HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



287 



Plants, early Flowering, <)5, 69, 70, 71, 91, 



92, 119 

 Plants, Insectivorous, 18, 70, 90, 93 

 Plants, Mode of Drying, if, 189 

 Plants, sudden Re-appearance of, 142 

 Plymouth, Geology of, 212 

 Pollen, 232 ^ 



Polygonvm dumetorum, 284 

 Polyzoa, 141, 152, 158 

 Polyzoa in Aquaria, 261 

 Popular Science Revie-M, the, 38 

 Porcupine from Borneo, new Variety of, 17 

 Post Tertiary, Arctic Fossils, 235 

 Post Glacial, Deposit of, Thames Valley, 



224 

 Potato Beetle, of Colorado, 166 

 Primroses, Double-headed, 142 

 Primroses, early flowering, 70 

 Primula, hybrid, 258 

 Pronunciation of Scientific Names, 193 

 Provincial Museums, 89 

 Provincial Societies, 138, 277 

 Psychoda, infested with Parasites, 15 

 Pygidium, Notes on the, 13, 66 



Quartz, Varieties and Modes of 



Formation of, 73, 97 

 Quekett IMicroscopical Club, the, 88, 159, 



207 



Rabies in Wild Canine Animals, 119 



Radiolariain Carboniferous Limestone, 116 



Raphides, 230, 253 



Raphides, Plants for, 230 



Rats and Roses, 237 



Red Blood-Corpuscules, Identity of, in 



different Races, 113 

 Red Blood-Corpuscules, Structure of, 113, 



208 

 Red Grouse, 190, 262, 282 

 Red-legged Partridge, 212 

 Red-winged Starling, 188 

 Reflector, Bramhall's, Horizontal Super- 



or Sub-stage, 87 

 Reil, History of the Island of, 183 

 Reptile Vivaria, Plants for, 237, 256 

 Rhinoceros, the Two-horned, 113 

 Ring Ousel, the, 101, igo 

 Robin, the, in America, 42 

 Rocks, the Microscopic Character of, 21 r 

 Rorquals oft' Filey, 232 

 Rothsay Aquarium, 209 

 Royal School of Mines Magazine, 6g 

 Riisciis acideatics, 281 



Salad Herbs, a History of Our, 

 102, 123 



Saurian, Discovery of anew Land, 279 



Savoy Alps, Geological Phenomena in 

 the, 211, 236 



Scales of Insects, Errors of Interpreta- 

 tion as to Examination of, 37, 88 



Scour Water, Notes on a Ramble up, 2 



Science Gossip, Note on General Index 

 of, 113 



Science Gossip Botanical Exchange Club, 

 Rules of the, 115 



Science Gossip Section Machine, 22 



Science in the Provinces, 33 



Scotland, New Geological Map of, 20 



Sea Birds, the Petrel Species of, 19s 

 Seals and Whales of the British Seas, 123, 



156, 176, 198, 244 

 Seal in the Solway, 183 

 Sea-fowl, a Close Time for, 232 

 Sea-water. Density of, 45, 164, 263 

 Seeds, Indigestible Nature of, 21, 45, 113 

 Seeds, Vitality in, 164 

 Shadows, Colours of, 44, 02, 93 

 Sharp-winged Hawk Moths, 232 

 Shining Moss, 1S7, 210, 232 

 Siberian Mammoths, 20 

 Sivatheriam, Specimen of in Spain, 20 

 Skate and Dog-fish, 239 

 Slides, Microscopical, I?ox for, 182 

 Slides, Miscroscopical, Cabinet for, 206 

 Slides, Miscroscopical, Directions for 



Cleaning, 138, 233, 276 

 Slides, Use of Opaque Glass, 277 

 Slug (Maximus), Tenacity of Life of, 262 

 Slug, Predatory Nature of, 260 

 Smith, Lady, Notice of Death of, go 

 Snowdrops, 43 

 Societies and Clubs : — 



Amateur Botanists' Exchange Club, 

 Proposal to found, 19, 68 



Borough of Hackney Microscopical and 

 Natural History Society, 235 



Channel Islands Museum and Institute 

 of Pisciculture, 277 



List of, in London devoted to Natural 

 History Pursuits, 64 



JMedical Microscopical, 64 



