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campanulate. I have nowhere read any notice of this change, nor am 

 I aware either of the length of time required to produce it, or if it be 

 a uniform result. The observations on which my remarks are found- 

 ed, having been made many years since, and not being in all points 

 perfectly conclusive, I am now on the point of renewing them, and 

 my reason for bringing the subject before the readers of ' The Phyto- 

 logist' at this time, instead of waiting until T have made the experi- 

 ment, is, that others may try it as well as myself My own intention 

 is to obtain some of the roots from a wood some time during the next 

 fortnight, and plant them in various aspects of my garden, and in soils 

 of different kind; and 1 should recommend others who make the ex- 

 periment, to vary it in the same manner. I should also advise their 

 obtaining the bulbs immediately on reading this note, as it will very 

 soon be too late for removing the roots in time for this year's flower- 

 ing.— T. Bell Salter; Ryde, March 11, 1844. 



470. Note on the arrangement of Mosses for the Herharium. The 

 plan mentioned by Mr. Townsend in your last number (Phvtol. 901) 

 of arranging mosses by glueing all the specimens to the paper, is verv 

 little used 1 think by any one who attempts to studij tliat tribe of 

 plants ; for no modern muscologist would be satisfied with the exa- 

 mination of a moss when so fastened down, however white and trans- 

 parent the paper may be ; nor am I aware of any one who aims at 

 investigating them by putting his herbarium-sheets under the micro- 

 scope. The plan of keeping mosses loose in cases or pockets, is cer- 

 tainly a step in advance of the above ; but the most desirable method 

 is perhaps found in combining the two : this is productive of a greater 

 degree of neatness, and offers better facilities for reference. Speci- 

 mens in various stages of growth, and from different localities, may be 

 glued down so as to present at a glance the general outline and pro- 

 minent characters of a species ; while two small cases or pockets 

 should also be attached to the paper, one containing loose specimens 

 for minute examination, the other dissections of the peristome &c. 

 mounted between layers of talc for the microscope. It is very useful 

 to have a small book containing a specimen or two of each species, 

 either glued down or enclosed in similar cases, to carry in the pocket 

 for reference, when the principal collection may not be at hand. — J. 

 Sidehotham ; Manchester, March 13, 1844. 



471. Alectoria jiibata. I have much pleasure in communicating 

 that my hope is already realized of being able to supply my subscrib- 

 ers to this season's botanical distribution, with specimens of Alectoria 

 jubata bearing true fructification, (Phytol. 918). This interesting 



