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blossom. Uppingham. — Wood-sorrel, Mav 1st ; Cuckoo flower, 2nd, 

 Bush Vetch, 12th ; Stitchwort, 9th ; Herb"Robert, 10th ; Bugle, 15th ; 

 Silverweed, 23rd ; corncrake, 9th ; cockchafer. 20th ; meadow-brown 

 butterfly, 8th ; small white cabbage butterfly, 10th. 



Hawthorn in full blossom at Fort William, X.B., first week of 

 June, and truly magnificent display. The following meteorological 

 values corrected will be of interest : —Ben Nevis, June 5th, maximum 

 41-2, minimum 28-4 ; 6th, maximum 31-6, minimum 26 - 9 ; 7th, maxi- 

 mum 30-4, minimum 23-2 ; 8th, maximum 26"6, minimum 21-5 for 

 twenty-four hours ending nine a.m.. snow lying li feet deep, and 

 radiation thermometers hard frozen to the supports, the depth of 

 winter prevailing on the Ben during the period indicated. Heavy 

 sleet and snow on the mountain, June 26th. Very cold. — Clement L. 

 Wragge, Observer. 



ilttnctos. 



Guide to the Literature of Botany. By B. Daydon Jackson. Published 



for the Index Society by Longmans. 1881. 

 This is a thick volume of 626 pp., including the titles of over 9,000 

 works, classified under twenty heads. Its preparation must have 

 involved immense labour on the part of the author, (the Secretary of 

 the Linnsean Society,) but he has produced a work which is simply 

 invaluable to every working Botanist. The list of local Floras, which 

 occupies eighty pages, strikes us as being particularly useful. 



W. J. H. 



Report and Transactions of the Devonshire Association for the Advance- 

 ment of Science, Literature, and Art. Vol. XL, 1879. 560 pp. 

 W. Brexdox, Plymouth. 

 The "Devonshire Association" resembles, in many points, our 

 " Midland Union," except that it is composed of individuals and not 

 of societies. Annual meetings of about three days' duration are held, 

 and there are about 460 members who pay a half-guinea subscription. 

 The volume before us deserves high praise. Besides the report and 

 President's (Sir R. P. Collier) address, it includes the reports of 

 seven committees appointed in former years to investigate the meteor- 

 ology, folk-lore, barrows, &c, of Devonshire ; and twenty-seven papers 

 (ten geological) by various authors, all of which are valuable as 

 adding to local knowledge. The association appears to have steadily 

 advanced ever since its establishment at Exeter in 1862, and the names 

 of the earnest workers now connected with it, Messrs. Vivian, Pengelley, 

 T. M. Hall, R. N. Worth, &c, and the Rev. W. Harpley, (Hon. Sec.,) 

 are an assurance of its continued success. 



W. J. H. 



Catalogue of the Library of the Museum of Practical Geology, Jermyn 



Street, London. 602 pp. Price 15s. 

 This valuable book is the work of Messrs. Henry White and T. W. 

 Newton. It contains the titles of about 28,000 volumes, relating to 

 the science of geology, arranged chiefly under the names of the 



