or, 



HAKDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



[April ], 1S69. 



NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



E. M. H.— The zoophyte is Sulicornaria farciminoides. The 

 fungus is Illosporium carneum. Shall be glad of further 

 specimens. 



Capt. N.— The specimen sent is doubtless a shore-washed 

 polyzoarinm of Cellepora pumicosa. Johnst. Br. Zooph. i., 

 205, pi. Hi- Busk. Marine Polyzoa, S(i, pi. ex. The other 

 object could not be found.— J 3 . II. G. 



E. T. D.— The Butterbur and Coltsfoot are early flowering 

 plants, and this season is no guide. 



L. F. R.— Why not try thin paper (hand paper or tissue) and 

 then pack in cotton wool ? 



T. w.— We do not remember to have seen a portable, cheap, 

 and satisfactory manual such as you require. 



F. M. G.— Enough of " Lamperns." 



J. P. G. — Has no ground of complaint against Mr. Hep- 

 worth for plagiarism, he simply illustrated a well known law. 



Mere. — A note with this heading and no signature has 

 gone into the paper basket. 



E. M.— No insinuation was intended that your seed was 

 any other than that called Eschseholtzia tenuifolia ; the 

 question raised was one of botanical consanguinity. 



J. F. D.— Your primrose was an example of synanthy or 

 union of two flowers, a la Siamese twins.— M. T. M. 



J. M. P.— Geranium seeds coil up in the same manner. 



J. F. R.— Another instance of Siamese twins. 



W. W., S. A. B., R. S.— Will corresponded kindly 

 remember our request, and write on one side of the paper 

 only ? 



W. W.—Galinsoga parviftora is a South American plant, 

 belonging to the Composite. 



M. — It has been done often and well. 



J. M. Martindale, Staveley, Kendal, desires the address of 

 Miss Gore, lately resident at (place illegible) Cornwall. Also 

 he states that the list of lichens desired by Rev. J. M. 

 Crombie is ready, and wishes to know where it can be sent. 



G. C. will find all he requires of references in Bate & West- 

 wood's " Sessile Eyed Crustacea," Vol. i., p. 16, under 

 Talitrus locusttt. 



G. F. P.— Apply to Dr. Wallace, Colchester, Essex. 



S. M. P. — We have examined the original note, and find the 

 writing to resemble "Garrett" more than "Yarrell." If 

 contributors will not endeavour to write names and techni- 

 calities plainly and legibly they have no cause to blame the 

 printer. 



W. P.— Are you simple enough to believe the facts (?) as 

 you state them ? 



X. Y. Z. — Enquirer. — Notwithstanding our oft repeated 

 notices, correspondents continue to send queries, &c, with- 

 out their name and address. Of course we persist in con- 

 demning them to the paper basket unanswered. 



J. F. — 1. Aspleniitm in a young state. 2. Ad'wntum formo- 

 sum. 3. Too young to decide. 4. Selaginella martensii. 

 5. Pteris serrulata. 6. Pteris cretica. 7- Pteris scaberubi. 



Y. D.— The copyright of a magazine or journal is vested in 

 the Proprietors. Original communications published in such 

 magazine form a portion of the copyright, and the proprietors 

 can appeal to the law for protection from piracy. 



A Piece of Coal. — We have not space to devote to a 

 continuation of this controversy. 



L. S. — Florets of the disk assume the character of ray florets. 

 Stamens often suppressed. 



W. F.— Professor Rymer Jones's General Outline of the 

 Animal Kingdom, £\. lis. 6d. (Van Voorst, 1855.) "The 

 Animal Creation," by the same author (Soc. P. C. K., 1365). 

 7s. 6d. 



F. K. D.— See Science-Gossip for 1866, pp. 22 and 2S2. 



C. A. C. — 4. Pnlypodium vulgar e. 5 and 6. Seedlings of 

 Scolopendrium vulgure. The rest being seedling, barren fronds, 

 we shall not attempt to name. 



B. — The correspondent who contributed botanical papers to 

 Science-Gossip under this signature was Mr. James Britten 

 of High Wycombe, who now signs his communications in full. 

 Paper on "Cranes'-bills " promised for the May or June num- 

 ber. 



W. E. — 1." Dicrunrlla heteromalla. 2. Hypnum tene/ltim. — 

 R. B. 



J. C. D. — 1. Hypnum cupressiforme, 2. H. denticnlatum. 

 3. Dicrunella heteromalla. 4. Thuidium tamariscinum. — 

 R. B. 



T. W,— 1. Thamnium alupecurum. 2. HomaUa complanata. 

 li.B. 



H. F. Parsons. — 1. Didymodon cylindricus. 2. Trirhoxto- 

 mum crispmlum. 3. Plagiothecinm syluuticum. 4. Tortult; 

 sinuosu. 5. Trichottomvm tophaceum. 6. Bryum pseudotri- 

 quetrum. A further supply of No. 4 and No. 1, with ripe fruit, 

 is requested. — R. B. 



EXCHANGES. 



Butterfly and Moth Eggs, wanted for a consideration. 

 — E. Hinton, 42, Grafton Road, Holloway. 



Sheep's Kidney, well injected with carmine (unmountedV 

 for sections of apple tree, bamboo, or scales of Podura. — M. 

