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Mr. Greenwood Pim, m.a., then exhibited an attachment for taking 

 photographs of objects vertically under or over the camera. Prof T. 

 Johnson showed slides illustrating Parasitic Flowering Plants. Mr. R 

 IvivOYD Praeger exhibited a calcareous deposit from Brackenstown 

 River. Mr. H. J. Seymour showed a micro-section of nepheline phono- 

 lite from Blackball Head, Bantry Ba}- ; and Mr. Greenwood Pim ex- 

 hibited a remarkably fine specimen of Pingiiicnla caitdata, a Mexican 

 Butterwort ; Mrs. Ross exhibited named varieties of Daffodils, grown by 

 Miss Currv, Lisraore. 



Cork Naturai^ists' F1E1.D Ci^ub. 



C ON VERvSAZIONE. 



In the Ball Room of the Imperial Hotel an agreeable re-union, jointly 

 promoted by the Cork Historical and Archaeological Society' and the 

 Cork Naturalists' Field Club, took place on the evening of March loth. 

 The attendance was large, both bodies being influentially represented, 

 while there were several visitors, including some from the Dublin 

 Naturalists' Field Club. A musical programme was a feature of the 

 Conversazione. Tea was served between 7 and 8. 



An excellent and varied series of exhibits occupied the walls and table 

 of the hall. They included the following items : — 



Professor G. A. J. Cole, F.G.S. — i. Rhyolitic Lavas, including Natural 

 Glass from the Volcano of Tardree, Go. Antrim ; 2. Enlarged photographs 

 of the higher Alps, b}'- the late W. F, Donkin. Professor T. Johnston, 

 D. Sc, Dublin N.F.C. — i. Alpine flowers, prepared by Lady Rachel Saun- 

 derson ; 2. Coloured drawings of Freshwater Algae, by M. C. Cooke ; 3. 

 Rare Irish seaweeds. G. H. Carpenter, B. Sc, Dublin N.F.C. — i. Set of 

 Irish moths, illustrating variation; 2. Insects, illustrating protective 

 coloration and mimicry. R. Lloyd Praeger — i. Flowering plants, Galway 

 excursion, 1895 ; 2, Rare Irish flowering plants. W. H. Phillips, Belfast 

 N.F.C. — Nature prints of rare varieties of British ferns. Robert Welch, 

 Belfast N.F.C. — Photographs of Galway Field Club Conference and 

 Excursion, 1895. Professor M. Hartog, m.a., D. vSc. Queen's College — 

 Type specimens of Rotifers, prepared by C. Rousselet, f.r.m.s. ; 2. Live 

 objects illustrating pond life. Miss H. A. Martin— Siamese flowers, 

 pressed, mounted and named by Mrs. G. H. Grindrod, Bangkok. R. A. 

 Phillips — I. Rare and characteristic plants of Co. Cork; 2. Land and 

 fresh- water shells, j. J. Wolfe, Skibbereen — Some British moths and 

 butterflies. The Misses Chillingworth and Lester — Fifty botanical speci- 

 mens from Crosshaven, pressed and mounted. W. B. Barrington — Some 

 sea-birds' and waders' eggs. Mrs. J. H. Thompson — Microscopes — live 

 objects. H. Lund — Photographic transparencies — Snapshots on the 

 Field Club. F. R. Rohu — Rare specimens — Black rat, Squacco Heron, 

 white Shrew, &c. T. Farrington, m.a. — Some geological specimens. 

 Telescopic speculums made in Cork in the last centur}-. F. Neale, hon. 

 sec. Limerick N.F.C. — Specimens of Gnophria quadra^ Gonopteryx rhmnni, 

 Dclomedes fimbriata, &c. Robert Day, F.S.A.— The flags of the Cork Volun- 

 teers, with the medals and regimental decorations of the Irish Volunteers 

 of 1782 and 1796, and other exhibits. Herbert Webb Gillman, V.P.,C.H. & 

 A. Society— Colours of the Muskerry cavalry (lent by the owner, Captain 



