COMPARATIVE CALENDAR OF NATURE. 15 



HI. — BOTANICAL. 



1877. 1878. 1879. 



Currant If. (Ribes rubrum) Feb. 23 Mar. 1 



Gooseberry If. (Ribes grossularia) . . Mar. 9 ,,9 



Lime If. ( Tilia europcea) May 13 May 15 May 4 



Chestnut If „ 7 April 14 „ 5 



„ fl June 1 June 5 



Hawthorn fl. (Crataegus oxyacantha) ,, 1 „ 22 „ 6 



Daisy fl. (Bellis perennis) Mar. 9 Mar. 9 



Hazel fl. (Gorylus avellana ) ,, 16 Feb. 22 



Violet fl, (Viola odorata) „ 9 Mar. 16 



Primrose fl. (Primula vulgaris) .... „ 9 ,,29 



Campion fl ,, 9 May 24 



Oak If. (Quercus robur) May 26 „ 16 



Wood Anemone fl. (Anemone 



nemorosa ) ,, 23 April 14 



Forget-Me-Not ft.(Myosotis sylvatica) April 14 May 24 



Bluebell fl. (Scilla nutans) ,,14 „ 25 



Stitcbwort fl. (Stellaria holostea) . . 22 „ 24 



Laburnum fl May 17 June 7 



Dandelion fl. (Taraxacum dens leonis) Mar. 23 April 26 



Wild Rose fl. (R. canina) June 10 July 3- 



J. E. Nowees, Hon. Sec. for Junior Members. 

 The Grammar School, July 31, 1879. 



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Proceedings of the Liverpool Naturalists' Field Club for the year 1878-9. 

 This volume reflects great credit upon the Liverpool Field Club, not 

 merely on account of its literary excellence, but as giving evidence that 

 the Club is in every way a success, having many energetic and good 

 working naturalists among its members, who are, by a wholesome system 

 of competition in the field, kept from rusting. The Club is also a success 

 financially, as the balance sheet shows a considerable sum in the hands 

 of the bankers. The President (the Rev. H. H. Higgins, M.A.) con- 

 tributes an excellent address on the " Biographical History of Botany, 

 from its Origin to its Union with Zoology in the Science of Biology.'' 

 This is a concise history of leading botanists, from Theophrastus down to 

 Goethe. It is written in a very charming style, would fascinate the most 

 unscientific reader, and yields information valuable and interesting to all 

 lovers of natural history pursuits. This is followed by a report of the 

 Excursions during the year, which shows that there is a great amount of 

 healthy competition at the Field Meetings, which must necessarily keep 

 the Club from stagnating. " The Botanical Resume," by Mr. R. Brown, 

 the foremost botanist of the society, gives an excellent account of the 

 botanical work of the year, and this is followed by a goodly list of the 

 rarer flowering plants and ferns noticed during the Excursions. The 

 volume closes with a long list of books useful to the student of biology, 

 their prices and the publisher's names attached to each ; a very useful list 

 o young students. J. E. B. 



