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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



C. C. H. (Greetland). — It is the Crocus nudijlows ; the 

 C. sfieciosus is a very different species. 



G. M. (Brechin). — No. i, Epilobium montanum ; 2, Fumaria 

 officinalis; 3, Yarrow [Achillea millefolium); 4, Scabiosa 

 succisa ; 5, Polygonum aviculare ; 6, Polygonum hydropiper. 

 You will find them all in Hooker's " Flora."' 



H. L. (Maidstone). — Yes, it is Laminm galeobdolon. The 

 other is too imperfect to speak about accurately. 



EXCHANGES. 



Science-Gossip wanted for 1869, 1871, 1872; will give land 

 and freshwater shells. — C. T. Musson, 119 Derby Road, 

 Nottingham. 



Land and freshwater shells. Will Nottinghamshire col- 

 lectors please send their address to C. T. Musson, 119 Derby 

 Road, Nottingham. 



Well-mounted slides in exchange for parasites prepared for 

 mounting, or other material. — E. M-, Farncombe Villas, 

 Godalming. 



Dredgings and other material, rich in diatoms, got round 

 shores of Orkney, in exchange for good, well-mounted slides of 

 diatoms.— R. Muir, Albert Street, Kirkwall, N.B. 



Wanted, Lond. Cat., 7th ed. Good specimens of 180, 184, 

 192, 304, 484, in exchange for 49, 104a, 521, 566, or other rarer 

 Scotch plants. Will exchange list of duplicates. — A. Davidson, 

 M.B., Thornhill, Dumfriesshire. 



Wanted, Sachs' "Text-Book of Botany," 1882, and Hooker's 

 " Student's Flora," latest edition, for other standard works, or 

 cash. — F. C. King, Ashton-on-Ribble, Lancashire. 



Micro slides of specialities in entomology offered for other 

 specialities ; lists exchanged. — J. Neville, Wellington Road, 

 Handsworth, Birmingham. 



Wanted, set of Sopwith's models in exchange for five Grove's 

 cells (pints), complete in frame, and large good coil. — F. G. S., 

 10 St. Michael's Terrace, Wood Green, London, N. 



Selected Jurassic or Tertiary fossils, including Lias am- 

 monites and Oolitic plants, also the commoner British shells, 

 offered for other fossils, the rarer British shells, or Quarterly 

 Journals Geological Society. — E. Wilson, 18 Low Pavement, 

 Nottingham. 



Wanted, deep-sea soundings, named and locality ; also, 

 Gorgonia spicules (a quantity preferred), or horn for section- 

 cutting, viz., rhinoceros, bison, or hoofs of any interesting de- 

 scription ; well-mounted objects, anatomical or botanical, in 

 exchange. — J. M., 59 Hind Street, Poplar, London, E. 



Andre*, British or foreign, wanted ; for which rare 

 British mosses will be exchanged. — J. Cash, Osborne Road, 

 Coston Park, Manchester. 



Well-mounted slide, paper-like fabric of wasp's nest, show- 

 ing wood cells in situ, in exchange for other slide. — John 

 Moore, 86 Porchester Street, Birmingham. 



Forty-seven inch Duplex Excelsior bicycle, perfect con- 

 dition, cost ^14 10s. ; wanted, a microscope by good maker, 

 binocular preferred. — John R. Marten, Cottage Hospital, Red 

 Hill, Surrey. 



Wanted, Helix hybrida (living), also one-banded H. hor- 

 tensis. List of duplicates on application. — Baker Hudson, 

 15 Waterloo Road, Middlesbrough. 



In exchange for Epipactis violacea and other plants ; wanted, 

 23, 62, 65, 804, 979, 1135, 1255, 1292, 1552. — Rev. F. H. Arnold, 

 Hermitage, Emworth. 



Autotype portrait of Darwin, in black frame, lyi X 20 in. ; 

 what offers? — VV. Ernest Milner, 47 Park Road, Haverstock 

 Hill, N.W. 



Offered, L. C, 7th ed., 535a, and numerous other good 

 plants for exchange. — John Jackson, High Street, VVetherby. 



For sale or exchange, " Crag Mollusca," large bound vol. ; 

 wanted, Palaeontouraphical Society's "Memoirs of Old Red 

 Sandstone " and platy^copic lens. — W. Rose, Abergavenny. 



British plants, fossils, and shells, also some rare foreign 

 stamps ; want to exchange for fossils, shells (British or foreign), 

 stamps, or birds' eggs. All specimens must be named and 

 localised ; lists exchanged. — H. L. E., Hay-Gordon & Co., 

 Widnes. 



Various natural history books and well-set British Lepi- 

 doptera given in exchange for coins and books on coins and 

 tokens. — O. C. Goldihwait, 2 Grove Villas, Grove Road, 

 Walthanr»tow. 



Eggs of Sandwich tern, little grebe, cirl bunting, &c. ; skins of 

 rose-coloured pastor, mealy redpole, ringed guillemot, Richard- 

 son's skua, blue-throated warbler, and many others, for skins, 

 eggs, and nests. — S. L. Mosley, Beaumont Park, Huddersfield. 

