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HARDWICKE'S SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



exchange. Desiderata : L. involuta, B. viontanus, P. secale, 

 C. biplicata. — Lionel E. Adams, Victoria Park, Manchester. 



A COLLECTION of about fifty marine and land shells from 

 Tenby, on sale, including many rare species. What offers in 

 exchange ? List will be sent on application. — X. Y. Z., care of 

 J. Fellowes, the Post Office, Brooklands, Sale, near Manchester. 



Umgellifer.'e. — Wanted, Petroselinnm sativum, Bupleit- 

 runt aristaiinii, CEnanthe silaifolia, DnucJis gnutinifer, and 

 Ccriandriim sativnin. Many rare plants to offer in ex'change. 

 — A. W. Preston, St. Philip's Road, Norwich. 



Duplicates : Leistiis spinibarbis, Pterpstidins nigrita, 

 Dichirotrichtis obsoletiis, Nccrophonis vespilio, Trox scaber, 

 Cio)ius ihipsus, C. pTilchcllus, Strangalia giiarafasciata (i), 

 Donacia biiiens, D. dentipcs, Chrysojnela hyperiei, C. didy- 

 main, C. Batiksii, Cassida ctjucstris, and others. Desiderata : 

 rare Coleoptera, or standard works on Coleoptera, must be in 

 good condition. — H. t'. CoIIett, 12 Springfield Road, St. 

 Leonards-on-Sea. 



Diatoms, mineralised, found in the London clay, beautifully 

 mounted ; send other good slide of diatoms. — A. Smith, The 

 Laboratory, Essex Road, London. 



Wanted, unstained mounted slides of Trir/iina spiralis, or 

 fluke. — A. Smith, 1 he Laboratory, Essex Road, London. 



Wanted, in exchange for other natural history objects, well- 

 preserved skins, recent, sexed and dated, of various British 

 birds ; also eggs of a number of birds, when possible in 

 "clutches." — H. W. Marsden, Regent Street, Gloucester, 

 any of Darwin's works, or books on geology or entoniulogy. — 



Offered, a large larva-breeding-cage, two compartments, 

 quite new, and a number of common sea-shells, in exchange for 

 Miss Evans, Witley, Surrey. 



Wanted to exchange, Milner's " Gallery of Geography," 

 2 vols., half-calf, new, cost -^os., for a collection of chalk fossils ; 

 also Johns' " British Birds in their Haunts," for a good work 

 on Palaeontology. — G. W. H. Murray, 16 The Parade, 

 Leamington. 



Wanted, a small quantity of the spawn of the edible frog 

 (Rana csculenta) in exchange for human bones. English 

 spawn preferred to foreign. — Edward J. Gibbins, 20 Bootham, 

 York. 



Wanted, a few maleand female plants of Marchantia bearing 

 the inflorescence. Also living specimens of Jungermannia and 

 Anthroceros, with inflorescence or fruit. First-class botanical 

 slides in exchange. — C. V. Smith, Carmarthen. 



I will give cabii'et fossils, named and located, or good micro- 

 scopic slides, in exchange for Smiles's " Life of Dick," condition 

 of binding no object.—" Science," 165 White Ladies Road, 

 Bristol. 



Wanted, a good slide of Trichina spiralis in human muscle 

 in exchange for other slides. — " Science," 165 White Ladies 

 Road, Bristol. 



Wanted, English silver and copper coins, tokens, and medals, 

 in exchange for fossils and natural objects. — F. Stanley, 5 

 Clifton Gardens, Margate. 



Offered, good specimens illustrating borings of P. dactylus 

 and 6". lividus (urchin), suitable for a museum. Wanted, fossils. 

 — T. Stock, 16 Colville Place, Edinburgh. 



Wanted, vols. 57 to end of Curtis's "Botanical Magazine," 

 or I would exchange the first 56 vols. — Mrs. Jessop, 3 Cornwall 

 Road, Bayswater, W. 



Wanted to exchange, a two-feet reflecting telescope, on 

 pillar and claw stand, a student's microscope with usual appa- 

 ratus, Lardner and Donkin's " Handbook of Astronomy," 

 Lardner's "Popular Astronomy," Dick's "Practical Astro- 

 nomer," Mitchell's "Orbs of Heaven," "The Telescope," by 

 Hon. Mrs. Ward, " Half Hours with the Telescope," by Proctor, 

 ^Lann's " Guide to the Knowledge of the Heavens," Quekett 

 "On the INIicroscope," Hogg " On the Microscope," White's 

 " Selborne," Kirby and Spence's "Entomology," i vol. edit., 

 "The Book of Butterflies, Sphinges, and Moths," by Capt. 

 Thomas Brown, 3 vols., coloured plates, Lardner s " Museum 

 of Science," 12 vols.. Wood's "Common Objects of the Sea- 

 shore" and " Country " coloured plates, and 4 vols, of Hugh 

 Miller's works, &c., for a good microscope and apparatus, or 

 what offers? — T. H. Waterer, 7 Devonshire Street, Newington 

 Causeway, S.E. 



For exchange, a well-finished binocular microscope, stand, 

 with mechanic.1l and rotating stage and sub-stage, polariscope, 

 and glass shade, cost over ^20 when new ; will take a first-class 

 spectroscope of equal value. — W. H. S., 2 Queen's Terrace, 

 St. John's Wood, N.W. 



Wanted, rare starches, guaranteed genuine ; will give in 

 exchange other starches carefully prepared, mounted or un- 

 mounted. Send lists. — W. H. S., 2 Queen's Terrace, St. John's 

 Wood, N.W. 



A FEW various unmounted objects, including zoophytes, for 

 good slides. — G. H. Bryan, Fitzwilliam House, The Avenue, 

 Cambridge. 



