards cost of a new anemometer. The expenses — £1,275 — exceed the income by £13, hut there is still a substantial balance of £150 in the hands of the Treasurer after paying all known liabilities. The Council hope to keep this balance in hand for the present as a nest-egg for several much needed improvements in the Museum, which they do not feel justified in undertaking at present. The causes of increased expenditure, — several of them exceptional, - (and but for which the balance would have been on the right side), — are : (1) Drainage of St. Mary’s Lodge and the Baths — £52. (2) New Locks and Keys— £20. (3) Bronze Tablet for the Queen Margaret’s Archway — £15. (4) Payment to Meteorological Observer, formerly paid by Meteorological Office — £12. (5) Anemometer, £40 — less £28 10s. raised by special subscription — £xx 10s.* * The greater part of this deficit has already been subscribed, and it is hoped that some further donations may yet be received. Vlll REPORT OF THE With regard to these speeial items it may be remarked — (1) The Drainage. — The alterations were ordered by the local sanitary authorities, and the Society had no option in the matter. (2) A good many keys have been lost by members during the last few years, and it is known that in several cases the keys thus lost have passed into the hands of unauthorized persons. In order, therefore, to better secure the due privacy and safe custody of the premises, the Council resolved to change the locks and keys of the Gardens. A circular was sent out with the announcement of this change, requesting members to keep the new keys in safe custody, or to entrust them to none hut responsible members of their households. The Council desire to call special attention to this request and to beg that it may be carefully observed. The new keys are much more portable than the old ones, and are small enough to be carried on a bunch with others. (3) The Meteorological Office formerly paid an annual gratuity to the observer who forwarded daily by telegraph the repoits of the weather which appeared in the newspapers. It seems that the meteorological office receives a fixed annual grant from Parliament, the details of the disposal of which are left in the hands of the officials. Owing to certain clerks having retired on pensions, the amount available for general current expenses is diminished, and the daily telegraphic reports from certain stations are discontinued. The depart¬ ment is anxious to have the same observations taken as formerly and the results supplied to it at intervals, but at the expense of local people. Unfortunately the subject is not sufficiently political to make a parliamentary question likely to be of use. (4) The Anemometer, or self-recording wind gauge, is of a new and improved pattern, and registers on a band of paper from moment to moment, the force of the wind. Those interested will be able on any windy day to see each gust of wind recording itself. The Council is much indebted to G. Crawhall, Esq., for the interest he has taken in the matter and for his liberality and energy in obtaining subscriptions. COUNCIL FOR 1899. . ix The following Lectures have been delivered in the Museum during the year : — Thursday, January 19th. — “Eclipses of the Sun” (with Lantern Illustrations, including some Photographs taken by the Lecturer on January 22nd, 1898, while in India with Sir J. Norman Lockyer, K.C.B., F.R.S., &c.). By A. Fowler, A.R.C.S., F.R.A.S. Thursday, February 2nd. — “ Vesuvius and its late Erup¬ tion” (illustrated by Lantern Pictures from Photographs taken by the Lecturer). By Tempest Anderson, M.D., B.Sc. Thursday, February 16th. — “ The Great Sahara” (with Lantern Illustrations from Photographs taken by the Lecturer). By H. Bendelack Hewetson, F.L.S., F.Z.S., F.R.G.S. Thursday, March 2nd. — “Joan of Arc.” By Mrs. Fawcett. Thursday, March 16th. — “ London Traffic and the New Deep Level Railways” (Illustrated by Lantern Pictures from Photographs taken by the Lecturer). By W. C. Copperthwaite, A.M.I.C.E. Thursday, April 13th. — “ Episodes of an American Tour” (Illustrated by Lantern Pictures from Photographs taken by the Lecturer). By Malcolm Spence. Thursday, October 12th. — “A Visit to Southern Mexico” (Illustrated by Lantern Pictures). By John W. Rown- tree. Thursday, October 26th. — “ The Roman Wall in North¬ umberland” (Illustrated by Lantern Pictures). By Thos. Hodgkin, D.C.L. Friday, November 10th. — “ West Africa” (Illustrated by Lantern Pictures). By Miss Mary Kingsley. Thursday, November 23rd. — “ Old Yorkshire Customs and Home Industries” (Illustrated by Antique Objects). By W. Horne, F.G.S. Thursday, December 7th.- — “ Splashes studied by Instan¬ taneous Photography” (Illustrated by Lantern Pictures). By R. S. Cole, M.A. X REPORT OF THE Thursday, December 21st. — “ Climbing in the Rocky Mountains” (Illustrated by Lantern Pictures). By Harold B. Dixon, F.R.S., &c. The Council again desire to place on record grateful acknowledgments to the lecturers who have most generously given their services, besides in many cases putting themselves to the inconvenience of a long. railway journey; and also to those who have read papers at the monthly meetings. It will be gratifying to the members of this Society to learn that the Museum premises have on several occasions been used by other associations working for the advancement of knowledge. The York Medical Society has on two occasions held well attended meetings in our lecture theatre ; the York University Extension Society has given three courses of lectures here, and the York and District Field Naturalists’ Club continues to hold its monthly meetings and to lodge its library and collections in this Museum. In August last the Museum Gardens were again visited by the Benson Shakespearian Co., and a charming performance of “ As you like it ” was given in the open air. Special terms were obtained for admitting members free, and the Council have reason to think that the entertainment was appreciated. An entirely new departure was made by the Council during the past summer in the form of a Garden Party — and it must have been a revelation to many of the members to find that the Gardens were so admirably adapted for the purpose. A Band played in front of the Museum ; games