 Wanted, Carpenter's book on the Microscope and other 

 scientific works, and micro material of all kinds; will give in 

 exchange well-mounted slides (anatomical, pathological, bo- 

 tanical, micro fungi, parasites, objects of natural history, dia- 

 toms, &c.) : no cards. — F. L. Carter, College of Medicine, 

 Newcastle-on-Tyne. 



Wanted, correspondents in all parts of the world to exchange 

 micro material. — F. L. Carter, College of Medicine, Newcastle- 

 on-Tyne. 



Wantfd, a few good slides showing adulterations, in exchange 

 for other slides of interest. — D. Burford, Bowbridge, Stroud, 

 Gloucestershire. 



A quantity of odd numbers of the " Bibliograph," "Anti- 

 quary," " Intellectual Observer," and the early numbers of 

 " Knowledge," in exchange for works on botany or microscopy, 

 or micro materials or slides. — A. E. Gibbs, The Hollies, Cum- 

 berland Road, St. Albans. 



Offered, L. C, 7th ed., 10, 15*5, 45, 11S6, 161, 201, 202, 

 315. 533. 681 . 9 2 4- "3°> 1248, 1357, 1432, 1437, 1446, 1449, 1672, 

 1679, Chara Braunii, for others not in collection. — H. Searle, 

 Ashton-under-Lyne. 



Exotic butterflies, numerous duplicates ; collectors please 

 send lists in exchange for mine. Watercolour drawings and 

 chromos — wanted, mutual loan of, for copying. — J. C. Hudson, 

 Railway Terrace, Cross Lane, near Manchester. 



Land, freshwater, and marine shells (British), including 

 Helix Cartusiana, Achatina acicula, Unio tumidus, Limruea 

 glutinosa, Bithynia LeachU, Telliuafabula, &c, in exchange 

 tor British or foreign land and freshwater or British marine. — 

 S. C. Cockerell, Glen Druid, Chislehurst, Kent. 



For specimens of Achatina acicula, Hydrobia ulva, R. 

 parva, v. interrupta, Mactra stultorum,L. stagnalis{ dwarfed). 

 C. rugosa, Tapes pullastra, &c, send box, with label and 

 return postage, to T. D. A. Cockerell, 62 Wimpole Street, 

 London, W. 



( Wanted, " Journal of Postal Microscopical Society " ; offer, 

 " Northern Microscopist," vegetable sections, or cash.— 

 W. White, Litcham, Swaffham. 



" Knowledge," first three vols., bound in cloth, complete, 

 also Wood's " Field Naturalist's Handbook"; wanted, books, 

 &c, on cryptogamic botany.— W. Mills, 1 Rankeillor Place, 

 Edinburgh. 



Exchange : Anodon, Unio, Sphaerium, Helix, Achatina, &c, 

 many species and varieties ; wanted, Helix rtvelata, obvoluta, 

 depilata, Zonites excavatus, glaber, Limncva involuta, the 

 varieties of L./crcgra, and many others ; small collections of 

 land and freshwater shells (thirty-six species and over), in 

 exchange for flint implements, marine shells, or coins not in 

 collection. — W. Gain, Tuxford, Newark. 



For exchange, sand from the bottom of the Mediterranean 

 Sea, full of microscopic shells.— E. C. Stedman, 115 Stepney 

 Green, London. 



Fine and well-preserved specimens of Echinus Melo, Spa- 

 tangus purpureus, Astropecten arneciacus, and Equinaster 

 ciespitosus, offered in exchange for rare sponges, or diatoma- 

 ceous material. — J. Tempere, Storrington, Sussex. 



Wanted, Hyale crata-gi, Daplidue sinapis, Cassiope, Iris, 

 C. album, Lathenia, Cinxia, Athalia, Betula;, Penni, Rubi 

 argiolus, Alsus, Arion, Paniscus, Comma ; good exchange, 

 duplicates numerous.— J. Bates, 10 Orchard Terrace, Welling- 

 borough. 



A few specimens of each of the following to offer for fair 

 exchanges: L. C, 7th ed., Nos. 41, 275, 367, 821,858,906, 

 1127, 1288, 1367.— P. Sewell, 18 Mount Parade, York. 



Very fine specimens of Limnaa stagnalis and pa/ustris, and 

 Spherium corneum ; desiderata very numerous.— Robt. Barker, 

 11 Townsend Street, The Groves, York. 



Offerbd, Draba rupestris, Alsine ritbella, Sagina nivalis, 

 Erigeron alpinus, &c., for healthy pups of Lepidoptera. — 

 G. Horn, 57 Bell Street, Calton, Glasgow. 



BOOKS, ETC.. RECEIVED. 



"The Starry Heavens." A Poetical Birthday Book. London: 

 Chatto & Windus. 



" The Organs of Speech."' By G. H. Von Meyer. London . 

 Kegan Paul & Co. 



" Studies in Microscopical Science," edited by A. C. Cole. 



" Land and Water." 



"Midland Naturalist." 



" Natural History Notes." 



" Ben Brierley's Journal." 



" American Naturalist." 



"American Monthly Microscopical Journal." 



" Science." 



" Popular Science News." 



"The Botanical Gazette." 



" Cosmos : les Mondes." 



" Le Monde de la Science." 



"Ciel et Terre." 



&c. &c. &c. 



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