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rings. Several variations on this theme appeared, one of which the author visited early on the morning of its discovery. It is hard to convey the excitement of such an experience. A unique perspective is afforded by the opportunity to examine a circle before it has been trampled by visitors and the detail obliterated. The season ended with a formation in Cambridgeshire, which was recognized as a representation of the Mandelbrot Set, an image generated in the realm of fractal geometry and named after its discoverer, Benoit Mandelbrot, the Belgian mathematician. Its construction was particularly fine, including lines of single-standing stalks and minute circles.