136 MORE EPPINO FOREST. 



scjueeze it prett}' dr)-, and fill the tin box lightly with it, putting in enough to 

 keep the worms from being shaken about on a journey through the post, &c. 



" My sister the other day — never having collected worms before — went out 

 and got me ten species, within a mile or two of Bovey Tracey. What might not 

 3'our Field Club accomplish, if a dozen members from different parts of the county 

 would take up the work ? " 



We hope to publish shortly an introductory paper on the study of the 

 Oligochaeta, by Mr. Friend. Meanwhile we trust that members will assist in the 

 attempt to work out the Essex species. Mr. Friend says : " I shall be glad to 

 receive as many boxes (packed as above) from your members as they like to send. 

 I cannot return them, however, unless postage is enclosed. In the end I could 

 let the Museum have a set duly labelled, if proper bottles were provided." 

 Address — Rev. Hilderic Friend, F.L.S., "The Grove," Idle, Bradford, Yorkshire. 

 —En. 



Parasitic Vorticellse. — On Tuesday, March 31st, I went fishing for small 

 objects in the ponds on that part of the forest at the back of Forest House. The 

 chief takings were numbers of Daphnia and Cyclops, but almost all were covered 

 with a species of the Bell-Animalculae (Vorticellce'). So thick did these 

 congregate on the surface of their hosts that swimming was quite impeded, 

 and by no means could the parasites be shaken off. — Alfred P. Wire, 

 Leytonstone, 



Uncommorr Plants at Felstead. — In the interesting " Report of the 

 Felstead School Natural fiistory Society for 1890," just issued, are the following 

 notes on the plants of the district : — During 1890, several notable additions have 

 been made to our local flora, chiefly by the exertions of Mr. W. Moore, of Milch 

 Hill, Felstead; to him and to Mr. J. French, who is responsible for two of the 

 plants below, our thanks are greatly due. The new plants added are : — 

 Viburnum lantana, Hesperis matronalis (casual in a field of Trifolium incarnatuni), 

 Apium inundatiim, Valerienella olitoria, Car ex axillaris, C. panicea, Festuca mvurus, 

 Dianthus (.?) armeria. 1 he following of our rarer plants have been found in 

 fresh places : — Onithogalum umbellatum, Carex pseudocyperus, Genista tinctoria, 

 Ophrys nmscifera, 0. apifera, Carlina vulgaris, Campanula glomerata, Melampyrum 

 arvense. Polygonum bistorta, Neottia nidus-avis, Paris quadrifolia, Potamogeton 

 lucens, Scirpus sylvaticus. Ranunculus parviflorus, Saxifraga tridactyhtes, Echium 

 vulgar eT 



Cooke's " Illustrations of British Fungi." — We called attention to the 

 completion of this fine work last year (E. N., iv. p. 224). It was emphatically a 

 labour of love with Dr. Cooke, and we are very sorry to hear that he has not only 

 received.no reward for ten 3^ears' persistent work, but he is a very considerable 

 loser by the publication, owing to the small number of subscribers. Fifty sets, in 

 parts, still remain, and it is suggested, if subscribers can be obtained, that they 

 should be issued at the rate of two parts monthly, at the original subscription 

 price of 5s. per part, thus ensuring its complete issue in three years, and enabling 

 Dr. Cooke to recoup part of his actual pecuniary loss. The work consists of 

 1,200 plates (in eight volumes) drawn and coloured b)' Dr. Cooke, representing 

 1,400 species of the gill-bearing fungi, or Agaricini, the greater number never 

 ha\ing been figured before. At the subscription price it is the cheapest work o' 

 the kind ever issued To complete the Hymenomycetes there yet remain the 

 species of Boletus, Polyporus, Hydmtm, the Thelephorei, Tremella, and Clavaria, 

 and Dr. Cooke is willing to issue these plates in four volumes, if a sufficient 



