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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



To Correspondents and Exchangers. — As we now 

 publish Science-Gossip at least a week earlier than hereto- 

 fore, we cannot possibly insert in the following number any 

 communications which reach us later than the 8th of each 

 month. 



Flowering Rush.— The correspondent who wanted this 

 plant in exchange for Sundews, &c, forgot to give his name 

 and address. 



W. H. Hatcher. — No specimen of green flower was en- 

 closed in your note. It must have been omitted in sealing. 



C. W. H.— One of the best Elementary books on Zoology 

 is Prof. Nicholson's, published by Blackwood, at 2s. 6d. 



W. L. W. E. (Winchester). — Your plant is Rubus odoratus. 



The Wanderer. — You are correct in supposingthe species 

 to be insectivorous : it is the Drosera binata, closely allied to 

 the elegant little Sundews of our bogs. 



H. F. E. W. (West Meon).— The shrubby plant, with spines 

 without flowers or fruit, is indeterminable. Perhaps you 

 would look out for flowers next season. The common, or 

 local names of plants or trees, are never very reliable, they 

 vary much with locality. We shall at all times be most 

 happy to aid you; you cannot send us too many queries. 



C. T. (Bournemouth). — It is not M. altissima, but, as you 

 imagine, the true Melilotus alba. 



W. A. Law. — Your specimen is a Myriapod [Geophilus 

 electricus), well known for leaving a phosphorescent trail on 

 damp hedge-banks, &c. It is not an uncommon insect. 



W. Farrow is desirous of obtaining specimens of the Grass 

 of Parnassus. Will some of our readers send a specimen ? 



S. J. Barnes. — You can obtain, mounted and named, 

 British Sea- weeds either separate or as a perfect collection, by 

 applying to 192, Piccadilly. 



D. O. N. — One of the handiest books we know on the 

 subject is William Swainson's "Treatise on Taxidermy." 



T. J. B. — We would advise you to get " W r ild Flowers 

 worth Notice," by Mrs. Lankester, published by R. Hard- 

 wicke, 192, Piccadilly. 



E. M. Greenfield. — You can gain what information you 

 require by applying to Van Voorst, the publisher of the books 

 you mention. 



E. W. Andrews. — The objects enclosed were the egg- 

 capsules of a species of Natica. 



EXCHANGES. 



Eggs of Golden Plover, Ring Ouzel, Lesser Redpole, 

 Mountain Linnet, Kingfisher, for other good Eggs. — Address, 

 Jas. Ingleby, Eavestone, near Ripon. 



Wanted, Parasites, mounted or unmounted; will give 

 other Material unmounted. — F. E. Fletcher, Eastnor House, 

 South Norwood. 



Mentha rutundifolia, for any of the following Labiatse : — 

 945, 948, 949, 954, 956, 958, 965, 966, 971, 985.— Rev. F. H. 

 Arnold, Fishbourne, Chichester. 



For large Male Antenna of Bombyx Yama-mai, send a 

 stamped directed envelope to W. H. Gomm, Somerton, 

 Taunton. 



Mounted Tentacle of Drosera rotundi/olia, for other 



well-mounted Slide. — J. B., 22 1, West George- street, Glasgow. 



Wanted, Parasites, mounted or unmounted, for other 



Material unmounted, or Coloured Varnish for ringing. — F. E. 



Fletcher, Eastnor House, South Norwood. 



Malva borealis, for Nos. 1302, 148", or other rare plants. — 

 C. A. Oakeshott, 8, St. Andrew' s-square, Hastings. 



For Sheep Tick, Melophagus ovinus, mounted in balsam, 

 send any good Slide to A. Haward, 1, Shirley Villas, Addis- 

 combe, Croydon. 



Rosa WiUoni et sylvestris (Menai Bridge), for other Roses, 

 &c— H. S. Fisher, 1, Gladstone-road, Edge-hill, Liverpool. 



Eggs of Heron, Grouse, Guillemot, Sandpiper, Sandwich 

 Tern, Black-headed Gull, and Green Woodpecker, for other 

 good specimens. — Alfred Bindon, 22, Argyll-street, LondoD, 

 W. 



Egos of Lesser B. B. Gull, Pratincole, Sandwich Tern, 

 Kentish Plover, and Fieldfare, for other rare Eggs.— C. 

 Dixon, 60, Albert-road, Heeley, near Sheffield. 



Offered, good specimens of Sphinx Convolvuli for Sphinx 

 Pinastri, or specimens of the Deilephilw. —Rev. F. H. Wood, 

 2, Clarence Villas, Finsbury-park, London. 



A few Beetles (continental species), mounted and named, 

 offered for odd Nos. of Gossip, for 18/4.— G., 15, Thornhili- 

 road, N. 



A few specimens of Lepidoptera, Shells, Birds' Eggs, and 

 Minerals.— G. T. F. Napier, Alderley Edge. Cheshire. 



For well-mounted section of Ivory, send really good Slide 

 (number limited) to J. Green, March. 



Hair of Opossum (unmounted), for any object of interest, 

 also Foreign Shells for others.— F. W. M.. 40, Bengal-street, 

 Bradford. 



Eggs of Teal, Heron, Quail, Kestrel, Sparrow-hawk, 

 Carrion Crow, Coot, Stonechat, Lesser Redpole, and others' 

 for good Lepidoptera.— W. Howard Campbell, Ballynagard 

 House, Londonderry. Ireland. 



Unmounted Microscopic Material for other, or for Slides. 