of various kinds were provided, and tea and light refreshment were supplied. Sir Charles Strickland, the President of the Society, attended with some members of his family, and rendered every assistance in receiving and entertaining the guests. It is perhaps as well to note that the expense did not in any way come out of the funds of the Society, but was privately subscribed by the members of the Council. Of our losses by death we would specially mention that of Major J. A. Barstow, who was killed by a bicycle accident whilst riding from Malton to York. Major Barstow was not only a Vice-President of the Society, but had for many years XI COUNCIL FOR 1899. been a hard working and generous member of the Council, always ready to preside at our gatherings, and assist with practical advice in the management of the Garden and Buildings; he had also enriched the collections by numerous valuable donations. An interesting and extremely artistic Tablet has been placed upon Queen Margaret’s Gateway at the Exhibition end of Bootham, and your Committee desire to express the thanks of the Society to Mr. Brierley, who designed the Tablet, and to Messrs. Longden & Co., of Sheffield, who modelled and cast it without making any charge beyond the actual money out of pocket. The Council are very desirous that similar Tablets should be placed upon each of the Bars, and every other building of historical interest, giving a short epitome of the distinctive historical events with which they are associated. It can hardly be expected that this Society should bear the expense, which is considerable, but they would be willing to co-operate with the Corporation in preparing the inscription, if the city authorities would bear the cost of making and fixing Tablets. The Council would again appeal to the owners of property adjoining the Bar Walls in Bootham and Marygate to evince a public spirit by allowing such houses, many of which are far from sanitary, to be gradually removed, and the Wall exposed to the road. If owners are not prepared to make the present sacrifice in the rents, the Council would venture to suggest that a devise to the Philosophical Society or the York Corporation for the purpose of removal would meet the case. The Council recommends the Rev. W. Haworth as Vice- President in the place of Major J. A. Barstow deceased, and Mr. W. H. Brierley, the Rev. E. S. Carter, and Messrs. W. H. Cobb, J. W. Cudworth, and Herbert Leetham as members of Council, in the place of the Rev. W. Haworth and of Sir C. A. Milward, Messrs. E. R. Dodsworth, J. Back¬ house, and Geo. Wilson, who retire by rotation. REPORT OF THE XI 1 Archaeology. — Numerous additions have been made to the collections during the year, chiefly from the excavations in Davygate and S. Sampson’s Square. The objects discovered in these excavations, though they did not in some respects come up to expectation, included two remarkably fine green- glazed jugs. One of these — a large and perfect specimen — was secured for the Museum through the kindness of Janies Melrose, Esq. So rapidly do our antiquities accumulate that their accom¬ modation threatens to become a serious problem. The Hon. Curator is glad to report that through the generosity of Mr. Backhouse alterations have been made in the basement of the Museum that will give a largely increased amount of storage for stone and pottery. But our collections are sadly cramped by want of space, and the question of extension merits the serious attention of the Society. It may also be mentioned that two Norman Gotches, formerly belonging to the Mayhew Collection, have been secured by purchase. Up to the time of this acquisition we possessed no pottery that could with certainty be regarded as Norman. Geology. — The Honorary Curator of Geology reports that few additions have been made to the collection during the past year. Coal measure fossils from Normanton have been presented by A. F. Brown, Esq., and some Lias fossils from the Drift at Lilling, including a very fine specimen of Ammonite, by J. Smith, Esq. Specimens for description have been sent to H. Woods and Wheelton Hind. The Yorkshire specimens of Permian fossils have been re-labelled. The income from the Reed Fund has been spent in binding books. Library. — The additions to our Library are steadily and continuously coming in, but the re-arrangement made in 1897 enables the Librarian to cope with them. The magnificent publications of the United States Government are, however, arriving in such numbers that it is doubtful whether the space intended for a ten years’ extension of these books will last for more than three years. COUNCIL FOR 1899. Xlll The Librarian has much pleasure in reporting that the Catalogue of the Library is finished and in the press. In the course of a few weeks the Society will at length possess a printed catalogue of its books. The Librarian desires once more to express his thanks to Mr. George Wilson for the help he has given in preparing the catalogue. Comparative Anatomy. — The collections in this department are in good order. No additions of any importance have been made except two fine Reindeer Skulls (male) from Norway, presented by Mr. George Hooper. Photographic Section. — The interest in this section has been well sustained during the year, and a fair increase in the membership has taken place, while there is promise of yet more. During the past year the meetings have certainly benefited considerably so far as attractiveness is concerned by the amalgamation of the Section with the Affiliation of Photographic Societies. From this Organization, which embraces upwards of eighty photographic societies, prints, lantern slides, or even technical papers may be borrowed for inspection or discussion at the Section’s meetings. The usual exhibition of Lantern Slides by a few members of the Section took place in the spring, open to all members of the Yorkshire Philosophical Society, and apparently gave the usual satisfaction. The income of the Section continues to be sufficient for its moderate expenses. Botany. — The specimens of flowering plants which have been arranged during the year (1899) will be found enumerated on pp. 11-24. The most important additions to this depart¬ ment consists of two specimens from