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HARD WICKE ' 6* 6- CIENCE - G O SSI P. 



NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



To CoRRESrONDENTS AND EXCHANGERS. — As We llOW 



publish SciENXE-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 the 

 previous month. 



W. H. (Beeralston.) — .^.s you wished, we placed j'our Cera- 

 nhiiii in the hands of our greatest authority on British Botany, 

 though we had no doubt it was Geranium striattau. Such it 

 I)rove.s to be. We have met with it plentifully at Garth Ferry, 

 Anglesea. 



Y. H. Arnold. — We should be pleased to have all the plants 

 you suggest. 



H. D. — The monstrosity in the rose you sent us is of that 

 kind called phyllody of the sepals by Dr. INIasters. See his 

 " Vegetable Teratology," published by the Ray Society. 



To "Exchangers" and others. — A correspondent kindly 

 draws our attention to a supposed new regulation of the Post- 

 Office, which forbids letters to be addressed to initials onlj-. 

 He .states that he knows of one case in which a letter so ad- 

 dressed was returned. 



C. V. Smith. — The publishers of the Annals and Magazine 

 of Natural History are Taylor & Francis, Red Lion-courtj 

 Fleet-street. The price is 2S. 6d. monthly. 



C. D. — We must be allowed our editorial right to revise all 

 such communications as we deem necessary. 



W. Mc.\. — We have found soda-water to be a capital medium 

 in which to keep freshlj'-cut flowers fcr a long time. Add a 

 little fresh when they appear to droop. 



J. WoODGATE. — We should be glad to have a specimen of 

 Aciinocarpns Damasoniuni. 



B. KlRiiV. — All the snails, land and fresh-water and marine, 

 belong to the sub-kingdom Mollnsca. 



N. G. — The fern sent to us from Grange is the Bladder fern 

 {Cystopteris /ragilis). 



M. Fowler. — The shells are Claiisilia biplicata. 



Flater noctilucus. — Would any of the numerous readers 

 of SciENCE-Gossir kindly mform me if Flater ncctibicus is 

 an inhabitant of the West Indies? — Cite. Lloyd, St. Thomas, 

 D. W. I. 



J. E. S. — Your mosses are : — i, Bryiinicarnenni ; 2, IVeissia 

 controversa ; 3, Ptychoviitrimn polyphyllum ; 4, Hypnuin 

 hitescens ; 5, Ceratodon piirpnrcns ; 6, Tortiila suhulata ; 

 7, Didymodon luridus ; 8, Loplwcolea bidentata ; and 9, Hyp- 

 nuin serpens and S-wartzii. 



W. Burbridge. — Your specimens are:— i, Hypnnm inol- 

 luseuin ; 2, Polytriekictn commune ; 3, IMadotheca platyphylla; 

 4, Hyp)t7im lorcjun ; 5, Hypnnm riitabuluin ; 6, Thuyidium 

 tamariseinum ; and 7, Anoinodou viticulosns. 



E. Wheeler. — Your mosses are: — i, Bfyum murale ; 2, 

 Tortilla iinguicidata ; 3, Hypnuin pili/crnm ; 4, Hypnum 

 filicinnm ; 5 and 6 next month. — R. B. 



R. M. NoRRis. — Your fossils are all Silurian species, and are 

 (i) Rhyneonella IVilsoni, (2) Graptolites, sp., (3) Asaphns 

 caudatns, and (4) fragment of an Orthoceras. 



S. P. O. (Warwick). — Send to the secretary of the Ray- 

 Society for copies of their rules and publications. Some of the 

 most valuable monographs have been published under the 

 society's auspices. 



T. Jones (Lancaster). — The specimens are. No. 1, Epipactis 

 lati/olia, and 2, Gentiana Pncumonanihe. 



EXCHANGES. 



One-holed eggs of Kestrel, Sandpiper, Magpie, Long- 

 tailed Tit, Kingfisher, Grey Wagtail, Stock Dove, Coot, &c., 

 to exchange. Send list. — J. F. Pratt, Westgate, Ripon. 



A FEW Shells to exchange for other shells, fossils, &c. — 

 Address, A. H., Springfield House, Spring Bank, Hull. 



Specimens of fresh-water Crustacean {Astacus Jiuviatilis), 

 prepared for the cabinet, offered for other Crustacea or Echino- 

 dermata. — Ed. Lovett, Holly Mount, Croydon. 



For wing of green Indian Beetle send mounted or unmounted 

 Micro, object, with stamped and directed envelope to F. S., 

 22, East-parade, Rhyl. 



Send two stamps for sample of Diatoms prepared ready for 

 mounting, to E. W. Wilton, 18, Lovellgrove, Leeds. 



Wanted, Popular Science Ke^'lezv, from the commencement 

 to end of year 1876, either in parts or bound, in exchange for 

 IMicroscopic Objectives. — Address, T. C. Maggs, Yeovil. 



Swammardam's "Bybel der Natuur," 3 vols, folio, 36 

 plates, for other Natural History works (English).— A. Lins- 

 kill, Falsgrave, Scarborough. 