Offered, a number of parts of Sowerby's " English Botany," 

 and several vols, of " Popular Science Review." Wanted, grod 

 cabinet, suitable for shells, or any of the following works ; 

 " Micrographic Dictionary," Rimmer's " Conchology," or parts 

 of "Annals and Magazine of Natural History," and French 

 " Journal de Conchyliologie," to equal value. — J. D. Butterell, 

 2 St. John's Street, Beverley. 



Wanted, aquatic plants, frogbit (H. inorsus-ranis), Villarsiof 

 nymphcroides, water violet ( H . palustris), water soldier (S. 

 aloides) ; rooted rhizome of Killarney fern, or microscopic slides 

 in exchange. — E. de B. Meyrick, Laurel Villa, Ballybrack, 

 Co. Dublin. 



Offered, well-mounted slides of Charlton (Mass.) and 

 Antrim enrths, in exchange for others or material. Exchange 

 to close on 20th. — H. A. Francis, 12 Sion Hill, Clifton, Bristol. 



Beale's " How to work with the Microscope," 4th edition, 

 equal to new, offered in exchange for a recent copy of "The 

 Microscope in Medicine," in equally good condition. — J. C. S., 

 18 Chaucer Road, Heme Hill, London, S.E. 



DoL'RLE and triple stained sections of exogenous stems iii 

 exchange for other well-mounted object. — Arthur J. Doherty, 

 26 Leamington Street, Oxford Road, Manchester. 



Some good eggs, side-blown and otherwise, to exchange for 

 others not in collection. Send list. — S. E. W. Duvall, 4 Butter 

 Market, Ipssvich. 



First-class air-pump, by Griffin & Son, London, in excellent 

 condition. What offers? — A. Alletsee, 11 Foley Street, 

 London, W. 



For exchange, 2 vols, of the "Tatler," in good condition, 

 date 1734; 4 vols, of "Nature Displayed," illustrated with 

 copper plates, date 1757. What offers in books, slides, or any 

 thing of interest. — J. Boggust, jun., Alton, Hants. 



Si'DKES of Lycopodium (m .unted), in exchange for other 

 objects of interest, diatoms preferred. — C. H. S., Fairoak, 

 Palatine Road, Didsbury, near Manchester. 



Wanted, foreign postage-stamps, rarer kinds, from Australia, 

 Africa, Persia, islands of tropical seas, &c. ; British land and 

 freshwater shells offered in exchange. — Miss F. 1\L Hele, Fair- 

 light, Elmgrove Road, Cotham, Bristol. 



Si'LENUiLLY preserved and correctly named Swiss Alpine 

 and other plants, including grasses, sedges, &c. Sets of not 

 less than three specimens sent post free for dd. each specimen. 

 — Dr. B., care of Editor of Science-Gossip. 



Wanted, Bell's " British Reptiles," latest edition, for cash 

 (cheap), or exchange. — W. H. Warner, Standlake, Witney, 

 Oxon. 



A FEW side-blown duplicate eggs to exchange for others not 

 in collection. Also a collection of foreign stamps, mostly in 

 duplicate (many very rare), for an aquarium, Coddington lens, 

 or side-blown eggs. Lists sent. — E. F. Bell, Portland House, 

 Carlton Ten ace, Botcherby, near Carlisle. 



BOOKS, ETC., RECEIVED. 



"The Boke of St. Alban's." By Dame Juliana Bernas 

 (Reprint). London: Elliot Stock. 



"Anthropology." By E. B. Tylor, F.R.S. London : Mac- 

 millan. 



" Practical Photography." By O. E. Wheeler. London : 

 "Bazaar" Office. 



" Practical Fishermen." ByJ. F. Keene. London: "Bazaar" 

 Office. 



" Bulletin of the United States Geological Survey." Vol. VI , 

 No. I. 



" The Rocky Mountain Locust." By C. V. Riley. 



" Report of the North Staffordshire Pleld Club." 1880. 



" Report on Carboniferous Polyzoa." By G. R. Vine. 



" Journal de Micrographie." i88t. 



" Northern Microscopist." April. 



"The Midland Naturalist." April. 



" American Monthly Microscopical Journal." March. 



" Science." March. 



" Canadian Entomologist." March. 



" American Naturalist." March. 



" Scottish Naturalist." April. 



" Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes." April. 



" Le Monde." March. 



" Le Monde de la Science." March. 



" La Science pour Tous." April. 



" Land and Water." April. 

 &c. &c. S:c. 



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E. W. W.-J. H.-U. C. J. D.-J. W. P. E.— R. L.— F. P. 

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 H. W. M.— D. B. K.— J. B.— A. H.— F. K. L.— E. J.— B. H. 

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 E H.— J. P. G.— L. E. A.— J. F.— A. W. P.— W. D.— H. F. C. 

 —A. S.— R. J.— W. T. G.— R. W. S.— E. B. K. W.-G. H. M. 

 _C. P.— J. E. S.— S. W.— R. H. N. B.— F. C. M.— W. H. S. 

 — W. G. W.— B. D. J.— W. H. W.— F. M. H.— S. W.— J.— 

 T H.— J. H.— J. H. W.— E. J. G.— C. W.— J. A. C— W. G. 

 -C. V. S.-H. P. M.— T. S.— J. A. W.-F. S.-H. L.— H. P. 

 R. T. A.— L. A.— C. W. H.— R. T. R.— J. C. T.— T. L. B.— 

 C. S. S.-J. B.— J. S.— A. A.— G. P.— C. J. H.— R. B.— A. S. 

 —J. O. B.— J. H. H.— A. J. D.— E. F. B.— H. A. F.— 



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

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