F. H. Weekes, Esq., York, viz. : — Rubus chamcemorus, Linn. | Linnca corrallis , Gronov. f Morrone Hill, Braemar. Mineralogy. — The collections in this department are in good order, and seem to be appreciated by visitors. But no additions have been made to them during the past year, nor are there any alterations to report during that period. XIV REPORT OF THE Ornithology. — The collection of British Birds is being added to year by year, but many gaps remain. Many of the specimens obtained during 1899 have been cased and put into the Gallery. The Honorary Curator is making a full cata¬ logue of the British Birds in the Museum, giving history and reference where these are known. The first instalment of this catalogue will be found on pp. 1 — 9 of this Report. Another very useful work undertaken by the Honorarv Curator, in conjunction with Mr. Oxley Grabham, is the division of the foreign birds into geographical groups. It is hoped that in a short time a series will be exhibited illustrating Dr. Sclater's well known division of the earth into provinces. Meteorology. — 1899 must be reckoned on the whole a good year. Temperature was marked by a greater range than in 1898, the spring months having a lower, and the summer months a much higher temperature, the annual mean temperature being 48*9 as against 49’ 5. The fine weather during June, July, August, rapidly ripened the various crops, though the yield was probably disappointing owing to deficient rainfall. The lowest temperature was recorded on December 16th, when 14° F. was registered, and the highest on August 25th when 86*0° F. was the reading. The maximum temperatures of June, July, August, and September were 8i°, 83°, 86°, 8o°. The temperature of the later months of the year was much lower than for 1898. A Mean Pressure of 29*949 has been recorded, as against 29^45 for 1898, January and April being lowest with 29*748 and 29765 respectively, and August highest with 30*104. The extreme range of pressure is 2*385 inches as against 1*782 for 1898. Owing to an accident to the Sunshine Recorder caused by a severe gale, the records of Bright Sunshine have not been continued between March and December. The instrument has however been repaired and replaced, and the observations have been resumed. For the first three months there was a decided fall-off in the hours observed. Rain or Snow fell on 1S2 days in 1899, 8 above the average. The total fall of 22*400 being again less (by 1*330 inches) COUNCIL FOR 1899. XV than that of the previous year. The heaviest fall was on the nth of May, when 1*200 inches fell. Thunder was heard on 12 days, as compared with 10 in ’98 and 7 in '97. May was the wettest month of the year with a fall of 3*68 inches, whilst August, usually our wettest month, produced only *91 inches, and thus was the driest month of the year. The cumulative totals since 1841 now amount to : — August 159*32 inches, October 157*73 inches, and July 153*68 inches. The height of the Ouse, as registered by the automatic recorder at the Guildhall, York, appears to have been highest in 1899 on January 22nd, on which day at 5 p.m. the river was 12ft. Sin. above summer level. There was considerable flood-water in the river during the middle of February, and again in April and May. During the four months, June- September, however, was very low, being below summer level practically from June 26th to September 16th. Much water came down the river during the early days of November, but during the latter half of that month and nearly to the end of December the river was little above summer level. It might he interesting to trace a connection between the height of the river and the general health of the city. During the previous 3’ear the highest level was 9ft. gin. (Oct. 19th). In 1899 two gifts of some interest and utility have been made to the Meteorological department of the Museum Mr. R. Thompson has presented a self-registering Barograph, the sinuous curves of which are faithful records of barometric readings, which would otherwise be lost. And by the co¬ operation of Mr. George Crawhall and Mr. R. Thompson sufficient funds have been collected to erect upon the Museum a self-registering Anemometer. It is much to be regretted that this increase of local interest in meteorological observa¬ tions should coincide with the loss of the grant from the Meteorological Office. 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Hei ght Hour. Height Hour. Height ft. in. ft. in. ft. in. Jan. 12 4-30 p.m. 3 0 j 55 13 7 a.m. 4 0 55 16 7 a.m. 6 10 55 • 5 18 6 p.m. 4 0 19 9 a. nr. i 0 8 a.m. 12 2 9 a.m. 6 6 55 55 20 12 mid. 5 2 21 4 p.m. 11 0 4 p.m. 4 0 1 55 23 7 a.m. 6 6 Feb. 8 1 p.m. 4 0 5 5 9 4 p.m. 5 0 55 10 4 p.m. 4 9 Mar. 29 7 a.m. 4 0 April 7 6 a.m. 4 10 : 55 15 7 a.m. 3 6 May 12 7 a.m. 4 0 55 20 6 a.m. 4 0 24 6 a.m. 3 0 July 12 8 p.m. 9 0 6-30 p.m. 5 0 5 5 26 10 a.m. 2 6 Sept. 2 11 a.m. 2 1 55 18 4 p.m. 2 1 55 22 6 a.m. 6 1 55 26 4 p.m. 3 0 55 29 11 a.m. o •' > 1 5 5 30 11 a.m. 9 10 1 1 -30a. m 6 0 Oct. 2 7 a.m. 5 0 6 a.m. 4 0 1 ” o D 4 p.m. 2 4 5< 30 7 a.m. 4 0 Nov. Q O 7 a.m. 4 0 55 5 7 a.m. 1 8 5 5 8 7 a.m. 5 6 9 a.m. 2 6 5 5 10 4 p.m. 4 0 ! 55 11 4 p.m. 9 2 Dec. 30 4 p.m. 6 2 1 YORK — THE MUSEUM. Sunshine Values. YORK — THE MUSEUM. xxi a a a a H a a a a a S rH a ft d a d d d ft ft & d ft d ft 05 o C5 05 CO 05 o 05 05 05 05 CO o 04 -4-4 in l- ~+l to CO 1- CO CO 1- 05 05 o CO -r CO CO 04 04 r— CO • CO CO CO do o» o Ol 05 05 05 05 O CO Ol 04 04 04 04 Ol 04 04 04 04 04 04 04 Pi r-H a a a a a a a a a a a # rO* d d d a d d d d ft & eg ft CO rH £> 05 o CO 05 05 05 05 05 05 05 05 04 cc 04 ft bjo 4-J 0) a o ft" 4-5 04 ft 4-5 CO 04 4-4 m r-H ft! Pi 04 04 rd 4-4 ft -1-4 CO 4^r in CO 4-4 in rH H r-H 4-4 o r-H 4-4 in rH 04 ft" 4-4 t- rH ft Pc CO Jan. ffl p ■H PQ lO )0 co r-H to -H 04 04 05 lO lO Ol l- I- CO 'Ow CO o o CO r-H F^. 1 0 JO 04 I.Q HH TfH -H 04 l- o O <3 o O o o o O o o <3 o o CO CO CO *' • * CO CO CO CO CO CO 00 -|5> 05 ft ( - 1 rH CD ft 54 05 ft rP o rH rH Cl) p m pi CD H rH CD 4-=> Cl. 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Subscriptions : — Town Members 659 0 0 Country Members 9 0 0 Lady Subscribers 59 10 0 Associates 6 0 0 Arrears received 27 0 0 For Keys of Gates ... 