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must have been remarkably like that of a root working round 

 obstacles in stony ground. Several others somewhat like it 

 occurred in the same patch — a number of stones from an ad- 

 jacent wall having been pushed over them. These large stones- 

 are frequently disturbed, and so many of these plants must 

 thereby be placed in jeopardy. So long as the stones are there, 

 examples more or less like that depicted are likely to occur. 

 Typically, when formed expressly for the purpose of raising 

 bulbs these elongated internodes are straight and vertical. 



Amongst a number of abnormal flowers I have gathered,, 

 there have been examples with four, five, six and, in one instance 

 e\"en seven, lobes (carpels) to the ovary. 



MUSEUM NEWS. 



The Warrington Museum continues to issue its printed slips of ' Recent 

 Additions,' in tlie April issue of which we notice that over a thousand 

 dried plants, mostly local, have been mounted and added to the collection. 

 There are also some iiseful antiquities. It would be an advantage if these 

 lists of additions were numbered. 



Mr. F. Elgee has ' edited ' [query ' written '] an official guide to the 

 Dorman Memorial Museum, Middlesborough (20 pp., price not stated). 

 It begins with a brief ' History of the IMuseum Movement in Middles- 

 borough,' and includes a description of the more important exhibits. 

 Amongst the geological specimens we notice ' two new species — Pleuvomya 

 navicula, and a new coral — Isis Liassica,' from which it would seem that 

 the meaning of the words ' new species ' is not quite clear. An interesting" 

 exhibit is Banks' Ribbon Fish, fifteen feet long, taken at Seaton Carew in 

 1866. There are several illustrations from photographs, some of which 

 would have been more useful if a scale had been shewn. 



The Report of the Colchester Museum for 1909 (40 pp., 2d.), contains 

 an excellent list of additions, and is illustrated by several good plates 

 from photographs of important objects of Roman, etc., date. 



A handbook to the weapons of war and the chase has been issued from 

 the Horniman Museum, Forest Hill (73 pp., with plates) at the low price 

 of 2d. The book has been written by Dr. H. S. Harrison, and edited by 

 Prof. A. C. Haddon. 



In tlie Report of the Keighley Borough Museum we learn that the 

 number of specimens and books received by donation is [blank] being the 

 largest number yet received in any one year. Mr. Mosley adds, ' last year I 

 told you that you might make the Keighley Museum an object lesson to 

 the country ; the above [a letter from a lady in America] not only fore- 

 casts the proof, but what it might be to the world.' 



The trustees of the late A. A. Pahud, J. P., of The Limes, Westgate,. 

 Louth, have made a grant of ^250 towards the building of a new museum 

 for the Louth Antiquarian and Naturalists' Society. 



The Bowes Museum at Barnard Castle was re-opened to the public on 

 Whit Monday at 10 o'clock, and will in future be open, free, on ^every 

 week-day. 



The Beverley Corporation has adopted the Museums and Gymnasiums 

 Act, for tiie beneiit of its recently formed museum. 



Mr. L. Fletcher, F.R.S., keeper of the Department of Mineralogy, 

 British Museum, has been appointed Director of the Natural History 

 Departments at South Kensington. 



Naturalist .^ 



