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dazzling collections of foreign zoological riches, some good men and true did not 

 think « that there is nothing in this island worth studying for' — as some did 

 in worthy Michael Drayton's time, whereat he expresses his wrath, — and 

 quietly buckled to the work." 



£The value of faunas of counties and districts, when adequately compiled, is, we 

 believe, admittted by every well-informed naturalist. — Ed.^ 



BOTANY. 



The Fluid absorbed by the Spongioles of Plants, how conveyed to the 

 Leaves ? — Permit me, through the medium of your interesting periodical, to put 

 the following question for solution by any of your readers : — Is the fluid absorbed 

 by capillary attraction by the spongioles or rootlets, conveyed to the leaves by the 

 same means (capillary attraction), or by some vital principle in the plant ? 

 Does not the fact that heat promotes the rise of the sap support the argument 

 in favour of capillary attraction combined with heat ? — T. C. H., Doncaster, 

 June 6, 1837. 



Dates of the Appearance of a Few Common Flowers in the Spring of 

 1837- — I resume, from p. 221, the proof that the present spring is not so back- 

 ward as some suppose, by giving the dates of the appearance of a few common 

 flowers : — 



1836. April 30. — Narcissus bi floras. 

 Same day. — Ranunculus flcaria. 

 May 1. — R. aquatilis. 



Same day. — Caltha palustris. 



1837. April 23. — Narcissus biflorus. 

 May 4>. — Ranunculus flcaria. 

 Same day. — R. aquatilis. 



Same day. — Caltha palustris. — Beverley R. Morris, Dublin, May 

 12, 1837. 



The Wood of Trees which have Died, and that of those which have been 

 Felled, is there any Difference between ? — Can any of your correspondents 

 inform me, whether there is any difference, for purposes of use, between the wood 

 of trees which have died, and that of those which have fallen under the axe ? — 

 F. Orpen Morris, Doncaster, May 23, 1837. 



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