68 1 0 SI 2 828 11 0 Donation York University Extension Society 2 2 0 Rents : — Major Allenby, St. Mary’s Lodge 65 0 0 Mr. Hill, Maryg’ate Baths 40 0 0 York Amateur Rowing Club 5 0 0 York and District Field Naturalists Society, less =£1 paid to Attendant 2 0 0 York Waterworks Company 0 1 0 Corporation of York 2 0 0 Yorkshire School for the Blind ... 0 1 0 1U 114 2 0 Hire of Tent and Tables 15 8 9 Less : Expenses of Carriage, Fixing, Repairs, and like 7 12 8 0 — 7 16 1 Whitsuntide Admission Fees 12 9 O O Less: Attendants and Police 4 2 0 / 8 7 3 Meteorological Department : — Contributions from Meteorological Council 5 4 0 Subscriptions towards cost of Anemometer 28 10 0 15 33 14 0 6 Sale of Catalogues 5 16 0 2 Sale of Photographs 2 o o 0 Sale of Books O o 2 6 2 Bank Interest 4 2 0 205 Gate Money 221 9 /V / Tennis Courts 4 8 0 20 Interest on <£918 8s. 9d., India 3 % Stock, less Income Tax 26 12 8 1100 1262 5 8 Excess of Expenditure over Income ... ... ... 1J J £1275 5 5 Balance in hands of the Treasurer, 31st December, 1899 ... 113 13 9 1 56 <£143 13 9 Examined and found correct, J. A. CTJNNINGHAME. PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY for Year ending 31st DEC., 1839. Previous Year. EXPENDITURE. =£ s. 1 ■ Crown Rent ... 10 Corporation Rent ... Rates and Taxes : — Rates and Taxes, Parishes of St. Wilfrid, St. Olave, and St. Michael-le-Bclfrey Waterworks Company’s Rate ... Gardeners’ Licenses Receipt and Cheque Books Stamping 36 Insurance Salaries and Wages: — Mr. Platnauer Mr. Fielden Miss Baines Mr. Guy Attendants at Museum and Hospitium, viz. : — Attendant at Museum Female Attendant at Museum Female Attendant at Hospitium ... Gardeners, including temporary labour and extra duty at Gates, &c. 510 10S * Yorkshire Insurance Company, Annuity General Repairs and Expenses : — Museum and Hospitium, Additional Repairs 51 and Expenses ... Gardens : — Repairing and Painting Greenhouses, and Building new Cold Frames Repairing Fountain Pond ... General Additions, Repairs, and Expenses 29 Estate : — Builders’ and Joiners’ Work Slaters’ Work Painting and Paperhanging Smiths’, Plumbers’, and like work Drainage Bronze Tablet for Abbey Gateway (£r. d. £ s\ d. £ s. d. 1 0 0 19 8 4 27 5 8 4 8 3 2 5 0 1 13 2 150 0 0 00 0 0 41 12 0 30 0 0 35 12 1 7 5 0 05 0 31 4 32 10 0 0 0 128 14 0 114 0 0 30 4 3 524 12 0 198 5 9 30 0 3 4 12 17 10 3 5 52 8 0 8 0 5 9 1 15 2 3 52 3 15 0 10 5 0 1 3 0 55 130 Music, Tennis, Bowls, and other Outdoor Enter- 0 tainments ... 23 Library — Books and Binding 37 Lectures 3 Printing and Stationery ... 23 Printing Reports and Postage thereof Printing Communications to Members and 12 Postage of same ... Gas, Coal, and Coke Museum ... . Gardens Estate 35 Ornithological Department 13 Antiquarian Department ... Meteorological Department : — Observations Anemometer 2 Preparing Photographs for sale 1 Sundry Postages 1 Sundries, including carriage of Parcels New Locks and Keys for Garden Gates, and Repairs to Gates . 84 L 26 4 1132 156 Balance in hands of the Treasurer, 31st December, 1898 Excess of Expenditure over Income, 1899 £3500 made by the Yorkshire Insurance Co. Principal repaid ... . 1244 IS 10 }, outstanding . 2255 1 2 173 10 4 12 9 11 31 4 10 42 13 10 5 8 1 20 8 6 10 5 5 5 10 7 — 55 11 10 23 1 0 26 4 8 0 0 — 55 9 0 0 12 4 8 5 10 3 0 7 20 15 7 =£1275 5 5 156 13 6 12 19 9 £143 13 9 an advance of XXIV w H H CO CO r- H X X rH 01 oa 0? -P f—t rH o o >h PP /-“v, i— I g h-' o IP 55 o i — i E— i O 3 55 55 o o 55 55 > — -, h-J o o o <1 w. s 1— H P c a < P r-H Eh p H zn P rfl O O' in P P P H M P 55 P , M w O O 5 OD H O 1— 1 rH c2 P CZJ HH i — i >> r— H *p-j O o P rn — H Oj Ph p“i J1 55 p — X © CD PH -P rH rH 0 a rH 0 X rH P >» -P o o ~p c3 -P • rH CO O R o O o >H O CO <=♦* rH o -p M 0 rH 0 -H rH rH M © o * e o o o 3 HH 0 • co o % rp CO 0 HU r— 1 v> r*H r-H rH ry o rn Cu y> o m *0 O hH -H H >> CO rn o -H rH 0 -p rn H r— 1 Q Cj zfl 0 P H o O 0 -P P PH -P rH O o O zfl CD > H 3 PP M zn P o CD o zn CD 0 0 0 Ph <1 ac x 0 0 a 0 P -p zn PH pH O -P 01 P o <1 o - r—1 (N •M lO rn rH P CO* r— ) Tp 1 — i X i— H PQ «•* JP- X X <=* CO CO Amount placed on Deposit at York City and County Bank ... ... ... ... ... ... ... 50 0 Casli in hand ... ... ... ... ... ... 37 19 XXV NEW MEMBERS.— 1899. Allanson, Mrs., Booiham House. Arlidge, Miss, St. Stephen s Orphanage. Auden, G. A., 76, Bootham. Barstow, Miss F. A., Garrow Hill. Border, Samuel, Coney Street. Broughall, Edward, 21, Bootham Terrace. Brown, James, 29, Queen Anne's Road. Burtt, Arthur, D.Sc., Acomb. Burtt, Philip, St. George s Place, The Mount. Cotsworth, M. B., Holgate. Cudworth. W. J., “ Thornleigli Clifton. Elsworth, W. T., 18, High Ousegate. Haggitt, J. R., ro, Queen Anne’s Road. Hallowes, G. P. B., 48, Queen Anne’s Road. Herron, Capt. R. D., no, Bootham. Head Mistress of the High School, Fishergate. Humphreys, W. PI., The Waterworks. Johnson, Mrs. H. M., 28, St. Mary's. Jones, Airs., 23, St. Mary’s. Machell, Hon. Mrs., 13, St Mary’s. Meyer, Sebastian W., 9, Park Street. Oldfield, Ernest, 9, St. Leonard's. Page, W., 29, St. Mary’s. Peters, Joseph, Tile House, St. George’s Place. Richardson, Hugh, 12, St. Mary’s. Roberts, Lieut. L. S., A.S.C., 26, Petergate. Rowntree, B. S., 32, St. Mary’s. Rowntree, Theodore H., 18, Bootham Crescent. Wragge, R. H. V., Market Street. NEW LADY SUBSCRIBERS. Bell, Miss, 35, Grosvenor Terrace. Burke, Mrs., 4, Grosvenor Terrace. Chapman, Miss F., 11, Minster Yard. Coates, Miss C., 19, Gillygate. Jepson, Miss F. C., 35, The Mount. Russell, Miss, 72, Petergate. DONATIONS TO MUSEUM AND LIBRARY. LIBRARY. Books Presented. The Quarterly Journal of the Geological Society of London, Vol. lv., 1899. The Report of the British Association for the Advancement of Science, Bristol, 1898. The Journal of the Chemical Society of London, Nos. 434 to 441, 1899. Transactions of the Zoological Society of London, Vol. xv., Parts 1, 2, 3. Proceedings, Parts 3, 4, 1898; 1, 2, 3, 1899. Catalogue of Birds, Vol. xxvi, of the Lepidotera Phalaense, Vol. i. and Vol. i. Plates; Welwitsch’s African Plants, Vol. i., Parts 2, 3; Vol. ii., Part 1 ; List of the Genera and Species of Blastoidea ; Hand list of Birds, Vol. i. ; and List of the Type and figured Specimens of PVssil Cephalopoda in the British Museum. Memoirs and Proceedings of the Man- | Chester Literary and Philosophical Society, Vol. xliii., Nos. 1, 2, 4. J The Bulletin of the American Geogra- ] phical Society, Vol. xxx., No. 5 ; Vol. I xxxi., Nos. 1, 2, 3, 4. I Annual Reports of the Smithsonian ) Institution for 1896-97. 