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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



G. B. (Leominster).— Your specimen of fungus was remark- 

 ably "high" when it reached us, and no wonder, for it was 

 an early stage in the development of the fearfully loathsome 

 Phallus impudicns. 



Miss E. M. H. M.— Your fungus is the rather rare Hysier-^ 

 angiuvt Thwaitesii. See Cooke's " Handbook of British Fungi," 

 vol. I, page 358. 



W. J. Horn.— The stem of the common white lily, termi- 

 nating in a bulb, is one of the most noticeable of teratological 

 features we have hitherto come across. It would appear as if 

 the floral parts had become metamorphosed into the ordinary 

 tleshy bracts of a bulb. 



F. W. Foster.— The " healing-up " in old or unworked coal- 

 mines is simply the effect of the rising up of the lower strata, 

 and the depression of the upper, until both meet and fill up the 

 places excavated. This phenomenon is well known under the 

 name of " creep," and you will find an account of it in any of 

 our larger and fuller Manuals of Geology, including Lyell's. 

 The modifications of figures engraved or scratched on the sur- 

 face of rock-salt is a surface change alone. The interior of the 

 salt mass is not affected. 



EXCHANGES. 



Slide of Amphibian Blood Discs for other objects.— J. B. 

 36, Windsor-terrace, Glasgow. 



FoRAiMiNiFERA or Zoophytes, mounted or unmounted, wanted 

 in exchange for good Slides of American material of various 

 kinds.— R. Hitchcock, 8, Beekman-place, New York City, 

 U.S.A. 



PoTAMOGETON mucronatus, Scluad. (true), for Nos. 106, 511, 

 536, 546, 913, 957, 1035, 1121, 1200, 1312, 1622. — A. Bennett, 

 107, High-street, Croydon. 



Wanted living specimens of Heli.x pomatia. — Address, 

 J. E. Palmer, Lucan, Co. Dublin. 



L. C— 7 ed.— Nos. 167, 432, 461, 852, 9223, ggi, 1058, 1114, 

 1 121, iiSo, 13561^, 1548, 1589, 1654, 1665,5, &c., for others. 

 .Send lists. — J. Harbord Lewis, 145, Windsor-street, Liverpool, 



Wanted, Bell's Monograph of Fossil Crustacea, Part i 

 (London Clay), in exchange for Sheppey Fossils, or cash. — 

 W. H. Shrubsole, Sheerness-on-Sea. 



Wanted AUman's " Fresh-water Polyzoa." State what 

 required in exchange, to W. H. Beeby, Outram-road, Addis- 

 combe, Croydon. 



Seventh London Catalogue.— Nos. 54, 171, 632^, 86r, 

 1280, 1341C, 1469*, for Nos. 4, g, 15, 23, 25, 32, 37, 39, 77, 78, 

 106. Lists exchanged.— C. A. O., 19, Eardley-crescent, South 

 Kensington. 



For a few spines of Sea-urchin (violet) from St. Helier, 

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

 Somerset. 



Wanted a 3-in. Microscope Objective in exchange for ij or 

 i-in. ditto.— T. Workman, Belfast. 



London Catalogue, Nos. of Plants, 120, 144, 21S, 268, 273, 

 295, 296, 297, 299, 352, 389, 458, 464, 475, 515, 543, 551. 589. 

 632, 671, 761, 815, 831, 858, 1040, 1205, 1317, 1501, 1598, 1657, 

 for other plants.— Wm. West, Chemist, Bradford. Send list. 



Li7ii!tea glutinosa, Plancrbis litieatus. Helix cnrtusiaiia. 

 itc, offered for Vertigo alpcstris, V. 7nouliiisiana, V. sub- 

 striata. V. pusilla. Helix hispida Tar., Albida, Limnea 

 involida, rare British marine or foreign shells, or small glass 

 tubes.— Address, E. R. F., 82, Abbey-street, Faversham. 



Duplicates. — C.cardui, C. Edusa, V. Atalatitn, V.poly- 

 chloros, V. nrticce, A. Galathea, P. gaiiiina, M. stellatarnvi, 

 &.C. Desiderata, C. hyale, E. blandina, E. Cassio/e, C. davus, 

 L. Sybilla, S. ligustri,\S. occellatus, S. convolvuli, C/i. Elpenor, 

 and others.— R. T. Gibbons, 175, Albany-street, Regent- 

 street, N.W. 



Unmounted spines of Aphrodila ncjtleata, Flustra 

 foliacia. Scales of Lizard wanted. Good Slide of Diatoms, 

 Injections, or Foraminifera. — W. H. Cheesman, Coolinge, 

 Folkestone. 



One Porcupine fish {Diodnn Heptrix), one Parrot fish, and 

 one Globe fish, all stuffed, and in good condition (from Jeddah). 

 Micro-slides or a good J object-glass preferred. — Address, Dr. 

 Paitridge, Stroud, Gloucestershire. 



I HAVE a large stock of Diatoms and Foraminifera, which I 

 will gladly send to any reader on receipt of two stamps for 

 each. — E. W. Wilton, 18, Lovel-grove, Leeds. 



