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two new genera of the Screw Pines, preceded by some general observations upon 

 that class of plants — being the substance of a Lecture delivered on the 27th of 

 May, 1854, before the Koyal Academy of Science, at Amsterdam. We have an 

 account in this lecture of a visit which Dr. de Vriese paid to the celebrated M. 

 Gaudichaud, at Paris, in 1854, to get some information upon his new genera of the 

 Paudanese ; but he only spoke of what for years had been his fixed idea, the growth 

 of the fibres in the stems of plants in a downward direction, showing beautiful draw- 

 ings and specimens to prove it, but not enough to convince Dr. de Vriese of the 

 truth of his theory ; the time passed away, and he learned nothing of that for which 

 he came. (B. Seeman) Revision of the genera Crescentia, Parmentiera, and 

 Kigelia ; (C. J. Muller) Extract of a letter from — relative to the preparations of 

 Cannabis sativa in India. Botanical Information — Oxford Herbarium (continued 

 from p. 252) ; Alexander Croall's Plants of Brsemar ; Lichens of the late Pastor 

 Scha3rer. Notices of Books— United States Exploring Expedition ; Botany ; 

 Phancrogamia, by Dr. Asa Gray ; Bryologia Javanica ; Dozy, F. et J. H. Mel- 

 kenboer. 



The Naturalist : conducted by B. R. Morris, M.D. No. 41, July ; No. 42, 

 August ; No. 43, September, 1854. 8vo. London : Groombridge and Sons. 

 Price 6d. each. 



No. 41, July : — Zoological Notes — (J. M'Intosh) Gleanings from my Notebook, 

 No. 3 ; On Musical Animals ; The Glowworm ; The Sparrow in Asia ; Do Rats 

 leave Dangerous Places ? (O. S. Round) Spring Birds ; (J. Garland) Local Jot- 

 tings, No. 12, Dorchester ; (E. Parfitt) A List of the Land and Fresh-water 

 Shells found in the neighbourhood of Exeter. This list also contains the slugs. 

 Toward the close of it Mr. Parfitt says, that in January, 1852, he found some 

 Cocoons of Trichiosoma tucorum on a hawthorn hedge, at Heavitree, near Exeter, 

 from which Ichneumons came in the June following ; and that these Ichneumons 

 were the Tryphon nigriceps of Gravenhorst, which were reared by Mr. Foxcroft 

 towards the close of last year (1853), and were announced by him as new to Britain. 

 If Mr. Parfitt be correct in the specific nomenclature, he will be entitled to the rank 

 of priority in the discovery. (J. M'Intosh) Notes on the Raspberry Plants, from 

 seed found in the stomach of an Ancient Briton ; (J. M'Intosh) Injurious Insects, 

 No. 2, Sirex gigas, with a wood-cut; (J. Gray) Description of a New Coleopterous 

 Insect, belonging to the genus Prionus ; (J. M'Intosh) Utility of the Common 

 Mole ; (A. S. Moffat) Singular Breeding-place of the Rabbit ; (G. R. Twinn) 

 Nature and Harmony. Miscellaneous Notices ; The Retrospect ; The Querist. 



No. 42, August : — Ornithological and Entomological Notes ; Local Jottings, No. 

 13, Dorchester; White Jackdaw ; Vanessa Cardui, &c. ; (J. Rose) Gleanings by 

 the Way ; (M. Westcott)^Occasional Notes ; A Common Rat in Trouble. The 

 individual rat in question measured, from tip of nose to end of tail, twenty-two 

 inches, and weighed two pounds one ounce. A Canary in a trance, &c. ; (G. R. 

 Twinn) Superior Instinct in a Wagtail; (W. Webster) Land and Fresh-water 

 Mollusks, found during a few weeks residence in Cheltenham and the vicinity. The 

 rare and local Clausilia Rolphii was found in colonies extending from Birdlip to 

 Cooper's Hill, among patches of Saxifraga oppositifolia. (C. Ashford) List of 

 Land and Fresh -water Mollusks, found in the neighbourhood of Ackworth, 