1 Reports of the United States Geological ' Survey, 1896-7 and 1897-8. Donors. The Society. ) ) - The Association. ) ) The Society, l The Society. The Trustees of British Museum. The Society. The Society. The Institution. The Survey. XXVI 1 Memoirs of the Geological Surveys of India, Series xv., Vol. i., Part 3 ; Vol. x., Part 2; Vol. xxviii., Part 1. Records, Vol. vii., Parts 1, 2; Manual of the Geology of India, Part 1 ; and General Report of the Geology of India, 1898-9. The The Proceedings of the Geologists’ ) Association, Vol. xvi., Parts 1, 3= ) The Transactions of the Leicester Literary ) and Philosophical Society, Vol. v., f The Parts 2, 3. j The Journal of the Manchester Geo- J graphical Society, Vol. xiv., Nos. 7 — r 1 he 12 ; Vol. xv., Nos. 1 — 9. J Memoirs of the Russian Geological j Society, Vol. viii. No. 4; Vol. xii., No. 3 ; Vol. xix. Bulletin, Vol. xvii., I Nos. 6 — 10 ; Vol. xvii i . , Nos. 1, 2. Proceedings of the Russian Mineralo- ) . .. ( gical Society, Vol. 11. and Part 19, r 1899. J The Norwegian North Atlantic Expedi- 1 tion, Parts 25 & 26. ■ j The Transactions of the Burton-upon-Trent Natural History and Archaeological Society, Vol. iv., Part 1. The Transactions of the Edinburgh Geologi- 1 cal Society, Vol. vii., No. 4. J The Reports of the Australasian Association ’ for the Advancement of Science, - Vols. i. to vi. The Proceedings of the Royal Institution of ) ^ Great Britain, Vol. xv, Part 3, No. 92. j Annals of the New York Academy of ) J The Sciences, Vol. xi., Nos. i, 2, 3. j Indian Survey. Association. Society. Society. Society. Society. Committee. Society. Society. Association. Institution. Academy. XXV111 Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis, Vol. vii., Nos. 17 — 20; Vol. viii., Nos. 1 — 12 ; Vol. ix., Nos. L 5> 7- The Academy. The Kansas University Quarterly, Vol. \ i., Nos. 1, 2 ; ii., No. 2 ; iii ., No. 4 ; iv. ; v., Nos. 1, 2 ; vi .-a, Nos. 1, 3, 4 ; ■- 1 he vi.-6 ; vii. -a, No. 2; vii. -b, No.; I viii. -a, Nos. 1, 2, 3. University. Transactions and Proceedings of the ) Perthshire Society of Natural Science, - The Societv. Vol. iii., Part 1. I Bergen Museums Aarbog for 1898 and ) 1899. j Mitteiiungen des Vereins fill* Erdkunde zu Leipzic, 1898. j The - The Council. Society. Verh and 1 ungen der russisch-kaiser- \ lichen Mineralogischen Gessellschaft, - The Societv. i lxiii., 1 (Second Series). j Ti og et halvt Ars meteorologiske Jag- ) Royal Society of tagelser udforte i Trondhjem. j Norw Annales del Museo nacional de Monte- ) video, Vol. ii., No. 2. ) The Society. Berichte No. 31 und 2 der Ober- j hessischen Gesellschaft fur Natur - The Society, und Heilkunde. I Boletin del Observatorio astronomico de Tacubaya, Vol ii., No. 5. Ueber der Habitus der Coniferen, by A. H. Burtt. | The ! The ) Societv. j <*■ Author. Records of the Geological Survey of N New South Wales, Vol. xi., Part 3 ; Annual Report of the Department of Mines and Agriculture for the year 1898 ; and Report of the Museum, 1898. Tenth Report of the Missouri Botanical 1 Garden. 1 The The Survey. Committee. XXIX Transactions of the Northumberland, Durham, and Newcastle-upon-Tyne Natural History Society, Vol. xii., \ r No. i. Proceedings and Transactions of the ) Nova Scotian Institute of Science, r Vol. xi., No. 4. J The Bulletin of the University of j Nebraska, U.S., Agricultural Experi- - ment Station, Vol. xi. Transactions of the Wisconsin Academy \ of Sciences, Arts, and Letters, Vol. L xi. and xii., Part 1. I Report of the Belfast Natural History ) and Philosophical Society, 1897-8. j Transactions of the Natural History j Society of Glasgow, Vol. v., New l Series, Part 2. ) Proceedings of the Bath Natural His- j tory and Antiquarian Field Club, [ Vol. ix., No. 2. j Indian Meteorological Memoirs, Vol.x., Part 1 ; Meteorological Observations at Stations of the Second order for \ the year 1895 ; Meteorological Charts of the Southern Ocean, and weekly weather Reports. Journal of the Northamptonshire j Natural History Society, Nos. 73, L 74> 75. 76> 1898. ) Bulletin of the Geological Institution j of the University of Upsala, Vol. iv., No. 1. j Evidence of Lake Dwellings on the ) Banks of the Costa at Pickering. j Biological Experimentation by Sir | Benjamin Ward Richardson. J The Society. The Institute. The University. The Academy. The Societv. j The Society. The Club. The Meteorological o Society. The vSociety. The Institution. Hon. Cecil Duncombe F.G.S. Leigh -Brown, Trust, XXX R. Mosis Majemonidse de Sacrificiis ) r Liber, dated 1683. j Notes on the Molar of a Trilophodont ) Mastodon, by Prof. E. Ra\^ Lankester. ) General Guide to the Natural History , Collections Report of the Manchester ' Museum, 1898-9 ; Index to the Sys- tema Naturae of Linnaeus, by G. Davies S her born. The Geological Structure of the upper portion of Dundry Hill and the development of Rivers, by S. S. Buckman, F.G.S. Official Guide to the Norwich Castle ] Museum, and five Annual Reports. j Report of the Free Library and Museum Committee of Bootle. Report of the Penzance Natural History and Antiquarian Society, 1897-8, Report on the Wyalong Gold-Field, by J. A. Watt. Sixth General Report of the Public Library Committee, 1898-9. Fourth Report of the Whitechapel Museum Commissioners. Notes on the Palaeontology of the ) Manx Slates, by H. Bolton. j The Eastern Margin of the North Atlantic Basin, by W. H. Hudleston, F.R.S. 33rd Report of the Cambridge Museums and Lecture Rooms Syndicate. Guide to Queensland and International Catalogue of Scientific Literature. Bolletini della Biblioteca Nazionale Centrale di Firenze, 1899. j A Series of Astronomical Books. Mr. Poole. The Author. r Museum Committee. The Author. The Curator. - The Committee. f The Societv. N.S.W. Government. The Committee. The Committee. The Author. The Author. The Committee. Agent-General for Queensland, lAhe Compiler. Mr. F. S. Cox. XXXI GEOLOGICAL DEPARTMENT. A Series of Fossils from the Silkstone ) Coal Mine, Normanton. Mr. A. F. Brown ) Fossil Shells and Ammonite, found in sinking a well at Filling, Sheriff Hutton. Mr. J. Smith, Stockton-on-Forest. ANTIOUITIES. A