192 THE AMERICAN MONTHLY [August. 



Microscopical Soiree of tlie New Britain Scientific Association. 



The Fifth Microscopical Soiree of the New Britain Scientific Associa- 

 tion was held in the building of the Young Men's Christian Association 

 on the evening of June \z. In connection with this wei-e exhibited a 

 large number of pictures by the Photographic Section of this Associa- 

 tion. 



By Rev. J. F. Stidham, with Zentmayer's Histological : Circulation 

 in plants, pond life ; with Bausch & Lomb's Harvard : Varieties in 

 pollen, &c. 



By Rev. James Stoddard, with Grunow : Cluster-cup fungus, my- 

 xomvcetes ( Trichea cJirysospcrnia^ ; fern leaf {Dickso?iia squa- 

 mosa) . 



By Prof. J. H. Peck, with French : Foraminifera from China .Sea 

 seeds (yEpipactis pahistris) , (^Ort/wcarpus) ; with Bausch & Lomb's 

 Livestigator : Hair of mouse, hair of red Virginia deer, down from 

 humble bee. 



By Frank Rollins, with Zentm^ayer's Histological : Ovipositor of 

 saw fly, spines of star fish, skin of dog fish. 



By M. S. Wiard, with Bausch & Lomb's student: Rosette, 240 dia- 

 toms, etc., human skin from sole of foot, tongue of cat; with Bausch 

 & Lomb's Library, Improved : Seeds (So/.idaj^v lai/yolia), eel grass, 

 mouse-ear chickw^eed ; with Bausch & Lomb's Library: Gold sand, 

 oxide of zinc, mineral, sphalerite, and galenite. 



By Miss L. C Catlin, with Bausch & Lomb's Universal : Vase and 

 bouquet made of butter-fly scales and diatoms, Japanese sketch made ot 

 butter-fly scales, sand from Greenland ; with Bausch & Lomb's Family : 

 Section of human bone, human scalp, tongue of dog. 



By Miss E. E. Carlisle, with Bausch & Lomb's Biological : Cuticle 

 of equisetum, spiral tissue in castor oil plant, leaf of fern (double 

 stained) ; with Bausch & Lomb's Student: Peristomes of moss {Au/a- 

 com/nou, Barbida^ Lciicohrha/i) . 



By Geo. P. Phenix, with Beck's New National (polarized light) : 

 Stearic acid, sulphate of cadmium, sand from Aiken, S. C. ; with 

 Bausch & Lomb's Model : Sections {Pinus sylvestris) , umbrella plant, 

 root of maize. 



By Dr. G. J. Holmes, with Bausch & Lomb's Harvard: LIuman 

 lung showing three stages of pneumonia, kidney of cat, cancer ot the 

 lip ; with French : Lung of dog, skin of negro showing pigment, liver 

 of pig. 



By Joseph Sayers, with Bausch & Lomb's Model : Photograph of 

 London 7^inies^ section of petiole of limnanthernum, scales of eel. 



Bv C. M. Burgess, with Wales' New Working : Wreath made of but- 

 terfly scales, mouth of tadpole, head of crane fly. 



By E. M. Hulbert, with French, Nachet & Fils : Elytron of diamond 

 beetle, elytron of Brazilian beetle i^Entimus itnperialts) ^ leg ot weevil. 



By Dr. H. C. Deane, with Bausch & Lomb's model : Circulation of 

 bloocl in foot of frog. Other varieties of blood. 



By J. E. Atkinson, with Acme No. 4: Transverse sections of pine 

 leaves ( Abies ?)iagnifica^ Pintis coulter i^ Pinus pungens.) 



By F. A. Pelton, with Bausch & Lomb's Family : Photograph (Dec- 

 laration of Independence), 7,850 letters in seven ten-thousandths of a 



