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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



[March 1, 1867. 



NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



All communications relative to advertisements, post-office 

 orders, and orders for the supply of this Journal should be 

 addressed to the Publisher. All contributions, books, 

 and pamphlets for the Editor should be sent to 192, 

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 butions should not be received later than the 15th of each 

 month. No notice whatever can be taken of communi- 

 cations which do not contain the name and address of the 

 writer, not necessarily for publication, if desired to be with- 

 held. We do not undertake to answer any queries not 

 specially connected with Natural History, in accordance 

 with our acceptance of that term ; nor can we answer 

 queries which might be solved by the correspondent by an 

 appeal to any elementary book on the subject. We are 

 always prepared to accept queries of a critical nature, and 

 to publish the replies, provided some of our readers, besides 

 the querist, are likely to be interested In them. We 

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 Neither can we promise to refer to or return any manu- 

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 Address No. 192, Piccadii.lv, London, W. 



A. R. W.— " Nichols's Dictionary of Scientific Terms" will 

 perhaps suit you ; price 1 2s. Reeve & Co. 



M. H. — The hairs on your larva? are simple, not compound, 

 as in Anthrenus. 



A. K. L.— Because heat and spirit will dissolve some 

 crystals, either, or both, often accompany mounting in 

 balsam. 



J. A., Jun. — The Natural History division of the " English 

 Cyclopaedia " now publishing in parts or volumes by Bradbury 

 & Evans. 



G. W. — A good suggestion, and will be remembered. 



J. C. — "Microscopic Fungi," 6s.; "British Fungi," 6s. 

 Published by R. Hardwicke, 192, Piccadilly. To preserve 

 fungi, consult these works. 



M. G. F. asks the name of the " phosphorescent centi- 

 pede." The " Apples of Sodom " are galls formed on a 

 species of oak. 



A. B. — If communications are not inserted within three or 

 four months, it may reasonably be concluded that we have 

 been unable to find room for them. 



Lizzie. — See Notes and Queries in this present number 

 for a full reply, headed " Squirrels." 



J. W. W. — We have no knowledge of the method employed 

 by Dr. Gregory with Glenshira sand. 



A. E. M. — Only by continued practice and perseverance can 

 you hope to equal the slides of selected Diatoms you name. 

 Is it worth the labour ? 



T. J. — The fly is Bibio Marci, so named because it appears 

 in abundance at the period of St. Mark's Day. The other 

 insect is a Pimpla, family Jchneumonida?, too much broken 

 for determination. — F. W. 



J. R., Jun.— Several kinds of Willow Galls, so that the 

 query is vague. The covers will also hold the advertise 

 ments. 



A. P. — The Waxwing has visited a great many localities 

 this year. It is much to be regretted that they are so ruth- 

 lessly destroyed. 



T. J.— There has been a parasitic fungus on No. 3, but it is 

 all gone. It is old and exolete. 



J. H. D.— See our answer to G. F. P. in January number, 

 p. 24. 



W. W. S.— It is Torula herbarium, spores globose, in 

 chains. 



S. L. B. — We do not hear of any maker of the section 

 machine you name. A machine called "Topping's Machine '' 

 may be had for 15s. 



J. M. — No. 1. Cuprwa pediculus CL.) : 1. Oliva bullata 

 (Reeve) ; 3. Conns (Sp.) ; 4. Lucina divaricata (L.) : 5. 

 Neritina viridis (L.); 6. Pecten vestalis (Reeve) ; 7. Cardium 



(Sp.).-iJ. r. 



Mosses (J. F.). — 1. Weissia controversa ; 2. Pleuridiam 

 alternifolium ; 3. Trichostomum rigidulum; 4. Hedwigia 

 ciliata ; 5. Didirmodon rubel/us. — It. B. 



J. H. — There is nothing strange in any of theReptilia hyber- 

 nating. 



P. P. — Gardiner, High Holbom, or Cooke, Oxford Street, 

 London. We do not know where Bermuda earth can be 

 obtained. 