 Lists exchanged.— R. H. Phdip, 28, Prospect-street, Hull. 



Wanted to purchase for herbarium, rare European and 

 other Saxifrages.— Address, T. H., Highfield, Sydenham-hill, 

 London. 



Correspondents wanted abroad to exchange British 

 Lepidoptera for those of foreign countries. I would also 

 exchange British Lepidoptera for Birds' Eggs.— W. Watkins, 

 21, Caves-terrace, Shepherd's-bush, W. 



Colchicum in flower, Linaria spuria, and Elatine, Eriocaulon 

 septangulare, Scirpus pauciflorus, for other plants. — G. C. 

 Druce, Northampton. 



Helianthemum guttatum (Mill), from Boffin Island, co. 

 Mayo ; also Menziesia polifolia (Juss.), from Connemara, for 

 rare British Plants.— Richard M. Barrington, LL.D., Fassaroe, 

 Bray, co. Wicklow. 



Wanted, Nos. 149b, 870, 878, 1266, 1604b, 1616b, 1623b, 

 1634b, c, 1636, 1649, 1653; offered: 158, 235, 236, 237, 239, 

 253,304, 305b, 306b, 328, 330, 335, 388, 6ll, 749, 835b, 887, 

 923,1004,1344, 1345, 1375, 1376, 1466, 1483, 7th edition, London 

 Catalogue. — James Cunnack, Helston, Cornwall. 



Cuba, Jamaica, and South Sea Shells, Tropical Seeds, 

 Minerals, Adriatic Seaweeds named, for Micro. Slides. — N., 

 18, Elgin-road, St. Peter's-park, W. 



Wanted, Helix virgata or rufescens (from localities north 

 of Leeds), Pupa secale, Anglica or Muscorum ; offered: 

 Clausilia biplicata, Zonites nitidus, Assiminea Grayuna. — 

 W. H. Hatcher, Belmont Works, Battersea, London. 



Wanted, Slides, well mounted, illustrating Physiology and 

 Anatomy ; will give two good Slides for one good Slide show- 

 ing sweat-ducts and glands plainly. Great many Slides to 

 exchange.— W. Tylar, 165, Well-street, Birmingham. 



Mahogany, cork-lined, air-tight case, with over 200 speci- 

 mens of British and Foreign Beetles ; also a similar case with 

 a few Orthoptera and Lepidoptera, for Microscopic or other 

 articles.— W. G., Gordon-street, Nairn, N.B. 



Wanted two or three dozen each of the larger British 

 Land and Freshwater Snails, H. aspersa, H. pomatia, L. 

 stagnalis, &c, alive. First-class Micro. Slides or Cash. — 

 C. L. Jackson, Hesketh, near Southport. 



Linncea glabra offered for Helix lamillata, H. revelata, H. 

 obvoluta, Bulimus montanus, Clausilia Rolphii, C. laminata, 

 C. biplicata, Cyclostoma elegans, &c. — Edward Collier, 6, 

 Short-street, Tib-street, Manchester. 



Wanted, Healthy Plants of Flowering Rush (Butomus), 

 Arrowhead (Sagittaria), Water Soldier [Stratiotes). Good 

 Plants of Sundew, Drosera rotundi/olia (see Darwin's " Insec- 

 tivorous Plants") will be given.— Miss E. De B. Meyrick, 

 Downshire Lodge, Blessington, co. Wicklow. 



Hyus araneus, Corystes Cussivelaunus, and other Crabs for 

 Lithodes maia, Nephrops Norvegicus, or other northern 

 species. Lists exchanged. — Thos. Russell, 48, Essex-street, 

 Strand, W.C. 



Smith's best Jth Objective, with screw adjusting collar, 

 and Kirby & Spence's " Entomology," 4 vols., original edition, 

 with MS. notes, by Mr. Spence, for a good |th or T$th. A 

 little cash given as well, if required. — J. S. Harrison, 48, 

 Lowgate, Hull. 



Cornish Plants :— 125, 139, 854, 944, 946, 947, 948, 956, 

 981, 1052, 1389, 1401, 1485, 1486,1508, 1651 , London Catalogue, 

 7th edition. — Wm. Curnow, Pembroke Cottage, Newlyn Cliff, 

 Penzance. 



Duplicates of H. velleda, L. complanula, E. jacobceas, C. 

 dominula, L. chrysorrhoea, L. aurijlua, L. dispar, W. sambucaia, 

 M. margaritaria, D. aversata, F. piniaria, M. ocellata, &c. 

 &c. Desiderata : Lepidoptera, Birds' Eggs, or Mollusca. — 

 W. K. Mann, Granby House, Granby Hill, Clifton, Bristol. 



BOOKS, &c. RECEIVED. 



"Climate and Time." By James Croll. London : Daldy, 

 Isbister, & Co. 



"The Dawn of Life." By Principal Dawson. London: 

 Hodder & Stoughton. 



"Introductory Zoology." By Prof. Nicholson, 2nd edition. 

 London : W. Blackwood & Son. 



"Zoology for Students." By D. Carter Blake. London: 

 Daldy, Isbister, & Co. 



" Report of Botanical Localists' Record Club." 



"How to Use the Microscope." By John Phin. New 

 York. 



" Monthly Microscopical Journal." October. 



" Popular Sc ; ence Review." 



" Canadian Entomologist." 



"American Naturalist." August. 



" Land and W'ater." October. 



" Les Mondes." October. 



" Monthly Journal of Education." October. 



"Ben Brierley's Journal." 



