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Society Activities 73ill Macroom forest (Mr. M. Darcy, F.i.C., Mr. M. McElroy, A .F.) theinterest centred in young crops and on game management problems. InDunmanway forest (Mr. C Bunce, F .i.C., Mr. M. Barry, A.F.) we saw ahighly productive crop of Sitka spruce, 36 years old, at Aultagh propertywhich had been severely retarded ill its early years by frost damage andcompetition from common furze.Thursday was devoted to botanical and conservational aspects. Themorning was spent on Garnish . Island, the famous garden created out ofbarren rock and bog from 1910 onwards, and now in National ownership andadministered by the Commissicners of Public Works. In the afternoon wewent to Glengarriff forest (Mr. J. Vaughan, F.i.C., Mr. D Cusack, A.F.).There we were joined by Mr. Michael Neff of the Forest and WildlifeService Research Branch to discuss the conservation and regeneration ofthe native and rare species in this area which is uniquely endowedfloristically. One of the greatest problems is the control of Rhododendronponticum which obliterates practically every other p lant in its inexorablespread. Full participation in the discussion here was somewhat inhibited bya plague of midges (doubtless a rare native breed) to which some weremore susceptible than others, but on at least one occasion a spiriteddIscussion arose as to the hard cash value of the work now being conductedunder the general heading of conservation.The Annual Dinner of the Society was held on Thursday night at thetour headquarters in Bantry, where the speeches tended to be drowned bythe clatter from the nearby kitchens. "Viewing the dawn" was a popularfeature of the subsequent socialities.The following members took part in the Study Tour: Dr W. H. Jack,President, Dr. P. M. Joyce, Convener, Miss E. E . Furlong, Study TourCommittee, Mr. G. Beirne, Prof. T. Clear, Messrs. P. Clinch, W. F . Collins,J. Connelly, M. Cosgrave, Mrs. M. Cosgrave, Messrs. J. Cronin, ]. C.Crowley,' J. J. Crowley, S. Crowley, N. Cullinan, J. ]. Darcy. M. Darcy,J. Dillon, ]. M. Doyle, A. Duffy, Dr. 1. F. Durand, Messrs. D . Eastwood,.J. Fennessy, S. Glynn, O. Grant, P. J. Hanrahan, G. Harney, Dr. R. Hayes,Dr. J. J. Hennessy, Messrs. M. Hennessy. G. Hipwell, J. Horgan, C . Jeffers,F . Jennings, J. E. Johnston, N. Kavanagh, P. J. Keane, M. F. Kelly, H. Kerr,D. McCarthy, Dr. E. McCracken, Prof. L . McCracken, J. Mackin D.McGlynn, J. McSorley, D. Mangan, J. A . Mannion, F. Moran, P. ].Morrissey, F. Mulloy, C. Nyhan, T . O'Brien, N. O'Carroll. R. 0 Cinneide,J. O'Donovan, L. O'Flanagan, J. O'Mahony, T. J. O'Mahoney, P. O'Malley,B. O'Neill, Mrs. A. Tottenham, Capt. C. B. Tottenham, Messrs. G. JTottenham, R. Tottenham, M. Sweeney and J. White.N. O'CARROLL.