fine Mediaeval Jug, some fragments j of Samian Ware, and various other Antiquities found in Davygate ; also a stone adze found near Haxby. ' Mr. James j-p- Melrose, A Cannon Ball found at Myton. j Mr. Haw, Boot ham. An old Pocket Dial. An old carved oak Figure. Mr. J. T. Pegg. Mr.T. B.Whytehead. ZOOLOGY & COMPARATIVE ANATOMY. Four Sea Urchins from the Fame ') Island ; a Sparrow Hawk and com- - Mr. Cxle)T Grabham, mon Crow, shot at Cottingwith. j V-W Twenty-eight Skins of British Birds. A Golden-Crested Wren, picked up in Driffield Terrace. Mr. J. Backhouse, F.Z.S. Mr. C. E. Elmhirst. Two pairs of Horns and Skulls of the Reindeer. Rostrum of Saw Fish ; Skin of Snake ; two Skulls of Birds ; etc. | J ) Mr. Geo. Hooper. Mrs. M. A. Denni s. BOTANY. Specimens of Rubus chamcemorus. Linn. ) 1 . • Mr. F. H. Weekes. Linnea corrallis, Gronov. j MISCELLANEOUS. A Barograph. A Collection of Sun-Dials and Com¬ passes. Mr. R. Thompson. Mr. E. S. Cox. PRELIMINARY CATALOGUE OF THE IN THE POSSESSION OF THE YORKSH I RE PH I LOSOPHIC A L BY THE Hon. Curator, JAMES BACKHOUSE, F.L.S., M.B.O.U., E.Z.S., &c. Order, PASSERE8. Sub-order, OSCXNES. Section, O seines Dentirostres. Family, Turdidae. Sub-Family, Turdinae. Genus T urdus. Specimens mounted or Skins. Turdus viscivorus Linn. K?VA Thrush. /No. 1. South Boat!, Durham, July, '95 (Baine) 12 & 8. Adults, York Nurseries (Back- ( house) P T. musicus Linn. Song Thrush. A & B. Isle of Wight, 1807 (Farman). Skins T. iliacus Linn. Redwing. Seamer Moor, nr. Scarbro', Dec., "89 (Head) York, 2 adults (Backhouse) P Skeletons. Eggs. Case No. ... G clutches, York, Biccall, I Giggleswick, Ac. ; the last named an abnormally small clutch ‘Allis’ Coll. 3 clutches from York 2 clutches from Giggleswick of the unspotted variety 1 clutch of 5, Lapland ; III purchased 2 Specimens mounted or Skins. Skeletons. Eggs, T. pilaris Linn. Fieldfare . 1 & 2. Adults, Bridlington, autumn, ’95 (Boynton) Skin of adult, Cookham (Sharp) '79 ‘Allis’ Coll. 1 clutch of 4, Lapland 1 ,, 4, Saxony 1 ,, 3, Saxony ; all purchased T. varius Pall. Whites Thrush. 1 & 2. Strickland Collection, without data Adult Bimswell (Statliers, presented) ( See “ Zoologist 1882, p. 74.) ... • • • • • • T. merula Linn. Blackbird. 2 males and 1 female, adults, Isle of Wight, ’67. Skins (Bree Collection). Purchased Cases of Yarieties, “ Rudston ” Coll., local specimens. Yariety ad. female, Museum Gardens, May, 1899 (No. 2) ‘Allis’ Coll. Several local clutches T. torquatus Linn. Ring Ousel. 1. Adult, Teesdale, May, ’88 (Back¬ house) p • § • 1 clutch of 4, Pickering Moors 1 ,, 3, Sheffield Genus Monticola. Monticola saxatilis (Linn). Skin of adult, Bree Collection, without data. Purchased • • • 1 egg without data Sub-Family CINCLIN7E. Genus Cinclus. Cinclus aquaticus Bechst. Dipper. Holgate, York, May, ’94* 2 adult skins, Bree Collection, no data * See Y.P.S. Deport , 1895, p. ‘Allis’ Coll. Clutch of 5 eggs Case No. IY Y Ya YI YIa YII IX Specimens mounted or Skins. Skeletons. Eggs. C. melanogaster C. L. Brehm. Black-bellied Dipper. Welwick, Holderness (Clarke), presented ■ Adult, skin, Sweden 78, Bree Collection * See Y.N. Union Transactions (Birds), p. 67 (1879). Clutch of 2 eggs Case No. X Sub-Family SAXICQLINiE. Genus Saxicola. Saxicola oenantho (Linn). Wheatear. Skins of 2 juv. males, Brading, I. of Wight, ’67, Bree Coll. Skins of 2 females, St. Boniface Downs, I. of Wight, Aug. ’67, Bree Coll. S. Stapazina Vieill Skin of adult male, Asia Minor P S. deserti Rupp. Desert Chat. Skin of adult male and female, Tunis P Genus Pratincola. Pratincola rubetra (Linn). I V hinchat. Adult male i 2 clutches of 6 from York neighbourhood 1 clutch of 5, Grimston • • • • • • 3 clutches from He worth, York XIV P. rubicola (Linn). Stonechat. Adult male, Seamer Moor, ’88 (Head) Genus Ruticilla. Ruticilla phoenicurus (Linn). Redstart. 2 skins, Isle of Wight, ’67, Bree Coll. Immature Male, killed at Spurn Lighthouse, May 18, 1899 1 clutch of 6 from Armagh, Ireland XY 2 clutches, near York 1 clutch of 10 eggs, Rievaulx (Probably a double brood.) 4 Specimens mounted ok Skins. R. titys (Scop), l Hacltslarl. (Strickland Coll.) 1 k 2. Male & female adult, without data Skins of 3 males k 2 females, European killed, Bree Coll. Genus Cyanecula. Cyanecula suecica (Linn). Hed-spottcd Bluethroat. Skin of female, Europe (Yerreaux) Cyanecula (wolfi) Brehm. White-spotted Bluethroat . Skin of adult male, Europe, (Yerreaux) Skin of 2 juv. females ,, ,, Genus Erythacus. Erythacus rubecula (Linn). Robin. Skin of adult male, Morocco P Skin of adult female, Germany P Genus Daulias. Daulias luscinia (Linn). Ni (jilting ale. Skin of Adult male, Essex, 'G8, Bree Coll. Skin of male, Malta, 1861, Dr. Adams, Bree Coll. Sub-Family SYLVIINiE. Genus Sylvia. Sylvia cinerea Bechst. T Vhitethroat. Skins of 2 adults, no data, Bree Coll. Sylvia curruca (Linn). Lesser ]\'hitethroat. Skins of male aud female, Germany P Skeletons. Eggs. Case No. 1 clutch of 6 eggs from Silesia XA II Clutch of 3, no data ‘Allis’ Coll. 6 Yorkshire clutches 2 clutches, Wansford 1 clutch, Thetford o cluches from neighbourhood of York 1 clutch from Heworth, extra dark 4 local clutches • • • 5 Specimens mounted or Skins. Skeletons. • Eggs. Sylvia Orphea, Temm. Orphean Wen bier. Skin of adult, Gibraltar (Reid), Bree Coll. Sylvia atricapilla (Linn). Blackcap. Skins of adult male & female, Morocco P Skin of male, Easington P Sylvia salicaria (Linn). Warbler. Skin of male, Cremona Skin of female, Germany Sylvia nisoria (Bechst.) Barred Warbler. Female shot in garden near Hull (Barley) Garden P P 1 clutches from neighbourhood of York o (?) clutches York district 1 clutch of 4, Silesia Genus Melizophilus. Melizophilus undatus (Bodd). ••• 2 clutches, South Spain Dcirlford Warbler. Genus Regulus. Regulus cristatus Koch. G older est. Skin of adult male, Altai Pj ‘Allis' Coll. Skin of adult female, Roumania P R. ignicapillus (G. L. Brehm), Firecrest. Skins of adult male and female, Altai mountains PI 1 clutch, Bishopstone Several without data 1 clutch of 9, Rhenish Prussia Case • • t • • • X XV 1 1 • • • « • I • t • I 6 Specimens mounted or Skins. Sub-Family PHYLLOSCOPINiE. Genus Philoscopus. Phylloscopus superciliosus (Gmel). Yellow -browed Warbler. Phylloscopus rufus (Bechst). Chiff chaff. Skins of male and female, Sweden P Phylloscopus trochilus (Linn) Willow Warbler. Skin of adult female, I. of Wight, 1SG7, Bree Coll. Skin of female, Spurn P Phylloscopus sibilatrix ( Bechst) Wood Warbler. Skin of male, Grono ? 