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as well as the collections of Irish-grown timbers which has been got to 

 gether during the last two years, and which is housed in a separate 

 building. The nursery was also visited, in which a large number of species 

 ot more or less economic importance are being rpised for trial on an ex- 

 tensive scale. The return to Dublin was made at 6.8, after tea had been 

 taken in the Station Hotel. 



October 24. — The Twenty-sixth Winter Session was opened with a 

 Conversazione in the house of the Royal Irish Academy, Dawson Street, 

 under the presidency of R. J. Ussher, D.L., M.R.I.A. The attendance 

 was not so large as that of the previous year, only 109 members and 

 visitors being present. At 8.30 p.m., the chair was taken by the President, 

 and the formal business of the evening having been transacted. Professor 

 J. Alfred Scott, M.D., deHvered a popular lecture on " Notables of the 

 Zoo," which was illustrated by lantern slides, and was much appreciated 

 by the audience. 



As usual, a number of scientific objects were on view during the evening, 

 affording a good deal of interest. These included the following : — 



Miss S. Bernard : A green stone from New Zealand. J. Bayley Butler, 

 M.A., M.B. : Living Specimens under the Stereoscopic Microscope. Professor 

 G. H. Carpenter, b.sc, and Miss M. C. McDowell, a.r.c.s.i. ; Some Beetle 

 Grubs and their Jaws. Professor Grenville A J. Cole, f.g.s. : Model of the 

 S. E. of the Isle of Skye, by R, F. Gwinnell, f.g.s., with Photographs 

 illustrating scenery of igneous rocks contemporaneous with those of 

 Carlingford and the Mournes. A. Cooley : Exhibits of Working Bees. A. 

 Dingwall : Some County Dublin Seaweeds, G. P. Farran, b.a., and R. 

 Southern, b.sc. : Irish Marine Animals. W\ F. Gunn : {a) Some Photo- 

 micrographs of Seeds ; (6) Some Lichens which infest Fruit Trees ; (c) 

 Microscopic Exhibit. J. N. Halbert, m.r.i.a. : Nest of Long-tailed Tit- 

 mouse. J. N. Halbert, m.r.i.a., and C. M. Selbie, b.sc. : Crabs with Sponge 

 and Seaweed growths. Miss E. J. Haughton : Geological Specimens. 

 J. de W. Hindi: Glacial Erratics from Tory, Co. Donegal. I. Pennick 

 Jones : Autumn-tinted Foliage. Miss M. C. Knowles : Lichens used in 

 dyeing. D. McArdle : Rare Mosses and Liverworts collected in Ireland. 

 L. McLaren : A collection of Irish Grasses. Miss C. McNab : Newts 

 {Spelerpes juscus) from Sardinia. A. R. Nichols, m.a., m.r.i.a. : A White- 

 legged Falconet from Assam. George Ryce, b.a., f.c.s., j.p. : Specimens 

 of Potash Minerals and Potash Manures from the German Potash Mines. 

 A. Roycroft : [a) Glencullen Granite, containing Beryl and Tourmaline ; 

 {h) Named collection of small Shingle from Ardgillan Beach. R. F. Scharft, 

 PH.D., M.R.I.A. : Models of jaws of Primitive Man. Norman E. Stephens : 

 {a) Some Irish Terrestrial Isopods ; [b) Chelifer Godfrey i, Kew — a recently 

 described False -Scorpion, R, J. Ussher, d.l., m.r.i.a. : A Specimen of the 

 Black-tailed Godwit. Miss Edith H. Wilson : (a) A Sparrow Hawk 

 (6) Lace Bark from S. Africa. W. J. Williams : Sabine's Gull (Co. West- 

 meath) ; Great Snipe (Co. Galway) ; Wasps' Nest (Co, Waterford). 



November 18, — Excursion to Howth, — A party of thirteen assembled 

 at Amiens Street Station and proceeded to Howth by the 12.50 p.m, train. 

 The chief object of the excursion was the collection of Fungi, and Mr. J. 