A LIBERAL exchange in American Land and Freshwater 

 Shells (univalve or bivalve) to any one who will send me a few 

 good examples of Scotch Anodons (unios not required). — 

 G. Sheriff Tye, 62, Villa-road, Handsworth, near Birmingham. 

 A FEW rare British and Foreign Birds' Eggs for others not 

 in collection. — S. T. T. Reed, Ryhope, Sunderland. 



Wanted rare Ticks (Ixodes) F'leas, Atiiinal Parasites and 

 Acari, in exchange for good Slides of similar objects, or others 

 of more general interest. — H. E. Freeman, 48, Woodstock-road, 

 Finsbury-park, N. 



Blysiinis cojiipressus, Panz, Dianthus proUfer, and Lotus. 

 diffusus, offered for Ligustic7(»t scoticiun, Galium aiiglicuin, 

 and Poa bulbosa. — G. C. Druce, Northampton. 



" Flustr.a. Foliacea." — Spines of "Echinus" and Teeth 

 from Shark, in exchange for Fossils, or other specimens of 

 Zoology, &c. — J. A. Floyd, Mission House, Alcester, Warwick. 



One hundred or more — according to arrangement — of slides, 

 illustrative of the micro-botany, Polyzoa, p'oraminifera, Ento- 

 mostraca, and other Microzoa of the Carboniferous era, for the 

 Micrograpical Dictiojiary, in parts or vol. — G. R. Vine, Atter- 

 cliffe, Sheffield. 



A verv rare collection of British Land and Freshwater 

 Shells for disposal (exchange or otherwise). Suitable for 

 museum or private collection ; many duplicates and rarities.— 

 A. Knowles, S. W. B., Tobacconist, Swinegate, Halifax, Yorks. 



I HAVE a quantity of Fossils from Oolite and Coral Crag, 

 some of them labelled. Will exchange for good Micro-slides. 

 — Charles Wild, Eaton, Norwich. 



Helix Cap.\rata, Virgata,'Rufescens, Arbustorum, Bulimus 

 Acutus, Clausilia, Laminata, Limn^ea Palustris, also various 

 Anodonta and Unios, in exchange for other shells. Send lists 

 to J. Hagger, Repton, Burton-on-Trent. 



Offered Ckara fragifei'n, new to Britain, and C. crinitn, 

 for either Nos. 1669, 1670, 1671, 1672, and a-h, iSy^, and a-b,. 

 1674, 1678, 1679, London Catalogue, 7th ed. — W. Curnon, 

 Pembroke Cottage, Newlyn Cliff, Penzance. 



A FEW L. iuvoluta and other good shells for exchange. 

 Desiderata numerous. — Henry Laver, F.L.S., Trinity-street,^ 

 Colchester. 



I HAVE eggs of Guillemot, Redstart, Lapwing, Ring Ousel. 

 Sand Marten, Tree Sparrow, Black-Headed Ijunting, Ringdove, 

 &c., for other good eggs. Send list. Unaccepted offers not 

 answered. — Jas. Alf. Wheldon, .South Parade, Northallerton. 



Living specimens of L. stagnalis, L. peregra, Plaiiorbis 

 corneus, P. coviplaiiattts, P. vortex, and Bithinia tentacnlata, 

 in exchange for shells or any objects of interest. — Mrs. S., 

 Brentford End, Middlesex. 



Duplicates : — Rhatnni, Edusa, Cardatniues, Galathea, 

 Argeria, Seiitele, Sibylla, Cardui, Atalattta, Polychlorcs, 

 Paphia, Aglaja, Adyppe, Quercus, Corydon, 'Pages, Sylvamcs, 

 Jacobcra, Pyraynidea, Sponsa. — Desiderata : — 31achao>i, 

 Crataegi, Davus, C. album, W. album, Pnirii, Lucini. 

 Artemis, Ciuxia, Athalia, Argus, ActtFOii, Puniscus, Occel- 

 latus, Tilltf, Atropos, the Gesiadie, and many Noctua, and 

 GeometriF. — H. C. Dent, 20, Thurloe-square, London, S.W. 



BOOKS, &c., RECEIVED. 



"Half Hours in the Green Lanes:" a book for a country- 

 stroll. Fourth edition. By J. E. Taylor, F.L.S., &c. 

 London : Hardwicke & Bogue. 



"Potato Pests." By C. V. Riley, Ph.D. New York: 

 Orange, Judd, & Co. 



"The Locust or Grasshopper Plague." By C. V. Riley, Ph.D. 

 Chicago : Rand, McN.-illy, & Co. 



"American Palaeozoic Fossils." By S. A. Millar. London 

 Trubner & Co. 



" Monthly Microscopical Journal." September. 



" Land and Water." ,, 



" Law Times." ,, 



" Potter's American Monthly." August. 



".Scientific American." „ 



" Botanische Zeitung." _ ,, 



" Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes." September. 



" Ben Brierley's Journal." ,, 



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