1861 (Dr. Adams), Bree Coll. Sub -Family ACROCEPHALUSLE. Genus Hypolais. Hypolais icterina (vieill). Icterine Warbler. Skins of adult male and female, Malta, 1861, Dr. Adams (Bree Coll.) Genus Acrocephalus. Acrocephalus streperus (Vieill) Reed Warbler. Skeletons. Eggs. 2 local clutches o local clutches Clutch of 7, Bohemia ' Clutch of 5, Bishopstone 2 clutches, Castle Howard Case No. !- 7 Specimens mounted or. Skins. Acrocephalus palustris (Bechst) Marsh Warbler. Skeletons. Eggs. Clutch of 5, Saxony Acrocephalus arundinaceus (Linn). Ot. Beed Warbler. Skins of male and female, South Russia (S chi liter) • ° • 2 clutches of 5, Anhalt Acrocephalus aquaticus (Gmel) Aquatic Warbler. Skins of adult male and female, Europe (Verreaux) Clutch of 4, Pomerania Acrocephalus Schoenobsenus (Linn). Sedge Warbler. Skins of male and female, Denmark (Bree Coll.) • • • 3 local clutches Genus Locustella. LoCUStella nsevia (Bodd). Grass¬ hopper Warbler. ... Clutch of 5, Copmanthorpe Clutch of 3, Uppingham Family ACCENTORID^l. Genus Accentor. Accentor collaris (Scop). Alpine Accentor. 2 Skins of Adults, without data (Bree Coll.) Skin of adult male, Spurn Point, 1882 (Clarke) P One egg, local ('?) Accentor modularis (Linn). Hedge Accentor. 3 local clutclies Case No. 8 Specimens mounted or Skins. Family PANURIDiE. Genus Panurus. Panurus biarmicus (Linn). Bearded Titmouse. I 1. Ad. male, South Russia (Marsden) - 2. Male, Norfolk, 1885 (Somerton) (8. Female ,, ,, Skeletons. Sclerotic rings, Allis Coil. 1 clutch (8), Potter Heigham 1 ,, (5), in nest, Horsey Mere Family PARIDiE. Genus Acredula. Aeredula rosea (Blyth). Long- tailed Titmouse. Skins of 2 males, Bournemouth (Marsden) Genus Parus. Parus major Linn. Great Titmouse. Skin of adult male, Essex, Bree Coll. Skin of adult, Yorks. (Clarke) P Parus britanicus, S. Sc D. Cole j Titmouse. Skin of adult, Teesdale, 1882 (Back¬ house) P Parus palustris, Linn. iMarsh Titmouse. Skin of adult female, Wilstrop, nr. York, 1885 (Backhouse) P Skin of female, Church Fenton, 1885 (Backhouse) P Parus caeruleus, Linn. Blue Tit¬ mouse. Skin of adult male, Easington, Holder- ness, 1883 (Clarke) P Skin of female, York, 1883 (Backhouse) P Parus cristatus, Linn. Crested 1 it mouse. Skins of 2 adult males, Sweden, Bree Coll. Clutch of 4, Langton ,, 10. Hampshire 2 local clutches 2 clutches, Thetford 1 clutch, Langton 2 clutches, Thetford 2 clutches, Midhurst Case No. XLIY 2 clutches (1 foreign) 9 Specimens mounted or Skins. Family SITTID^E. Genus Sitta. Sitta csesia, Wolf. Nuthatch. (1. Clumber (Lambert) P 1 2 & 8. Strickland Coll., without data Family CERTHIIBJE. Genus Certhia. Oerthia familiaris, Linn. Creeper. 1 1. Stamford Bridge, 1890 (2 & 3. Clumber (Lambert) P Family TROGLODYTIDjE. Genus Troglodytes. Troglodytes parvulus, Koch. Common Wren. 1. Adult, York, 1894 P Skin of Female, Isle of Wight, 1867, (Bree Coll.) Family MOTAGILLID^E. Genus Motacilla. Motacilla alba, Linn. White Wagtail Skins of adult male and female, Bohemia Motacilla lugubris, Temm. Pied W apt ail. Skins of male and female, Isle of Wight, 1867, Bree Coll. Motacilla melanope, Pall. Grey Wagtail. Skin of female, Amur River (Tancre) Skeletons. ' Eggs. Case No. 1 clutch, 6, Siles:a LI 1 clutch, Heslington LYII 1 ,, Bohemian, extra fine 1 ,, Wansford 8 local clutches LYII I 2 clutches, Saxony 3 local clutches a CATALOGUE of BRITISH PLANTS in the HERBARIUM OF THE YORKSHIRE PHILOSOPHICAL SOCIETY. ZPYYIELT AT X. Compiled by HENRY J. WILKINSON, Hon. Curator, Botany. Hate. 365. Prunus communis, Huds. Sloe. Copses , cbc ., Sutherland to Channel Islands. Distrih. Europe. Sp. Copgrove, Yorks. ... ... ... 1790 Tliorparch, ,, ... ... ... 1840 Collector J. Dalton S. Hailstone Herbarium. Rev. J. Dalton S. Hailstone 366. Prunus insititia, Linn. Bullace. Copses, the., Lanark southward. Distrih. Europe, N. Africa, Himalaya. Sp. Copgrove, Yorks. ... ... ... 1790 Pontefract, ,, ... ... ... 1882 J. Dalton S. Hailstone Rev. J. Dalton 5 5 367. Prunus Cerasus, Linn. Wild Cherry. Copses, the., Yorkshire southward. Distrih. Europe, W. Himalaya, &c. Sp. Woods in Kent 1811 S. Hailstone S. Hailstone 12 368. Prunus padus, Linn. Bird Cherry. Copses , etc., Caithness to Wales. Distrib. Europe (Arctic), N. Africa, N. & W. Asia. Sp. Hackfall, Ripon Date. 1790 Collector. J. Dalton Shipley, Yorks. 1800 S. Hailstone High Force, Teesdale, Yorks, and Durham ... 1888 H. J. Wilkinson 369. Spiraea Salicifolia, Linn. Plantations, Sc. ; not indigenous. Sp. Near Green Hammerton, Yorks. 1800 J. Dalton 370. Spiraea ulmaria, Linn. Meadow-sweet. Moist places, Shetland to Channel Islands. Distrib. Europe (Arctic), N. Asia, &c. Sp. Copgrove, Yorks. 1790 J. Dalton Clifton Ings, York ... 1883 PI. J. Wilkinson 371. Spiraea filipendula, Linn. Dropwort. Dry Pastures, Sc., Caithness southward. Distrib. Europe, N. Africa, N. Asia. Sp. Devil’s Ditch, Sietworth, Cambs. ... 1839 S. Hailstone Thorparch, Yorks. ... June 30, 1849 Mr. Birkbeck Near Newark, Notts. 1892 II. J. Wilkinson 372. Rubus Chamaemorus, Linn Cloudberry. Peatg Alpine Moors, Caith¬ ness to Derby. Distrib. N. Europe (Arctic), Siberia. Sp. Ingleborough, Yorks. 1803 J. Dalton Blair Athol, Perths. 1809 5 5 Morrone, Braemar, Aberdeens. 1887 H. Fisher If 9 9 9 9 1898 F. H. Weekes Cronkley Fell, Yorks. 1883 H. J. Wilkinson Herbarium. Rev. J. Dalton S. Hailstone H. J. Wilkinson Rev. J. Dalton Rev. J. Dalton H. J. Wilkinson S. Hailstone 9 9 H. J. Wilkinson Rev. J. Dalton H. J. Wilkinson F. H. Weekes H. J. Wilkinson 18 373. Rubus saxatilis, Linn. Stony banks and copses , from Coni wall to Devon. Distrib. Europe, N. & W. Asia. ■Sp. Mackershaw Woods, Ripon ... Castle Howard, Yorks. Beckdale, Helmsley, Yorks. .... | 374. Rubus Idaeus, Linn. Raspberry. Woods, (be., from Orkney southwards. Distrib. Europe (Arctic), N. Africa, &c. Sp. Mackershaw Woods, nr. Ripon Crambe Beck, Castle Howard, Yorks. Date. Collector. 1790 J. Dalton 1798 R. Teesdale 1885 H. J. Wilkinson 1790 J. Dalton 1885 H. J. Wilkinson 375. Rubus affinis, W. Sc N. Bramble, Blackberry. Sp. Croft, N. Yorks. ... ... ... 