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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE- GOS SIP. 



NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



A Subscriber.— The object sent is a bundle of the empty 

 egg-cases of the Natica, a univalve marine shell. 



A. Dk S. G. — We are much obliged to you for havhig: written 

 as you have to the gentleman named in your letter ; but it is 

 not our practice to publish letters which have already been 

 sent. 



G. F. H. — We prefer seeing Doubleday's list with all the 

 synonyms, to seeing the latter cut out e.xcept the name by 

 which the insect is now known. In all good museums you 

 see the former practice adopted. 



H. G.— The Cluster-cup is JEcidium violre. 



K. L. G. desires us to say, with reference to his paragraph 

 in last month's Science-Gossip, on the " Geology of Cleve- 

 don,"thathe has found encrinital fragments in themagnesian 

 limestone and conglomerate. 



The Potato. — A misprint occurred in Mr. Glasspoole's 

 article on this subject. It was stated that an early kind had 

 been introduced into Ireland, " where barley will not grow." 

 It should have been Iceland 



F. B. S.— Your specimen is the Early Spring Orchis {Orchis 

 mascula). 



Dr. M. — The plant is Biillotn nigra. 



J. p. S. — The American Naturalist, published monthly, does 

 for the United States what we attempt in scievck-Gossip — 

 the publication of popular scientific articles and notes. 



D. H. T. — See an article on " Collecting and Preserving 

 Birds' Eggs," in the April number of Science-Gossip, for 

 1872. 



R. B. L. J. — The box was forwarded as directed. 



p. s. — The mineral is iron sulphite, not copper at all. 



T. Prvke. — The insects are the black PorfMra, or Spring- 

 tails, which belong to the order T/tyxanundce. 



E.MJi.\ B.— The plants are (1) the Granulous Saxifrage 

 (Sdxifraga granuluta], (2) Tuberous Buttercup CiJoraMncu/KS 

 tuherosus), and (3) Moschatel (Aduxa moschatfltin-i). 



W. Bknson. — You had better obtain Mrs. Lankcster's 

 " Wild Flowers worth Notice " (coloured illustrationsj. 

 London : Hardwicke. 



EXCHANGES. 



Primrose Sports. &c. — Will any one send me small living 

 plants of Primula elatmr (Jacq.), or of any of the sports or 

 varieties of Primrose or Cowslip (such as Hose-in-Hose, &c.) ? 

 I wish to make some experiments with them, and will, of 

 course, pay postage, or send dried iilants in exchange. — 

 W. R. Hayward, Devonshire-road, Forest-hiU. 



Clausilia biplicata for L. glutinns i, L. glabra, L. invnlnta< 

 M. riipextris, H.lamellata, Any XertX^oi, or others.— J. Groves, 

 13, Richmond-terrace, Clapham-road, London. 



Wanteo, Fusus prapinquus ; will give other good species in 

 exchange.— F. Walker, Belvidere, Tenby. 



First-ci.ass Slides, for Aquatic Larva of Di/tiscua, Nofo- 

 nerta. Ephemera, Nepa, See, and for Vnlvux, pure and clean. 

 Lepidoptera wanted in the season.— Edmund Wheeler, 48, 

 ToUingtonroad, HoUovvay, London, N. 



Laev.b of Cullimnrphia dominula for Birds' Eggs or British 

 Marine or Land and Tresh-water Shells.— Sidney Smith, 

 Castle-street, Walmer. 



Martxb Algje from Galway Bay, in great variety, living 

 or dried Mosses. Irish and Scotch Ferns, 50 species and 

 varieties (list free), in exchange for the fnllowing books: — 

 Moore's or Newman's "British Ferns;" W. H. Grattann's 

 monthlv parts of " Marine Algre ;" " Half-hours at the Sea- 

 side ; " •' Where there's a Will there's a Way," &c.— 

 T. MacGann, Burrin, Oranmore, Ireland. 



Wanted, Trienfulis Europ/ta for Chrysosplenium alter- 

 nifoliiim.—AddTefis, George Wright, 15, Channing-street, 

 Rupert-street, Bolton-le-Moors. 



A Collection of about 1,100 Stamps in Lallier's Album 

 0873). lam open to offers of anything useful. — Reply, by 

 post, L. H. Whitmore, 24, Mark-lane. 



Leaves of Variegated Tropical plants, fine Ferns for rase, 

 Flower Seeds, Sec, for objects in Natural History, suitable 

 for Village Museum.— H. ElUott, Braywick, Maidenhead, 

 Berks. 



Shells to Spare. — Helix Fisanin (Tenby), Conovulus and 

 Axsiniinea (R. Thames). Wanted, Paludina cuntecla, Lymnea 

 glabra.— Address, W. H. Hatcher, Belmont Works, Battersea, 

 London. 



Very Fink Leaves of Eleagnus (scales polarize) in exchange 

 for any good unmounted Microscopic Objects.— W. H., 40, 

 Marine Parade, Worthing. P. S.— Also leaves of Plilomis. 



For Mounted Section of Cuttle-lione send unmounted 

 good transparent injection, preserved in glycerine, to W. 

 Sargant, Jun., Caverswall, Stoke-on Trent. 



