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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



[Oct. 1, 1866. 



NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



M. F. D.— '•' Ferns, British and Foreign," by John Smith, 

 published by R. Hardwicke, 192, Piccadilly, will perhaps suit 

 your purpose. A work on Foreign Ferns, giving - figures of 

 all the species, could hardly be portable. 



N. E. C. — We could not attempt to name a foreign fern 

 from a barren frond. Both your specimens are barren. 



A. Y. — You should wash your specimens over with a solu- 

 tion of corrosive sublimate, applied by means of a soft brush, 

 or you will not succeed in keeping insects from them. 



A. H. — Consult "Our Reptiles," published by Hardwicke, 

 192, Piccadilly. We cannot afford space to reply in full. 



R. M. B. — See notice, with figures, in the present number. 



T. H. G. is referred to a notice which appeared in our last. 

 Facts alone are admissible. 



J. M. A. — Only one notice can be inserted at a time from 

 the same individual. 



Glass Cells. — Mr. Brittain, Fallowfield, Manchester, offers 

 to procure for any one these cells at 9d . per dozen, if stamps 

 are also sent to cover postage or carriage. 



W. B. — The plant " Rue " (Rata graveolens) is evidently 

 meant by Scott in the lines quoted. It is often carried at 

 funerals, and thrown upon the coffin, especially in rural 

 districts. 



W. D. C. — You had better state what branch of entomology 

 you purpose to pursue. For general purposes, " Westwood's 

 Introduction " would be useful. 



J. G. — On rose, an early condition of Sphaerotheca pannosa. 

 The Polyporus at present uncertain. The Rhizina is 

 R. undulata. 



R. P. — " Sowerby's English Botany;" 45 parts are pub- 

 lished. 



H. G. E.— The Lichen is Peltigern canina. 



A. D. M.— Herbarium labels for flowering plants were for- 

 merly obtainable of Mr. Pamplin ; but whether to be had any- 

 where now, we cannot affirm positively this month. 



H. — Hedgehogs are insectivorous — your suspicions are pro- 

 bably right. 



T. B.-We can make no pledges. 



J. R. — Although our space is too limited for the subjects 

 included, we deem it imprudent to add either to size or price, 

 or the number of our " sections." 



F. O. — We know of no improvement on the " vasculum." 

 Leeds. — If there is a Naturalists' Field Club in or near 



Leeds, with the secretary, send his name and address to 

 H. A. A., care of the Editor. 



Desmids and Diatoms. — H.J. Bacon wishes us to announce 

 that as he had ninety applications in response to his offer in 

 our last number, he could not supply all at once. He will 

 endeavour to furnish all who have applied, if they will kindly 

 allow him time to do so. 



S. F. C. — Such pugnacity in the blackbird is not un- 

 common. 



T. D. M. is thanked for bottle of rhubarb wine. It would 

 be much better five years hence. 



G. E. P. — The muddy appearance of the water is most likely 

 due to an excess of light. It is unsightly, but not injurious 

 to the inhabitants of his tank. — T. C. 



J. W. L. — It is very probable that some of the illustrations 

 will hereafter be reprinted. The plan you suggest would not 

 pay. 



T. G. P. — No. 2 is Tubercularia vulgaris. No. 1 is Stegono- 

 sporium cellulosum. 



T. S. — No. 1, an assemblage of imperfect forms, so that it 

 is impossible to say which is intended, or what any of them 

 may become. No. 2 is Nemaspora crocea ; No. 3 an appa- 

 rently undescribed Phoma, probably not autonomous. 



E. T. S. — We can discover no parasite, though we examined 

 every spot on the specimens sent. 



Section Machines.— Having received descriptions of four 

 new machines, for which illustrations would be required, we 

 must postpone them for the present. It would be invidious 

 to make a selection where each possesses some advantage. 



J. R. B. M.— One group has the authority of one natutalist, 

 and one of another; so that there is no general system such 

 as you allude to. 



J. F. C. — The seeds are those of Abrus precutorius, common 

 in Asia and Africa. 



A. E. B. — The cocoon belongs to Lasincumpa quercifulia. 



T. H. H.— No. 1 is Leucama pattens; No. 2 Triphmna 

 prnnuba. 



E. B. — It is Calamintha acinos.—W. C. 



M. J. P. and J. H.— The Orchis is Epipactis media.— 

 W. C. 



G. M.— The plant is a Veronica ; but the specimen is too 

 small to name specifically. — W. C. 



H. G. — Undoubtedly your "last plant from the Land's 

 End " is Atriplex Babingtonii.—N. 



W. L.— The plant is Thalictrum flavum, Linn. — W. C. 



J. B.— Please forward the MSS. 



H. S.— Probably it is Lumbricns minor, the Marsh-worm, 

 or Red-worai, to which you allude. 



W. J. S.— The Entomological Society of London. Sub- 

 scribers admitted on payment of one guinea per annum. 



W. L. — Apparently Impatient fulva. 



"A Subscriber," who inquires concerning a French work, 

 is reminded that we do not answer anonymous communica- 

 tions. 



EXCHANGES. 



Minute Star-fish, or " Brittle-Star," in exchange for 

 British Lepidoptera.— J. M. Aston, Stevenage, Herts. 



Fly Fungus (Sporendonema muscoe). Well mounted speci- 

 mens offered for other objects (mounted) of interest.— G. W. 

