PLANTS, SHELLS, ETC. 



Thb following collections have been made by Me. Mason in the Madeira 



.Islands: — 



Dried Plants; about five hundred species, named: many are new and inter- 

 esting species, not contained in any list. Price £2. per hundred. 



A set of about forty-five Dried Ferns. Price £1. 



A collection of the Woods of Madeira, which are very interesting, both com- 

 mercially and botanically, consisting either of sections of the Trunks, or of Blocks, 

 sis preferred. They can be cut to any size or form desired. The species are the 

 following: — 



Dracoena draco. L. 

 Euphorbia mellifera. Ait. 



" piscatoria. 



Myrica fay a. Ait. 

 Phcebe barbusana, Webb. 

 Persea indica. Spreng. 

 Oreodapb.no footens. Nees. 

 Laurus Canariensis. Webb. 

 Clethra arborea. Ait. 

 Vaccinium maderense. Link. 

 Sideroxylon mermulana. Lowe. 



Heberdenia excelsa. Ait. 

 Picconia excelsa. D. C. 

 Phamnus glandulosa. Ait. 

 Celastrus cassinoides. l'Her. 

 Ilex Perado. Ait. 



" Canariensis. Poir. 

 Pittosporum coriaceum. Ait. 

 Genista candicaus. L. 

 " virgata. D. C. 

 Visnea mocanero. L. fil. 



This collection is strongly recommended by Sir William J. Hooker, Directer of 

 the Royal Gardens, Kew. 



A suite of thirty-five species of the Land Shells of the Madeiras, named. 

 Price £2. 2s. 



A collection of about three hundred species of Madeira Coleoptera. Price £5. 



Gorgonias and other Zoophytes, Echini, Starfish, etc. Crustacea in Spirits, and 

 dried. Marine Shells, Seeds, etc., etc. 



* # * Application to be made to Nathaniel Haslope Mason, F.L.S., 3, Red 

 Lion Square, London, W.C. 



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