i86 Northern News. 



sary to bestow on it another name, so in future it is to be 

 known as var. Masseyi. Full description of the variety will 

 be found on pages 202-3 of the volume in question, followed 

 by particulars as to its distribution, etc., in Westmorland. 



A NEW BRITISH MINERAL. 



In the ' Mineralogical Magazine ' recently issued, Mr. 

 L. J. Spencer describes two rare minerals, Alstonite and 

 Ullmannite, found in a Barytes-Witherite vein, at the new 

 Brancepeth Colliery, near Durham. Alstonite has only pre- 

 viously been recorded twice, at Nent Head in Cumberland and 

 near Hexham in Northumberland. The first records for each 

 were made in 1834. Ullmannite has not previously been 

 recorded for the British Isles, and the presence of this mineral 

 and also of Alstonite was somewhat unexpected in a coal 

 mine. Alstonite is a Barium and Calcium Carbonate, whilst 

 Ullmannite is a nickel sulp-antimonide. 



NORTHERN NEWS. 



We are glad to notice that Mrs. and Mr. William Home, F.G.S., of 

 Leyburn, have recently celebrated their golden wedding. 



In a recent issue of the Feuille des Jeunes Naturalistes Mr. W. Denison 

 Roebuck has notes on ' Quelques Limaciens du departement de I'Orne ' 

 and ' Helix aspersa en France.' 



The new President of the Geological Society is Prof. W. W. Watts. 

 Dr. A. Smith Woodward has been elected one of the Secretaries, and 

 Dr. Aubrey Strachan is the Treasurer. 



The Bradford Public Libraries have issued a description of the Lees' 

 Herbarium and Library, reprinted from the Bradford Scientific Journal, 

 and sold at 3d. We note that in Bradford ' La vertad es siempre verde 

 ^from the Spanish).' 



Just after the recent visit of the Yorkshire Geological Society there 

 was an enormous fall of rock at Cayton Nab, the mass of rock falling 

 from the top of the cliffs to the shore. There seems to be every probability 

 of further falls in the district. 



Mr. Edward Lovett sends us a paper on ' The Garden Museum : a 

 Dream of the Future.' Mr. W. B. Crump, of 4 Marlborough Avenue, 

 Halifax, forwards a 'select list of permanent photographs and lantern slides, 

 which he has for sale, illustrating the principal plant associations of Eng- 

 land and Wales.' These chiefly refer to Yorkshire and the northern 

 counties. 



The members of the Bridlington Corporation have recently been dis- 

 cussing the question of the town's water supply, and ha\-e spent some time 

 in deciding whether the services of a water diviner should be requisitioned, 

 or whether a professional geologist should be asked to report. The diffi- 

 culty seemed to be that the professional geologist required a larger fee than 

 that of the water diviner. The discussion, however, was brought to a 

 close when the Town Clerk pointed out that payments to water diviners 

 ■were not legal, and that the cost thereof might be charged to the Com- 

 mittee ! 



Naturalist, 



