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and of those wishing to prosecute research work. The Station is 

 bnilt on the sea front, at a level of i8ft. above tide-mark, and it 

 overlooks one of the largest and most prolific grounds for shore- 

 collecting in these latitudes. At low-water an area of not less than 

 twelve square miles of rock-pools and Zostera prairies (constituting 

 ^' Le Banc des Violets'') is exposed and made accessible by foot, 

 while the still almost zoologically-unexplored Minquier Reefs (nine 

 miles south of the Station) are easy of access. Every facility is 

 given for trawling, dredging, etc. Two boatmen, well experienced 

 in naturalists' work, are in attendance, and a small steamer is also 

 available at a day's notice. Applications for terms should be 

 addressed to Messrs. Sinel and Hornell, Jersey Biological Station, 

 Jersey (Channel Islands). 



ViLLARSiA NYMPHOIDES. — Will any reader inform me in what 

 locality this member of the Gentian family is found? I wish to 

 obtain a piece of the stem for cutting sections. I believe it is a 

 river plant. Who will kindly send me a small piece ?— J. Phillips, 

 1 6 Alexandra Crescent, Leeds. 



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Flora of South-West Surrey. By S. T. Dunn, B.A. Cr. 



8vo, pp. XV.— io6. (London : West, Newman, and Co. 1893.) ^'^ice 3s. 



This admirable little flora will supply the information which the botanical 

 visitor to Leatherhead, Dorking, Guildford, Godalming, Farnham, and Hasle- 

 mere must hitherto have sorely needed. It is up to date, and combines all the 

 essentials of a good local Flora, with portabiHty of form. We congratulate 

 Mr. Dunn on the success with which he has accomplished the task he set 

 himself. 



An Introduction to the Study of Geology. By Edward 



Aveling, D.Sc.Lond. Crown Svo, pp. viii. — 354. (London: Swan Sonnen- 

 schein and Co. 1893.) Price 6s. 



A most useful work, specially adapted for the use of candidates for the 

 London B.Sc. and the Science and Art Department Examinations, the syllabus 

 of this department being taken as a basis for the general plan of the work. It 

 contains a coloured map, 132 good illustrations, and a glossary. The student 

 will tind this book most helpful. 



The Esoteric Beauty and Utility of the Microscope. By 

 Ephraim Cutter, A.M., LL.D. Svo, pp. 60. (New York: 120 Broadway.) 

 Price 40c. 



The author gives as a principal reason for writing this pamphlet his having 

 heard a certain divine repeatedly use the expression "accursed microscope." 

 He confines his remarks as to its utihty chiefly to its valuable aid in medicine 

 and surgery. 