 D. B., Beauchamp House, Leamington. 



Helix lamellata. — A few will be given for living speci- 

 mens of LhnniEu stagnate, auricularia, glabra, glutinosu, 

 Plnnorhis, Assiminea, Byt/iinia, Paludina, Neritina, Dreissena, 

 or Cyelus.— V. B. W., 3. Albert Place, Perth. 



Diatomaceous Earths. — Diatoms, Foraminifera, &c, send 

 lists of duplicates to R. T. Andrews, Castle Street, Hertford. 



British Plants, for fossils from any formation.— James 

 Cracknell, 1 , Paul's Cottages, Chiselhurst, Kent. 



British Lepidoptera for fossils or foreign shells. — S. S., 

 Post Office, Faversham. 



Mei.itgsa Cinxia, larvre this month, pupa; in May, for 

 ova, larva, oi pupa of anv other species. — W. Jordan, Binstead, 

 Ryde, Isle of Wight. 



Lepidoptera during the season, in exchange for British 

 Bird's Eggs. — W. Jordan, Binstead, Ryde, Isle of Wight. 



Parasites from Gold Pheasant.— Send stamped and 

 directed envelope to T. E. Gunn, 21, Regent Street, St. Giles- 

 Road, Norwich. 



Pollen of Pinus pinaster from Portugal. — Send stamped 

 and directed envelope to " Oporto," care of the Editor of 

 Science-Gossip, 192, Piccadilly. 



Dredg es. — Two small dredges offered for British Birds' Eggs 

 or land and fresh-water shells. — R. H. Smith, 19, Jerrard 

 Street, Halilax. 



BOOKS RECEIVED. 



" Land and Water." Nos. 162, 163, 164, 165. 



"Scientific Opinion." Nos. 17,18. London: Wyman Si 

 Sons. 



"Memoir of the Life and Labours of the Rev. Jeremiah 

 Horrox, Curate of Hoole, near Preston, to which is appended 

 a Translation of his celebrated Discourse upon the Transit of 

 Venus across the Sun." By the Rev. A. Blount Whatton, B.A., 

 LL.B. London : W. Macintosh. 



" Vital Law." London : Longmans & Co. 



" The Gardener's Magazine." Part XXXIX. March, 1869. 

 London : E. W. Allen. 



"The Dental Register." Vol. XXII. No. )2. Dec. 1S6S. 

 Vol. XXIII. No. I. Jan. I869. Cincinnati : Wrightson & 

 Co. 



" Quarterly Journal of the Folkestone Natural History 

 Society." No. 2. March, I869. 



"The Life of the Trichina " By Rudolph Virchow, M.D. 

 Translated by R. K. Browne, M.D. 



"American Bee Journal." Vol. IV. No. 9. March, 1 869. 

 Washington, N.S. 



" The Monthly Microscopical Journal." No. 3. March 

 1869. London: R. Hardwicke. 



The American Naturalist. Vol. II. No. 12. Feb. 186Q. 

 Vol. III. No. 1. March, I869. Salem : Peabody Academy of 

 Science. 



" The Origin of the Seasons, considered from a Geological • 

 point of View." By Samuel Mossman. 472 pp. sm. 8vo. 

 London : W. Blackwood & Sons. 



"A Guide to the Study of Insects, and a Treatise on those 

 injurious and beneficial to Crops." By A. S. Packard, Jun. ; . 

 M.D. With upwards of five hundred engravings. Parts I. to 

 V. Sept., 1S6S to Jan., I869. Salem: Press of the Essex 

 Institute. 



"The Canadian Entomologist." Published by the Ento- 

 mological Society of Canada. Vol. I., Nos. 1 to 6. August, 

 186?, to Januaryj I869. Credit, Ontario, Canada. 



Communications Received.— H. W. L. T.- W. C— A. H.. 

 — E. E. N. (all over).— M. B. D.— J. S. (thanks).— H. R.— 

 W. W. S.-F. M. G.— W. I. L— W. C— E. T. D.— W. W.— 

 A. B.— L. F. R.— T. W.— F. B. W.— J. B.— M. D. B.— J. P. G. 

 — E. H.— T. W.— H. C. R.- J. S. T.— H. H. O. F.— W. H. D.— 

 H. E.W.— H. B. B.— E. A.N.— T.W.— R.Y. G.— M.— D.H. S. 



— F. W— O. E.D.— S. A. B— L.H.F.— J. A. M.— J. R. S.C.— 

 G. S.— W. E. H.— J. W. M.— H. F. P.-J. B.— E. H.— J. H.— 

 J. E. H.— F. W.— Y. D.— W. B. L.— R. E. O.— T. R.— J. C. D. 

 -H. A.-S. A. S.-G. F. P.— J. C— H. W.-J. F.— W. B.— 

 W. E.— L. S — R. McL.— E. M. H.-A. B. C— R. T. A. 

 — W. H. H.— J. B. B.— R. H— G. S. (Oporto).— A. L.— 

 S. M. P — G. B.— J. E. M— R. M. M.— F. T.— C. K.-S. S.— 

 McA. O.— R. H. S.— E. J. S. C— D. M.— A. A.— C. A. C, 



— W. P.-C. A.— L. G. M.— T. E. G.— W. J. 



