BOTANICAL NEWS. 3()7 



and Norwich Naturalists' Society, that steps hare been taken to secure local 

 lists of species in the different departments of natural history, and that Mr. Gel- 

 dart and Mr. Corder have undertaken the botanical department. Each list, 

 when drawn up, will be submitted to those who are likely to assist in its com- 

 pletion. A collection of interesting Norfolk plants was exhibited at the meeting. 



We are glad to announce that the museum belonging to the town of Folke- 

 stone, which had fallen into a disgraceful state, and was practically useless, 

 has been handed over to the Natural History Society for arrangement, and 

 was formally reopened by the Mayor on the 4th of October. The museum is 

 rich in geological specimens, and has the nucleus of other collections. The 

 labour of arranging and cleaning the Specimens was undertaken mainly by the 

 secretary, Mr. Ullyett, assisted by the Eev. C. L. Acland. The Society is 

 working well in other departments, and we hope we shall soon have a good list 

 of the plants of the district, especially as a singularly useless one has just been 

 issued by a publisher in the town. In this the plants are arranged alphabetically 

 under their English names, and errors of printing abound, as well as more 

 serious mistakes. We should scarcely expect to find the "Isle of Man Cab- 

 bage" at Folkestone ; and our acquaintance with plant names does not en- 

 lighten us as to what is intended by the " Cheea Prickly," which is found there 

 on chalky hills. 



Two Fungus Exliibitions were held in October. On the 5th, in the Royal 

 Horticultural Society's rooms, at South Kensington, a large number of edible 

 species were shown, and some rarities, as A. connissans, A. porrigens, A. cir- 

 clnatuft, and A. coriicatiis ; Lactarius controversus. several Polypori, including 

 P. Schiveinitzii and P. frondosiijS ; and Lycoperdon echinatus. On the next day, 

 at Hereford, under the auspices of the Woolhope Club, the exhibition was a 

 very large one ; an immense specimen, weighing 14i lb., of Polyporv.s frondo' 

 siis was conspicuous, as were also its congeners P. applanatus and P. hispidus. 

 Sparassis crispa, Lactarius controversus. Boletus badiiis, Agaricus corticatv^, 

 Cortinarius fulgens, and many others, were also exhibited. An excui'sioa 

 followed the show, during which Dr. Bull was so fortunate as to discover a new 

 British Scleroderma, probably S. Geaster, of which we hope to give a descrip- 

 tion in a future number. 



Dr. John Yeats has published a useful manual, under the title of a ' Natural 

 History of Commerce.' 



Persons desirous to obtain copies of ' The Lichen-Flora of Great Britain,' 

 preparing for publication, are requested to send their names and addresses to 

 the Rev. William Allport Lcighton, Shi'ewsbury, as the number of subscribers 

 must regulate the price, which it is hoped will not exceed 10s. Qd. 



Dr. S. H. Wright, of New York, a first-class collector, and versed in Carices, 

 etc., wishes to exchange, say, 1000 Noi-th American plants for as many British. 

 This is a good opportunity for any English botanist. 



We ai'e asked by Professor Eaton, of Yale, the eminent American pteridolo- 

 gist, to find a correspondent for a lady in Canada, who desires to exchange a 

 set of herbarium specimens of North American Ferns for British ones. Par- 

 ticulars may be had on application to Mr. Baker. 



