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labour of love with him, and he seemed absolutely indifferent to personal 

 fame; to enrich science was his object independently of any considera- 

 tion of self. He practised to the fullest extent what he preached when 

 he wrote condemning the competitive character of certain examinations 

 that it "encouraged the motive, already too prevalent, the desire for 

 glory and gain, and thereby discouraged the more important, because 

 universally applicable, motive of the ambition to work as well as one 

 can from a sense of duty, regard for others and love of work." 



J- P. J. 



IRISH SOCIETIES, 



ROYAL ZOOLOGICAL SOCIETY. 



Recent gifts include two Indian Antelopes from Lord Ardilaun, a 

 number of Pigeons from Mr. G. Patterson, a Badger from Mr. H. 

 Anderson, and an Oyster-catcher from Mr. R. Warren. Four striped 

 Hyenas, a Sea Lion, six Monkeys, a pair of Ocelots, and a pair of 

 Squirrels have been purchased. 



DUBLIN MICROSCOPICAL CLUB. 



January 3.— The Club met at Leinster House. The President (Mr. 

 Greenwood Pim) showed a specimen of White Rust {Cystopus candidus) 

 on leaves of Cardamine sent to him by Mr. Praeger. The peculiarity 

 was the great number and very small size of the pustules, which seldom 

 exceeded ^-inch in length. They usually form on cabbage, &c, the 

 spots being comparatively few and large. 



Mr. W. N. Ai^KN exhibited drawings of Scapania nimbosa and S. orni- 

 thopodioides, which were ,done ,by him for Mr. M'Ardle's Report on the 

 Hepaticse of the Dingle peninsula. Specimens of the plants were shown 

 by Mr. M'Ardle under a low power of the dissecting microscope. Cell 

 structure, leaf cilia, and budding cells at apex of shoot, under a high 

 power, to compare with the drawings, were also shown. 



Mr. F. M. SEEEENS exhibited living specimens of Hydra viridis and 

 Hydra fusca obtained from a pond at Sutton, Co. Dublin. 



Mr. Chas. Jumeaux (Visitor) exhibited two slides— (1.) Scapania 

 purpurea, mounted in glycerine jelly, under dark field illumination, with 

 a view to illustrate the advantages of this form of illumination in bringing 

 out the natural colours of the objects under examination. (2.) A pre- 

 paration of " Eno's Fruit Salt" crystallized and mounted in Canada 

 balsam, and viewed with polarized light. 



February 7. — The Club met at Leinster House. Mr. F. M. Sevens 

 exhibited portion of a leaf of Deutzia scabra which had been bleached in 

 order to show the stellate hairs by polarized light, and portion of the 

 back of the leaf of Anchusa Milleri showing peculiar spiked hairs. 



March 7. — The Club met at Leinster House. Mr. SEEEENS exhibited 

 the Sting of a Hornet with poison duct stained. 