Quekett Microscopical, 83, 159 



Sydenham and Forest Hill Natural 

 History and Microscopical, 112, 137 



Watford Natural History, 277 



West Kent Natural History, Micro- 

 scopical, and Photographical, 113 

 Soda-water a good Medium for keeping 



Flowers in, 216 

 Southern France, Notes on Flora of, 116 

 Sparrow-hawk breaking Window to obtain 



Canary, 239 

 Sparrow-hawk, Animosity of Crow to, 21, 



44. 71, 143 

 Sparrow-hawk, Eggs of, 190 

 Sparrow-hawk pursued by Lapwing, 262 

 Sphinx pinastri, 185 

 Spiders, Friendliness of, 42 

 Spiders, Parasites in Egg Cocoon of the, 17 

 Spiders' Preparations, Mounting of, 207 

 Spiders, Venomous Nature of, in New 



Zealand, 46 

 Spiders, Webs of, how constructed, 208 

 Sponge, Fresh-water, 138 

 Spontaneous Generation, 160 

 Spotted Crake, the, 277 

 Spring Ramble, Notes on a, 99 

 Squirrel, the, 239 



Stag Beetle, Strength of the, 94, 281 

 Star Fish, the, 94, 114 

 Star Fish, how to Preserve, 103 (note) 

 Star Fish, how to Skeletonize, 21 

 Starlings, Peculiarities of, 118 

 Stickleback, Common, 118 

 Stone Age, the, in New Jersey, 69 

 Sun, Phenomena connected with, 93, 143, 



263 

 Swift (common). Flight of a, Sign of 



Weather Change, 262 

 Swiss Lake Dwellings, 279 

 Sussex Oaks, 143 



Sycamore, Exudation from, 163, 259 

 Sycamore, Fructification of, 209 237 



Tadpoles, 143, 214 



Tea Leaves, Use of, as Manure, 69, 119 



Teasel, Structure of the, ti6 



Tennyson and his " Sea-blue Bird of 



March," 47 

 Teratology, Notes on, 268 

 Tertiary Mammal, a New, 40 

 Tertiary Man, 279 

 Testacellus halioiideiis, 114 

 Teucriutn chaincpdrys, 46, go, 92 

 Tulip, the Wild, 166 



Unio, Specimen of, near Repton, 67 

 Upper Cambrians in South Shropshire, 

 Notes on, 116 



Vanessa antiopa, ^6 



Varnishing Cells, Directions for, && 



Vegetable Teratology, Notes on, 233 



Ventriculites, 119 



"Veronica Spicaia," var. " Hyirida," 



232 

 '* Vestiges of Creation," Query as to 



Authorship of, 48, 70, 119, 167 

 Viviparous Blenny, the, 15 

 Volcanic Cones, 187 

 Volvox gloliator, 21, 40, 43, 43, 71, 93 

 Vorticellse, 112 



Wall Paper, Arsenicated, 238, 261 



Walrus or Morse, Notes on the, 3 



Water, Mode of Filtration of, 37, 3/ 



Water, Phenomena connected with, 262 



Water Glass, 68 (note) 



Waterproof Cement, 13, 63 



Watercress, Query as to Powers of Pro- 

 gression of, 238 



Water-supply, Geology of, 236 



Water Tortoises, 91, 118 



Watford Natural History Society, Trans- 

 actions of, 8g 



Water-vole, 46 



Welsh Meadow, Botanical Notes in a, 

 194 



West of Ireland, Sketch in, 178 



Whales and Seals of the British Seas, 123, 

 156, 176, 198 



Whin Sill Basalt Beds, the, 41 



White Cabbage Butterfly, Metamorphoses 

 of the, 229 



White Copal as a Mounting Medium, 



183 

 Wild Strawberries in January, 93 

 Willows, sDontaneous Combustion of, 260 

 Woollen Moths, Destruction of, 23 

 Wren, Eggs of the, 191 

 Wrj'neck, Habits of the, 23 



Yama Mai Silkworm, Eggs of the, 



118, 189 

 Yew Poisoning, 141 



ZOARCES VIVIPARUS, 1 3 



Zoology, i6, 38, 66, 89, 113, 138, i6r, 183, 



208, 231, 236, 277 

 Zoology, elementary (Wilson), 161 

 Zoology of New Guinea, 231 

 Zoology, Study of Practical, 



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