1830 Langwith, E. Yorks. ... ... 1885 376. Rubus Lindleianus, Lees. Sp. Langwith, York ... ... ... 1840 Skip with, ,, ... ... ... 1885 J. Dalton H. J. Wilkinson 0. A. Moore H. J. Wilkinson 377. Rubus rhamnifolius, W. & N. Sp. Croft, N. Yorks. Skipwith, ,, 1830 1885 378. Rubus imbricatus, Hort. Sp. Glen Frome, W. Gloucester ... Aug., 1883 J. Dalton H. J. Wilkinson J. W. White Herbarium. Rev. J. Dalton >5 H. J. Wilkinson Rev. J. Dalton H. J. Wilkinson Rev. J. Dalton H. J. Wilkinson 0. A. Moore H. J. Wilkinson Rev. J. Dalton H. J. Wilkinson H. J. Wilkinson 14 379. Rubus leucostachys, 8m, Sp. Leigh Wood, Somerset Langwifch, York 380. Rubus carpinifolius, W. & N. Sp. Heslington, and Langwitb, York 381. Rubus macrophyllus, W. Umbrosus, Anh. Sp. Skipwith, York 382. Rubus sprengelii, Weihe. Sp. Skipwith, York 383. Rubus rosaceus, W. & N. Sp. Langwith, York 384. Rubus rudis, Weihe. Sp. Abbots Leigh, Somersets. ... 385. Rubus radula, Weihe. Sp. Clifton Down, Somersets. ... 386. Rubus corylifolius, Sm. Sp. Langwith, York 387. Rubus caesius, Linn. Dewberry. Sp. Skipwith, York Date. Collector. Herbarium. 1884 H. Fisher H. J. Wilkinson 1885 H. -J. Wilkinson 5 5 1885 H. J. Wilkinson H. J. Wilkinson 1885 H. J. Wilkinson H. J. Wilkinson 1885 H. J. Wilkinson H. J. Wilkinson 1888 H. J. Wilkinson H. J. Wilkinson 1884 H. Fisher H. J. Wilkinson 1884 H. Fisher H, J. Wilkinson t*- 1883 H. J. Wilkinson H. J. Wilkinson 1883 H. J. Wilkinson H. J. Wilkinson 15 J 388. Dryas octopetala, Linn. Limestone and mountain districts , Orkney to Carnarvon. Distrib. Arctic and Alpine regions, N. temp. zone. Date. Collector. Sp. Blair Atliol, Pertbs. 1801 J. Dalton Arncliffe Clouder, Yorks. Most abundantly upon Cronkley Fell, 1803 ” Yorks., Aug. 25 ... 389. Geum urbanum, Linn. Avens. Copses , hedge-banks, (be., from Caith ness southwards. Distrib. Europe (Arctic), N. Africa. 1824 S. Hailstone Sp. Copgrove, Yorks. 390. Geum intermedium, Ehrh. 1700 J. Dalton Sp. Knaresboro’, YTorks. 391. Geum rivale, Linn. Copses and moist places, Orkney to Devon. Distrib. Europe (Arctic), N. & W. Asia. 1798 J. Dalton Sp. Copgrove, Yorks. 1700 J. Dalton Malham Tarn, Yorks. 1808 S. Hailstone Strensall Common, York 1881 H. J. Wilkinson 392. Fragaria vesca, Linn. Wild Strawberry. Stony places, Shetland to Channel Islands. Distrib. Europe (Arctic), N. & W. Asia. - i Sp. Copgrove, Yorks. 1790 J. Dalton Castle Howard, Y7orks. 1881 H. J. Wilkinson Herbarium. Rev. J. Dalton 5 J S. Hailstone Rev. J. Dalton Rev. J. Dalton Rev. J. Dalton S. Hailstone H. J. Wilkinson Rev. J. Dalton H. J. Wilkinson Herbarium. 393. Potentilla norvegica, Linn. A lieu. Sp. from bank of Leeds and Liverpool Canal, near Armley, Yorks. Date. 1893 Potentilla fragariastrum, Ehrh. Woods and banks, Caithness to Channel Islands. Distrib. Europe, N. Africa. Sp. Copgrove, Yorks. ... ... ... 1790 Strensall, York ... ... ... 1881 394. Potentilla verna, Linn. Rocky places {limestone, d'c.), Foifar to Somerset. Distrib. Europe (Arctic), Siberia. Sp. Bury St. Edmunds, Suffolk ... St. Vincent’s blocks, Bristol ? ? 5 5 n • • * 395. Potentilla salisbnrgensis, Haenke. Alpine districts, from Aberdeen to Walts. Distrib. Europe (Arctic), N. & W. Asia. Sp. Ben Lawers, Perth ... Gordale, Settle, Yorks. Near Loch Tay, Perths. blocks by Malham Tarn, Yorks. (1800) 1796 1884 1808 1810 1809 1832 396. Potentilla tormentilla, Scop. Heaths, dry pastures, tbc., Shetland to Channel Islands. Distrib. Europe (Arctic), W. Siberia. Sp. Copgrove, Yorks. ... ... ... 1790 Strensall, nr. York ... ... ... 1881 Collector. W. Kirk by J. Dalton H. J. Wilkinson Sir T. G. Cull um J. Dalton H. Fisher J. Dalton W. Middleton S. Hailstone J. Dalton H. J. Wilkinson H. »J. Wilkinson Rev. J. Dalton H. J. Wilkinson Rev. J. Dalton 5 ? H. J. Wilkinson Rev. J. Dalton W. Middleton S. Hailstone Rev. J. Dalton H. J. Wilkinson 17 Date. Collector. 397. Potentilla procumbeus, Sibth. Sp. Croft, N. Yorks. 1880 J. Dalton 398. Potentilla reptans, Linn. Pastures and waysides, from Caithness southward. Distrib. Europe, N. & W. Asia, Himalaya. Sp. Copgrove, Yorks. 1790 J. Dalton Braffer ton, Yorks. ... 1831 Rev. W. Gray 399. Potentilla anserina, Linn. Silver-weed. Roadsides, from Shetland to ( ’hannel Islands. Distrib. Arctic and N. & S. temp, regions. Sp. Copgrove, Yorks. 1790 J. Dalton Brafferton, ,, 1831 Rev. W. Gray 400, Potentilla rupestris, Linn, Rocks, Craig Breiclden, Montgomery. Distrib. Gotkland soutkward, N. & W. Asia. Sp. Craig Breidden, Montgomeryskire ... 1830 Henslow 5 5 5 5 5 5 * ' • 1866 W. Wliitwell 401. Potentilla argentea, Linn. Dry pastures and roadsides, FA gin south¬ ward. Distrib. Europe (Arctic), N. & W. Asia. Sp. Near Newark, Notts. 1820 W. Middleton Pertkskire ... (1810) G. Munky Herbarium. Rev. J. Dalton Rev. J. Dalton H. J. Wilkinson Rev. J. Dalton H. J. Wilkinson Rev. J. Dalton W. W kit well W. Middleton Giles Munky 18 402. Potentilla fruticosa, Linn. Hoc fey banks by rivers , Yorks., Durham , Cumberland, Westmoreland , N. Clare, Galway. Distrib. N. & Mid-Europe, Alps (Arctic), Himalaya. Sp. Banks of tlie Tees, High Force, Yorks, and Durham 5 5 5 5 5 5 1 1 403. Potentilla comarum, Nesti. Bogs and marshes, Shetland, to Channel Islands. Distrib. Europe (Arctic), N. Asia, Ac. Sp. Copgrove, Yorks. Malham Tarn, Yorks. Skipwith Common, York Heslington, York 404. Potentilla sibbaldia, Hall f. Scotch Alps, Shetland to Peebles. Distrib. Alpine and Arctic Europe, N. Asia. Sp. Ben a Bourd, Aberdeens. Ben Lawers, Perths. Ben Nevis, Inverness 405. Alchemilla arvensis, Lamk. Waste places [sandy soil), Shetland to Channel Islands. Distrib. Europe, N. Africa, W. Asia. Sp. Copgrove, Yorks. Heslington, York Date. Collector. Herbarium. 1807 J. Dalton Rev. J. Dalton 1888 H. J. Wilkinson IT. J. Wilkinson 1790 J. Dalton Rev. J. Dalton 1807 S. Hailstone S. Hailstone 1881 IT. J. Wilkinson H. J. Wilkinson 1820 W. Middletou W. Middleton 1881 R. K. Greville Rev. J. Dalton 1808 J. Dalton 55 1810 W. Middleton W. Middleton <*• 1790 J. Dalton Rev. J. Dalton 1802 W. Middleton W. Middleton 406. Alchemilla vulgaris, Linn. Moist i laces, pastures, -1 : 7; * » ' * 2 iWilV/i 'mJ/mmJ 'W H f> fcp:M$ } 'Hli niiilnlMiu ■■ MMmm nmmtiiMfrufr ■ ■ ■ Wrnn^ Wmmm mmrt mgmm mmmmi m : '/#.% f? 32 4 w ?' imrnmnl 1 Kt/i v > ’J b mlumm mm 9$M f. WffJrM mlmmJimmW/m WmWmmmmfm . il