1861.] BOTANICAL NOTES, NOTICES, AND QUERIES. 383 



siiaded would not be thought so if the writers saw them growing here, 

 some oil rocks all but inaccessible even to a daring climber like myself, 

 and others in the most dreary situations, far from the haunts of men, in 

 the plains or dells lower down. These remarks were elicited by the perusal 

 of yom- October number, in which Geranium pyrenaicum is branded with 

 the name of alien. (See vol. v. p. 293.) I found this plant in great plenty, 

 together with Pimpinella magna, on the 21st of last month, in the neigh- 

 bourhood of Baslow, and in as wild a locality as the author of the 'Cybele' 

 could wish. Hutchinsia petrcea, too, is found at the foot of the limestone 

 rocks in some places, (as weU as under walls,) far away from human dwell- 

 ings, in great abundance. Achillea decolorans is not, as has been sup- 

 posed, confined to the neighbourhood of ]\Iatlock, for 1 found it, on the 

 10th of October, a great distance from that place. As I have not yet seen 

 in your valuable periodical a list of the plants that occur in my beat, I 

 may, at some future time, supply you with such a notice. 

 Sheffield. W. Ashley. 



[We hope oui' coia'espondent will speedily perform his promise. — Ed.] 



Notice to Microscoitcal Observeks, etc. 



We have the pleasiire of announcing to students of the minute objects 

 of creation, whether vegetable or animal, that Mr. W. Winter, now of Al- 

 deby, near Beccles, proposes during the ensuing year to devote his time 

 and study to the microscoi)ical productions of the undi'ained Norfolk Fens, 

 a locality unsurpassed for the multiplicity and variety of its productions. 



Mr. Winter, who is celebrated as the discoverer of several species of in- 

 sects, either new to science or previously undiscovered in Britain, hereby 

 offers his services to all interested in these investigations, as a collector of 

 Algce, Characea, Infusoria, Insecta, etc. He proposes to supply mounted 

 specimens of the whole of his discoveries, in sets ; the price to subscribers 

 will be one guinea each. Tor this subscription, each member will be enti- 

 tled to specimens of all the ol)jects collected, which will be mounted in any 

 way most convenient to the recipients, anrl will be ready for delivery next 

 November. 



As Mr. Winter's whole time will be spent in exploring these fens and in 

 examining and mounting their interesting productions, he wishes that all 

 those who mean to promote his undertaking will send their names, ad- 

 dresses, and subscription, as early as convenient, for it is intended to issue 

 only a limited number of sets. 



On the 3rd of December, a list will be sent to each subscriber and ap- 

 plicant, and the specimens will be issued on the 10th of November, 1862. 



Exchange of Specimens. 



Having good duplicate specimens of several of the rarer Mosses (in fruit), 

 I shall be glad to exchange for any of the following : — Spliagnum mollns- 

 cum, 8. rubellum, S. contortum and varieties, Tortula lati/olia, T. Mnelleri, 

 Orthotrichum pumiluin, 0. pollens, 0. fastigiatum, 0. rupestre, O. spe- 

 ciosum, 0. Lyellii, 0. Ludwigii, 0. Drummondii, Timmia austriuca, Bryum 

 dernissum, Funaria hibernica, F. MueJilenhergii, Splachmim sphcericum, 



