100 NOTICES OF SERIALS. 



Botanical Sketches, Yarmouth. (Rev. T. F. Rsvenshaw) List of Plants found 

 in the West Highlands. (C. Barter) Niger Expedition, Letter from the Bota- 

 nist of. (D. Moore, A.L.S.) Notes on Salix procumbens and other Plants not 

 previously noticed as Irish Species. (A. G. More, F.L.S.) Anemone Pulsatilla, 

 &c. Plants supposed to have disappeared from England. Notices of Stark's 

 Manual of the Aquarium and of Lawson's Microscopical Preparations. Botanical 

 Notes. Notices and Queries. 



Hooker's Journal of Botany, and Kew Garden Miscellany. No. 102, 

 July ; No. 103, August ; No. 104, September. 



No. 102, July. — (Dr. Mueller) Notes made during the recent Expedition across 

 the northern portion of Australia. (Dr. J. D. Hooker) On Bryocarpum, a new 

 genus of Himalayan Primulacese ; and on Loxodiscus, a new genus of Sapindaceae. 

 (J. C. Gregory) Journal of the North Australian Expedition. (C. F. D. Park- 

 inson) The Bunya-Bunya and Water Lilies of North-eastern Australia. (Professor 

 Braun) Characese Australes. (B. Clarke) On Pteris aquilina as an Esculent vege- 

 table. British North -American Exploring Expedition. Notice of Rev. M. J. 

 Berkeley's Introduction to Cryptogamic Botany ; and of Bentham's Plantae Hart- 

 wegianae. 



No. 103, August. — (Dr. Mueller) Notes made during the recent Expedition 

 across the Northern portion of Australia. (J. C. Gregory) Letter on the North 

 Australian Exploring. (Dr. J. D. Hooker) On three new Indian Scrophularinese. 

 (N. A. Dalzell) Observations on the Cissus quadrangularis of Linneus. (Dr. 

 Baikie) Second Exploring Expedition up the Kwora. (Charles Wilson) Destruc- 

 tion of Gutta Percha trees in Singapore. (N. H. Masson) Musschia Wollastoni, 

 and selection of woods from the Island of Madeira. Notice of the Canadian Natu- 

 ralist and Geologist. 



No. 104, September.— (Dr. W. B. Baikie) Notice of his second Exploring 

 Voyage up the Kwora. (C. Wilhelmi) Notes on some Edible and Useful Aus- 

 tralian Plants. (Sir W. J. Hooker) On Asplenium nigripes, a Mexican, and on 

 Davallia nodosa, an Indian Fern. (Dr. Harvey) Flora of South Africa. (C. 

 Wilford) Botanical Mission to the Chinese Seas. (Dr. Grisebach) Flora of the 

 British West Indian Islands. Finland Bread. On the cultivation of Guinea-grass 

 in Malta. Results of the Trade in Palm Oil and Ground-nuts on the West Coast 

 of Africa. Notices of Exposition des Genres de la faraille des Polypodiacees, and 

 Memoires sur la Famille des Foug^res, by A. L. A. Fee. A Catalogue of the 

 Ferns in the Royal Gardens of Kew, and on cultivated Ferns, by John Smith. Of 

 Index Filicum, by T. Moore. Of Filices Horti Botanici Lipsiensis, and Veber 

 einigil Farngatterngen, by Dr. G. Mettenius. Of Plantae Caribese, by A. Grise- 

 bach. Of Xenia Orchidacea, by Reichenbach ; and of Illustrazioni delle Piante 

 nuove e rare dell' orto Botanio di Padova. 



The Naturalist : a popular monthly Magazine, with numerous Engravings ; 

 conducted by B. R. Morris, Esq., M.D. No. 71, January; No. 72, Feb- 

 ruary ; No. 73, March, 1857. 8vo. Price 6d. each. London : Messrs. 

 Groombridge. 



No. 72. February. — (T. Fuller) The Study of Natural History conducive to 

 Health. (George R. Twinn) Addenda to Bird-retreating. (T. Fuller) Birds 

 using Oil from Glands, for the purpose of lubricating the surface of their plum- 

 age. On Unity of System. (W.) A Peep at the Ferns, &c., of Sutherland and 

 Ross. Miscellaneous Notices. — Gray Phalarope ; Ringtail Harrier ; Merlin ; 

 Little Auk ; Little Grebe ; Scarcity of Birds in hard weather ; the Knot ; Land- 

 rail ; Skylarks ; Starling and Blue Tit. Reviews. — A Simple Catechism of the 

 Animal, Vegetable, and Mineral Kingdoms. By Charlotte O'Brien. The Natural 

 History Review. Exchange. — Algae ; British Eggs. Proceedings of Socie- 

 ties. — Thirsk Natural History Society. The Querist The Chimney Swallow ; 



Vegetable Caterpillar from New Zealand ; Substance used to represent Snow and 

 Ice; theHeratical Subject. Obituary. — Death of Mr. David Dyson. 



