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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE -GOSSIP. 



[Jam. 1, 1868. 



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NOTICES TO CORRESPONDENTS. 



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P. W. — As far as we can, we endeavour to persuade our 

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F. B. — No. 2, Hypmtm cvpressi/orme, var. ifiliforme. No. 5, 

 var. o elatum. No. 6, var. « ericetorum. — R. B. 



J. P. R.— No address enclosed, therefore we could not reply. 

 The answer would occupy too much space. See Science- 

 Gossip for 1865, p. 134. 



Mosses (F. B.) — 1, Uypnum Sendtneri. 3, H. Swartzii, 

 4, H. riparium. — R. B. 



Bo.vsall. — Meridiem circulare. 



J. D. R. — Cannot tell ; probably the larva of the meal moth. 



Storm Glass. — Is a secret. 



W. L. H. — Lichens are easily detached from trees by re- 

 moving a portion of the bark with them. Stones must be 

 chipped off with the lichen adhering. We know of no other 

 than what is known as Klotsch's method for preserving the 

 larger fungi. 



A. S. — We can only name "Berkeley's British Mosses," 

 (published by Reeve & Co.) ; cheaper than " Wilson's 

 Bryologia." 



H. G.— It is too late now to trace the address. 



E. S. H.— The new volume commences with the new 

 year. 



J. B. B. — The fly sent in October is Asilus crubroiiiformis. 



G. B. C. (Ringwood) may apply to S. C. Sayer, Swinton, 

 Manchester, and learn of the disease and cure of his bird. 



E. T. S. — We really cannot admit any further controversy 

 on such a palpable subject as the orifice in the fangs of spiders, 

 but would commend our correspondent either to a better 

 instrument, or a better method of using it. 



W. B. can obtain " Quekett's Histology " from Wheldon, 

 Great Queen-street, for 7s. 6d. 



(i. M. W. V. — The Zoophyte is Sertularia operculata. — 

 E. C. 



W. J. S.— We must be permitted to judge for ourselves 

 what we shall insert. Paragraphs exhibiting a puffing 

 tendency we object to, and believe it a valid reason for 

 declining any communication. 



F. S.— Landsborough's "Popular History of Zoophytes." 

 Routledgc. Price 7s. ud. 



T. H. W.— Cooke (Naturalist), Oxford Street, generally 

 has pupa; of Papilio Machaon on sale. 



J. B. L.— No. 1, Trichostomum ftexicaub:. 2, Dicrunella 

 heteromallu. — R. B. 



No Name. — We are again compelled to remind correspon- 

 dents that letters sent without name and address will not be 

 inserted, or their queries answered. 



J. J.W. K. — It is Tropicoris rujipes, belonging to Hemiptera 

 Heteroptera. 



A. T. — Decaying organic matter, but no seeds. 



R. J.— That which is called the Fur Seal is PhocaFalldandica. 



EXCHANGES. 



Diatom aceous Earth from Duck Pond, Waterford, Maine, 

 U.S., for good mounted objects. — E. C. B., care of Editor of 

 Science-Gossip. 



Compound Spiral Fibre of Nymphaa edulis from India 

 (mounted) for good mounted objects. — C. C, Science- 

 Gossip, 192, Piccadilly. 



Pitcher of American Pitcher plant (Sarracenia purpurea) 

 in exchange for three good mounted objects. — B., Sciemce- 

 Gossip, 192, Piccadilly. 



Clouded Yellow and Orange Tip in exchange for 

 Bee Hawks or Hornet Clearwings, and Wood or Map-winged 

 Swifts. Also Privet, Hawk, or Puss Moth, for large Elephant 

 Hawk.— H. H. O'Farrell, 10, Douro Place. 



Ferns, Seaweeds, Butterflies, &c, offered in exchange for 

 Greenhouse and Garden Plants.— Address, Clianthe, Post 

 Office, Teignmouth. 



Asplknium marinum. — A plant of this for a plant or 

 cuttings of Solatium pseudo-capsicastrum. — E. C. I., Eldon 

 Villa, Redland, Bristol. 



Fossils from the Lesser Oolite, &c, given in exchange 

 for mounted objects. — Address, W. A. G., 10, Parkshoc, 

 Richmond, Surrey, S.W. 



Rare British Plants from Lancashire and elsewhere, for 

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Diatomaceous Earth from French's Pond, Albany, Maine, 

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Fatty Acids, and Foraminiferous Sand, for exchange. 

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BOOKS RECEIVED. 



"Cottage Hospitals," their Objects, Advantages, and 

 Management, by Edward John Waring, M.D. London: 

 Churchill & Sons. 



"The Naturalist's Circular," December, I867. London: 

 Henry Hall. 



" Quekett's Lectures on Histology," 340 Illustrations. 

 2 vols, in one. svo. Wheldon. London. 



" Remarks on the Climate of Sidmouth," by John Inglcby 

 Mackenzie, M.B. London : Churchill & Sons. 



"Rain: How, When, Where, Why it is Measured," by 

 G. J. Symons, F.M.S. London: Stanford. 



"The American Naturalist" for November, I867. Essex- 

 Institute, Salem, Mass. U.S. 



"On Selicified Vegetable Structures from the 

 Zambesi," by Dr. John Lowe. Lynn. 



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