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The abnormal flowers extended for seven and a half inches 
down the stem of the plant, below which point the flowers 
were all of the usual or normal type. 
Some of the aborted flowers were dissected, teased out, and 
examined under the microscope. In each case they were 
densely inhabited by Phytoptus, which probably caused the 
abortion. It would be interesting to know if the plant described 
by Miss Poulton was examined for mites. * 
In her specimen the abnormality seems to have taken the 
form of increasing the various parts of the flowers, while in the 
Hackness plant there was a larger amount of suppression than of 
increased development except as regards the ovaries and styles. 
I have visited the locality at various times since, but all the 
foxgloves to be seen there were quite normal. A similar specimen 
was described to me from the Hog’s Back, Surrey, in 1903. 
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Poems of Henrietta A. Huxley with three of Thomas Henry Huxley, 
London, Duckworth and Co., 1913, pp. 158. | In this little book Mrs. 
Huxley has brought together many of her poems, dealing with varying 
subjects and in varying ways. Many of them beautifully reflect her 
thoughts as lover, mother, widow. There are also three poems by the late 
Prof. Huxley. 
Hull Museum Guides. As evidence of the popularity of cheap illustrated 
museum guides, the penny guides to the Hull museum have recently had 
to be reprinted, and on account of the alterations and additions which are 
constantly being made, they have had to be very largely re-written. 
The Guide to the Museum of Fisheries and Shipping, Pickering Park 
(Publication No. 87), which was only opened a short time ago, has reached 
its second edition. The Guide to the Museum of Archeology and Natural 
History, Albion Street (Publication No. 40) has reached its fourth edition, 
as has also the Guide to the Wilberforce Historical Museum, High 
Street (Publication No, 41). 
From the Cambridge University Press we have recently received three 
of their admirable shilling ‘Manuals of Science and Literature.’ Bees 
and Wasps, by O. H. Latter, M.A., deals with the Digger Wasps, double- 
winged wasps, flower-loving bees, long-pointed-tongued bees, social bees, 
structural features (sting, ‘ tongue,’ etc.), and collecting and preserving 
bees and wasps. ‘The illustrations are not quite up to the usual standard. 
The Wanderings of Animals, by Hans Gadow, F.R.S., is also a fascinating 
volume. ‘ These outlines of the distribution of animals deal with a rather 
young branch of science. An attempt has therefore been made to sketch 
its rapid growth from small beginnings until it has become boundless, 
because the interpretation of at first seemingly simple facts in the domain 
of the zoologist, has soon to enlist the help of well nigh all the other branches 
of Natural Science. The subject of geographical distribution is the dis- 
persal of life, the greatest mystery of all, in space and time,’ There are 
many helpful charts in this book. Submerged Forests, by Clement Reid, 
F.R.S. Probably no one is better able to deal with this interesting phase 
in the geological history of our islands than is Mr. Reid. He refers to the 
evidences afforded by the peat beds, etc., so far as they relate to changes in 
level, climatic changes, and geological and botanical problems. The 
recent discoveries on the Dogger Bank have enabled him to add an interest- 
ing chapter dealing with the former appearance of the North Sea. 
* The specimen described by Miss Poulton (Nat., Sept. 1913, pp. 315- 
318) was not attacked by mites, 
Naturalist, 