 Webb, 8, White Rock-street West, Derby-road, Liverpool. 



PmiuHA- Lepisma, or hair of Seal (mounted), for mounted 

 specimens of Barbadoes Earth, Foraminifera, or other objects 

 of interest.— A. R. Betts, St. John's Park, Upper Holloway. 



British Birds' Skins for local specimens of either sea or 

 land Birds' Eggs.— J. Aspdin, Richmond, Yorkshire. 



Minerals and Fossils for British Lepidoptera.— J. G. 

 Marsh, jun., 242, Old Kent-road, London, S.E. 



Hobby Eggs wanted for British Birds' Skins or Eggs. — 

 J. A. Harker, 12, York-place, Perth, N.B. 



Small British Mammals, such as rats, mice, voles, 

 shrews, &c, wanted (in the flesh) for examination.— T. G. P., 

 Museum, Park-street, Bristol. 



Silver-washed Fritillary offered for other British 

 Lepidoptera or Beetles.— W. H. O., Stapletou House, Dorking. 



British Birds' Eggs and Suffolk Crag Fossils offered for 

 other eggs.— H. Miller, St. Lawrence, Ipswich. 



Actinia. — The rarer marine species wanted from Menai 

 Straits, Isle of Man, or Irish coast. Would be purchased. — 

 Address at first to A. J., care of the Editor. 



CyprvEA testudinaria and several species of Conns 

 offered for exchange.— G. Potter, ", Montpelier-road, Kings- 

 down-road, Upper Holloway. 



Cuticles of Equisetum, Aloe, Cactus, &c. (mounted), offered 

 for objects of interest.— G. Moore, Dereham-road, Norwich. 



Marchantia polymorpha in flower, wanted by H. J. 

 Bacon, 44, Camberwell-road, London. 



Notice. — Our correspondents in this department are 

 earnestly requested to conduct their exchanges in a manner 

 beyond reproach. 



Pheasant Eggs. — One silver and two Gold Pheasants' 

 Eggs for British Butterflies.— T. H. Hedworth, Dunston, 

 Gateshead. 



Fossils, Minerals, Birds' Eggs, &c, for British Lepidoptera. 

 — J. H. Greenstreet, 8, Finch-lane, E.C. 



Privet Hawk-moth. — Pupse for those of other good 

 species.— W. H. Onslow, Rev. F. Durnford's, Eton College. 



Pup.e of Siilurnia pavonia for Birds' Eggs, or other Pupae 

 or insects. — H. Miller, St. Lawrence, Ipswich. 



Opossum Fur and Llama Wool for mounted objects of 

 interest. — A. L., 61, Buckingham-road, Islington. 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 



" Notice of the Occurrence of Mammoth and other Animal 

 Remains at Shaudon, co. Waterford," by Edward Brenan. 

 Dublin, 1859. 



" The Technologist," No. 2, New Series, September, 1866. 



" The Remains of Man and Extinct Mammalian Fauna 

 found at Es-nesbury, near St. Neots, Huntingdonshire," by 

 George Dawson Rowley, M.A., F.Z.S., &c. London : Trubner 

 & Co., 1866. 



" Hooper & Co.'s General Autumn Catalogue of Flowering 

 Bulbs, &c." London, Covent Garden Market, 1866. 



" Guide for Travellers in the Plain and on the Mountain," 

 by Charles Boner. London : Robert Hardwicke. 



"The Liverpool Naturalist's Journal,"' Nos. 1 to 4, June- 

 September, 1866. Liverpool: A. Holden. 



" Proceedings of the Essex Institute." Vol. IV., No. 8. 

 June, 1866. Salem, U.S. 



Communications Received. — C. F. W. — F. H. W. — 

 M. F. D — N. E. C— A. Y.— W. T. I.— E. S.— C. A. J.— 

 E. T. S.— W. O. C— J. S.— A. H— J. A. P.— J. A.— G. B. C. 

 — J. B.— J. G.— H. W.— H. W. H.— H. W. M.— L. G. M — 

 J. M. Aston— R. M. B.— C. S. G— W. H. G— J. W.— A. E. B. 

 — T. P. B— A. B. F.— J. H. F.— C. R.— W. D. C— W. B.— 



E. W.— G. W. W.— W. H— G. W. H.— H. M. M.— A. R. B. 

 — H. G. W. A.— H. J. B— T. P. B— H. M.- F. O.— T. W. W. 

 — E. F. B.— E. B— J. A —J. R.— J. G. M.— W. J. P.— E. 3.— 

 J. F.— E. M. H— M. J. P.— E. B.— R. P.— T. G. P.— H. G. E. 

 —A. D. M.— J. R.-W. J. S— W. H. O.— J. Y.— J. S.— 

 W. T. H.— T. B.-C. B.— E. W. A. L.— J. B. S.— J. W.— G. B. 

 —J. II. McK.— S. F. C— E. J. S. C.-J. S. S.— H. E. W.— 

 G. P.— G. M— B— H. A. A.— H. G.— A. B. C— E. M.— 



F. E. W— J. N.— J. B.— H. S— C. B.— W. L.— R. T.— J. N. 

 — R. R.— J. S.— W. E. T.— J. R. B. M.— J. J. R.— J. M. A.— 

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