M. R.— " Harvey's Synopsis of British Seaweeds; " Reeve 

 & Co. ; 5s. You may obtain " prepaid skins " of either of the 

 naturalists above-named (answer to P. P.). 



S. G. — The best is Val Vi>neria spiralis. 



S. A. M.— It is such a common occurrence that we cannot 

 afford it space. 



S. M. P.— We object to giving very precise localities for 

 rare plants, which may end in their extermination. There is 

 war enough against rare plants and animals now, which we 

 have no desire to increa-e. We would not, if we could, give 

 the Dorsetshire station, and must be excused from inquiring. 



E. G. M.— One of the curious Algae, probably from the 

 Southern Ocean, of the genus Cora/Una. 



E. T. S.— The hard fungus is Sclerotium durum, with a 

 mould {Polyactis cinerea) growing from it. 



W. F. H.— Closterium, in S"ch a miserable condition that 

 no one would thank you for them. 



D. C. B —Obtain " Gardner's Taxidermy " for one shilling 

 or eighteenpence. 



R. G. — Apparently Podura {Achorutes) fimetaria. — I. 0. W. 



EXCHANGES. 



Birds' Egos (British) for British Lepidoptera.— Apply to 

 H. L., Rose-hill, Old Trafford, Manchester. 



Chinese Beetles, &c. tor injections or entomological 

 slide— W.T. Loy, 10, Rood-lane, Eastcheap. 



British Mosses.— West country mosses offered in ex- 

 change for Devonshire or other species. — F. B., 19, Clarendon- 

 place, Plymouth. 



Foraminifkra from Kentish chalk for other good objects 

 (mounted).— W. Freeman, 2, Ravensboume-hill, Lewisham- 

 road, Greenwich, S.E. 



Oran Earth and seeds of Pauloumia. — J. W. Leakey, 3, 

 Prince of Wales Avenue, Maiden-road, Haverstock-hill. 



Mummy Cloth (genuine from Luxor), unmounted, for sec- 

 tions, animal or vegetable.— W. Spicer, Itchen Abbas, Aires- 

 ford. 



Hair op Tiger, Leopard, &c, and corallines, for mounted 

 palates of nmllusca, except whel* and periwinkle. — E. C 

 Jellie, Eldon Villa, Redland, Bristol. 



Epithemia turciiia or Coscinodiscus (mounted) for Arach- 

 noidiscusor Tricerutium. — G. Moore, Dereham-road, Norwich. 



Ferns. — Seedling Gymnogramma Chwrophylla for seedling 

 G.leptophy/la.— H. J. Charlton, 2, Richmond-grove, Queen's- 

 road, Everton, Liverpool. 



Smut in Wheat. — Send stamped envelope (with address) 

 to J. J. Fox, Devizes. 



Fish Scales offered for unmounted specimens of the 

 same.— J. H. M , 17, Walham grove, St. John's, Fulham, S.W. 



Land and Freshwater Shells (British) wanted in ex- 

 change for land and freshwater shells of Maine (U.S.). — 

 Address, Rev. E. C Bolles, Portland, Maine, U. States. 



Fibrous Copper offered for otlnr mineral objects (un- 

 mounted). — A. S., 2, Hanover-pUce, Rye-lane, Peckham. 



Microscopic Objects for bat hairs from named specimens. 

 — Geo. Potter, Moutpellier-road, Upper Holloway, N. 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 



"The Technologist." No. ", New Series, February, I867. 



"The Quarterly Magazine of the High Wycombe Natural 

 History Suciery," January, 1 867. No. 3. 



" Catalogue of Ferns." R. M. Stark, York-road, Trinity, 

 Edinburgh. 



" A Fox's^Ta'e : a Sketch of the Hunting Field." Day & Son 

 (Limited). 1867. __^_^ 



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Paulownia sent to T. L. B.— E. B.— C. B.— J. B. (Cocker- 

 mouth).— J. B (Euston).— G. E. C.-J. F.C.— J. C. D.— M. F. 

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