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would serve to show the style of architecture. It is quite true that some 

 species are rarely found in fruit, but this is the exception rather than the 

 rule. 



Collect every species ivith which you are not acquainted. By doing this 

 much rubbish may be taken home, but it is easily disposed of, whereas 

 good specimens may be passed over which no other opportunity may ever 

 present for collecting. The most advanced Lichenologist often finds in 

 his vasculum at the end of a day's excursion much which home examina- 

 tion proves to be of no value, while some specimen he thought but little 

 of when he gathered it is the gem of his day's work. 



Fold up each specimen in paper, and xorite on it date and locality of 

 growth the moment it is gathered. Some species are very delicate, such as 

 Caliciums and Coniocybes, and would be destroyed by the rubbing of 

 others against them ; but all are the better for protection. The import- 

 ance of recording on each the locality will soon be discovered, by the 

 additional advantage it gives to specimens, besides being a contribution 

 to the Flora of the district. 



Remove as little of the rock or tree as is consistent with obtaining a good 

 specimen. Facility in using the hammer and chisel will only be acquired 

 by practice and a few bruises of the hand. When the cleavage of the 

 rock favours the operation of removing specimens all is well, but in cases 

 where igneous rock has to be dealt with, or where the Lichen grows on 

 the edges of the larainas, considerable difficulty will be experienced. Let 

 it be borne in mind that a succession of steady, smart taps will accom- 

 plish the object more successfully than one violent blow, whether the 

 rock be hard or soft. In removing corticolous species less skill is required, 

 but if the collector should cut too deep into the tree he may discover 

 himself to be the object of a pursuit by the owner of the property, quite 

 as earnest as that he has himself shown after the Lichens. 



Taking for granted that a fair collection of Lichens has been 

 secured, and that attention has been paid to the hints given above, the 

 student will now direct his steps homeward, where he will require a few 

 directions, with which I shall conclude my paper, on the home study of 

 Lichens. 



■ (To be continued.) 



METEOROLOGY OP THE MIDLANDS. 



THE WEATHEB OF JUNE, 1880. 



BY W. JEROME HARRISON, F.G.S. 



With May, the dry period, which had lasted eight months, came to 

 an end, for June turned out very showery, dull, and rather cold. The 

 most remarkable feature was the frequency of electrical disturbances 

 during the latter half of the month ; from the 19th to the 25th thunder- 

 storms of great severity occurred. Driving through Melton Mowbray on 

 the 23rd, at eight p.m., we found the streets covered to depths of from 

 4in. to 9in. with hailstones, of the size of marbles, which had fallen 

 about an hour previously ; on this day -70in. of rain fell at Kibworth 

 in about fifty minutes, " nearly an inch " at Market Harborough in 

 thirty minutes, and *84 at Loughborough in one hour. There was a 

 similar hail-storm at Evesham on the 24th, the stones lying in heaps 



