VI PREFACE. 



the growth of oak galls, and one purpose of the 

 following pages will have been accomplished if they 

 are the means of inspiring somebody to further unfold 

 the subject. 



I shall esteem it a pleasure to endeavour to identify 

 any galls. Specimens should always he sent in a, tin 

 box. 



I desire to acknowledge with much gratitude the 

 kindness and help received from my aged friend, the 

 Rev. E. N. Bloomfield, M.A., F.E.S., of Guestling Rec- 

 tory, Sussex, without whose stimulation and encourage- 

 ment I should probably never have studied galls. 



To Mrs. M. J. M. Andresen of Hastings, I offer my 

 heartiest thanks for translating various Continental 

 treatises ; and to my wdfe, for valuable assistance from 

 the earliest contemplation of the work, and with the 

 proof-sheets; to Sir Archibald Lamb, Bart., for his 

 kindness in allowing me, at any time, to roam about in 

 Beauport Park in search of specimens ; to Dr. Alfred 

 Nalepa of Vienna, for permission to reproduce Plate 

 LXIV; to Mr. W. H. Hammond for the j^hoto-micro- 

 graphs divs. B and C, Plate XXXII; to Mr. A. W. 

 Bawtree, F.L.S., for the insets on Plates XLVIII and 

 XLIX; also to Mr. H. Stone, F.L.S., F.R.C.I., and 

 Messrs. W. Rider and Son, Ltd., for permission to 

 include Plate II; to Mr. E. W. Swanton, M.C.S., for 

 specimens and notes of observations ; and also to Mr. 

 W. W. Midgley for a valuable specimen. 



EDWARD CONNOLD. 



1, St. Peter's Road, 



St. Leonards-on-Sea 

 Juhj, 1908. 