Will exchange named specimens of Wild flowers, fresh 

 specimens, for mutual improvement. — Dr. Morton, Nevr 

 BromptoQ, Kent. 



For specimens of TrirJiobasis petrnselini on Leaves of 

 Smyrtiium iilusatrum (Alexanders), send stamped .directed 

 envelope to Herbert Jenner, Lewes. Any other Micro-fungi 

 acceptable. 



Wanted, Scientific Books; good Microscopic Slides offered 

 in exchange. — R. H. Philip, 23, Prospect-street, Hull. 



First-class Slides of pure gatherings of lihnbdonemir 

 arcuattim and Gomph'jneyna geminatum, &c., for other really 

 good Slides or material. — H. B. Thomas, Boston, Lincolnshire. 



I should be glad to exchange Coleoptera and Lepidoptera 

 with any of the readers of the Science-Gossip.— R. H. Mac- 

 Adam, 4, Bedford-terrace, Bedford. 



British Marine Alg.b to exchange for anything. Eggs- 

 of the Merlin, Scoter, Harlequin Duck, Golden Eye, and Little 

 Auk, to exchange for other rare Eggs.— J. T. T. Reed, 

 Ryhope, Sunderland. 



Pucriniachrysnsplenii for TRcidiumnoldanellcE, Endnphylliim 

 semperviri, Puccinia rhodiolte, or Pucci?iia scrophularia. — 

 Rev. J. E. Vize, Forden Vicarage, Welshpool. 



Shells Wa.nted. — Succinea oblonga, Pisidium obtusale. 

 Helix fusnn, Limneus periger ; varieties, acuta, mnrginuta, and 

 lineata. Offered: Helix obvoluta, Unio margaritifera (Eng- 

 lish), Achatina acicula, Clausilia duhia, Succinea gracilis, and 

 intermedia. — W. F. Sutton, Gosforth Grove, near Newcastle- 

 upon-Tyne. 



Irish Marine Alo.b, mounted and duly assorted, for South 

 Devon and Cornish Seaweed, in the same form. — Henry 

 Goode, 15, Mulgrave-street, Plymouth. 



Duplicate: — Actseon. Desiderata: — Daplidice, Iris, T. 

 pruni, T. betulae, I.athonia, P. Acis.— B. C. Stilwell, Welling- 

 ton College, Wokingham. 



Fr)R portion cf anterior wing of Fapilio Epiiis (China), 

 mounted, showing scales in situ, send other good Slide to- 

 J. P. Smith, Legh-street, Wokington. 



Wanted, well-preserved specimens, with fruit, of Myos- 

 urus 7nini7nus and Actea spicata, for class teaching. Offered r 

 rare British Wild Plants.— W. Piper, Bank Plain, Norwich. 



Graphiola phcenicis on Date Palm, well mounted.— Send 

 list to C. C. Underwood, Eaton Lodge, Castlebar-road, Ealing. 



Well-mounted Diatoms for other equally well-mounted' 

 Slides— entomological preferred. Lists exchanged.— M. D., 

 The Esplanade, Deal. 



Preserved Larv.b of Dominula and Caja, for Lepidoptera, 

 Minerals, or Birds' Eggs.- Address, W. W. Nettleton, Eyne- 

 street, Batley. 



Wanted, the first twelve numbers of the Quekett Journals 

 Two dozen good Slides offered.— H. E. Freeman, Rose Villa,. 

 Wood Green, N. 



For Brittle Star-fish, send stamped envelope and object 

 to C. P., Innox Cottage, Corscombe. 



Eggs of Kingfisher, Dipper, Kestrel, Common Snipe, Ray's 

 Wagtail, and others, for good Eggs. Unaccepted oilers not 

 answered.— B. SCanden, Goosnaigh, near Preston, Lanca- 

 shire. 



Monthlij micrnscnpical Journal, vols. 9 and 10, bound, and 

 other Entomological and Microscopic Books, for first-class 

 Entomological Slides.- J. S. Harrison, 48, Lowgate, Hull. 



Star-fish Tubercles, Seed-case for Pnlariscope, or 

 Puccinia umbilici, offered for other good Objects— Send 

 stamped envelope and objects to Rev. W. Locock, Corscombe 

 Rectory, Dorchester. 



Fresh-.-ollected Cluster-cups on Ficnria, JEcidium rubel. 

 lum. and Uriirce. Also a few on Arum nuiculatutn. Mounted 

 or unmounted. In exchange for good microscopic slides. 

 Send list. — G. Garrett, Harlaud House, Whestead-ruad, 

 Ipswich. 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 



" Grevillea." May. 



" Monthly Microscopical Journal." May. 



" Les Mondes." 



" Land and Water." 



" American Naturalist." January, February, and March, 



" Boston Journal of Chemistry." 



" Journal of Applied Science." May. 



" Elementary Physiology." By F. Le Gros-Clarke. Lon- 

 don: 8. P. C. K. Society. 



" Elementary Geology." By Rev. T. Boniicy. London 

 S. P. C. K. Society. 



"Domestic Floriculture." By F. W. Burbldge. Londoi* 

 and Edinburgh : W. Blackwood. 