Well-i\iounted specimens of young of Swan Mussel polari- 

 scope), Spicula of Gorgonia and Alcyonium, in exchange for 

 other good Slides or material. — Wm. Low Sarjeant, 6, Dagnell 

 Park-terrace, Selhurst, S.E. 



A few rare British and Foreign Birds' Skins and Eggs to 

 exchange for rare eggs.— J. T. T. Reed, Ryhope, Sunder- 

 land. 



Helianthcmum polifolium. Convolvulus, Soldanella, for 

 other rare plants. Lists exchanged. — T. Stock, 6, Lorne-street. 

 Leith, N.B. 



Eggs of C. Guillemot, Razorbill, Kitiiwake, Herring Gull, 

 C. Partridge, Red-legged Partridge, Pheasant, Skylark, Blue 

 Tit, and Greenfinch, side-blown, one hole, for other good eggs. 

 — Charles Wild, Hawthorn House, Eaton, Norwich. 



Anthraeosia 7-obusta, from Slamannan coal-measures. — I 

 have a few specimens of the above for the cabinet, also a lot of 

 broken pieces to make micro, slides. Will exchange for other 

 Geological Fossils. — M. Fowler, 20, Burn-row, Slamannan, 

 N.B. 



Wanted, Leucodon sciuroides, two or three good fruiting 

 specimens, in exchange for other mosses or flowering plants. — 

 E. D. C, 25, Oxford-road, Kilburn, London. 



British Plants, Nos. 45, 113, 121, 124, 147, 218, 366, 406, 

 521, 534, 539- 623, 814, 822, 924, 1040, 1124, 1264, 1349, 1361, 

 i384> ,^429. 1458, 1473. 1537, seventh edition " London Cata- 

 logue," for other flowering plants. — Lists to Thomas Gough, 

 Elmfield College, York. 



Noel Humphrey's "Genera of British Moths," with co- 

 loured plates, good as new. Wanted, Object Glass or Eye- 

 pieces for Microscope. — W. Harper, Norfolk Park, Maiden- 

 head. 



Good specimens o^ Cynthia cardui in exchange for Polyoma- 

 tus JEgon or T/iecla quercus.~Y. C, 20, Hova-villas, Clifton- 

 ville, Brighton. 



Genista tinctoria, Actinocarpus Damasoniuni, Ruscus acic- 

 leatiis, Fritillaria Meleagris, Crocus vcriius, for other plants. 

 — J. Woodgate, New Barnet, Herts. 



Lagiirus ovatiis, Polypogon monspeliensis, and yuncus capi- 

 tatus, offered for Juncus diffusus, Equisetum pratcnse, and 

 Impaticns fiilva, &c. — G. C. Druce, Northampton. 



CoNCHOLOGV. — Wanted to exchange, L. palustris, L 

 glabra, Ancylus lacustris, Zonites radiatulus, Z. excavatus< 

 Helix lamellata. Helix aculeata, H. lapicida, C. tridens, &c. , 

 for British or foreign Unios or Anadontas, from well-authenti- 

 cated localities. — Lister Peace, Crosland Moor Bottom, Hud- 

 dersfield. 



BOOKS, &c., RECEIVED. 



"Forms of Flowers." By C. Darwin, F. R. S. London: 

 John Murray. 



" The Antelope and Deer of America." By Dr. J. D. Caton. 

 London : Hurd & Houghton. 



" Scepticism in Geology." By "Verifier." London: John 

 Murray. 



" Popular British Fungi." By Jas. Britten, F.L.S. London: 

 Bazaar Office. 



"Pollen." By M. P. Edgeworth. London: Hardwickp 

 & Bogue. 



" Monthly Microscopical Journal." August. 



" Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes." June. 



"Botanische Zeitung." July. 



"American Naturalist." ,, 



" Potter's American Monthly." ,, 



" Ben Brierley's Journal." August. 



" Chambers' Journal." ,, 



" Western Journal of Literature and Science." 



&c. 



&c. 



&c. 



Communications have been received from: — F. K. 



— T. S. Prof. G. — H. B. W.— C. D.— C. W.— G. C. D.— 



J. E. S.-T. S.— W. McA.— W. v., jun.— L. P.— M. F.— 

 C. W.— B. S.— W. M. P.— T. G.— W. K.— T. S.— A. W. S.— 

 A. W. G.— J. F. P.— E. de C— J. T. R.-G. N.— E. L.— 

 T. D. R.— W. A. C— B. K.— C. F. W. T. W.— H. E. W.— 

 F. C. M.— J. C.-S. P.— C. V. S.-H. P.— A. L.— W. E. G. 

 — F. W. B. N.— W. L. S.— A. D. M.— G. R. V.— R. W. S.— 

 J. T. T. R.— W. J. B.— E. T. S.— Dr. JNI.- F. H. A.— M. 

 H. S,— W. H.— E. H.— J. C. D.— W. H. P.— H. D.— J J. M. 

 — D. J. S.— C. H. G.— F. E. L.— T. W. D.— T. B. W.— &c. 

 &c. &c. 



