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SCIENCE-GOSSIP. 



NOTICES OF SOCIETIES. 



Ordinary meetings aie marked {, excursions * ; names oj 

 persons following excursions are 0/ Conductors. 



City of I ondon Entomological and Natural History 

 Society. 



Mar. 7. — t" Poisonous Plants in connection with Medical 

 Jurisprudence." F. Bouskell, F.E.S. 

 „ 21. — {" Oporabia autumnata." L. B. Prout, F.E.S. 



H. A. Sauze, Hon. Sec. 



Geologists' Association of London. 



Mar. 3. — I" Honeycomb Surface Weathering of Sandstone 

 and Limestone." Geo. Abbott, M.R.C.S. Lan- 

 tern illustration. 

 ,, 11.— * Visit to Mr. W. H. Hudleston's Museum, 8, Stan- 

 hope Gardens, S.W., 3 p.m. 

 ,, 30 to April 4. — *■ Easter Excursion to Sidmouth. 

 Percy Emary, F.G.S., Sec, 

 12, Alwyne Square, Canon-bury, London, N. 



North London Natural History Society. 



Mar. 2. — t" Extracts from Letters from the Transvaal. ' 

 Miss A. H. Bacot. 



,, 16.— {Short Papers on work in 1898. 



,, 25.— * Visit to the Royal Botanical Gardens. J. S. 

 Comrie. 



,, 30.— {Debate: " Which Science is the better adapted 

 for the elucidation of Biological Problems — 

 Botany or Entomology ? " Opened in favour of 

 Botany by M. Culpin ; of Entomology by L. B. 

 Prout, F.E.S. 

 April 20.— I" My trip to the Cariboos" (with lantern illustra- 

 tions). W. S. Sebright Green, F. R.C.I. 

 May 4. — {"Comets and Meteors." C. Nicholson, F.E.S. 



,, 18. — {"Notes on a Tour in the Swiss Alps." C. B. 

 Smith. 



,, 19 to 22. — *Excursion to the New Forest. C. Nichol- 

 son, F.E.S. 



,, 22. — 'Alternative whole-day Excursion to Cuxton. L. 

 B. Prout, F.E.S. 



„ 27. — *Half-day in Epping Forest. The President 



South London Natural History Society. 



Mar. 9. — {"Nature of Metamorphosis in Insects." J. W. 

 Tutt, F.E.S. 

 ., 23.— {" British Orlhoptera." Malcolm Burr, F.Z.S., 

 F.E.S. 



Clapham Junction Y.M.C.A. Natural Science Circle. 



Mar. 8. — {Lecture on " Chemistry," with experiments. W. 

 G. Whiffen. F.I C, F.S.C.I. 

 ,, 22.— f" South Africa." Lime-light views. Duncan 

 Milligan, F.R.A.S. 

 April 5.— {"The position of Insects in regard to Man and 

 their influences on Plants." A. Bacot. 

 Hon. Sec, F. W. Cannon, 1, Glycena Road, S.W. 



Selborne Society— Croydon and Norwood Branch. 



Mar. 23.— I" Birds and Bird Protection." E. A. Martin- 

 F.G.S. Croydon Liberal Association Rooms, 

 8.30 p.m. 



Streatham Geological and Natural History Society 

 Mar. 4.— {Short Papers on Summer Excursions. 

 Hon. Sec, L.W.J. Costello, 



Callington, Stanhope Road, Streatham, S.W. 



Hull Scientific and Field Naturalists' Club. 



Mar. 8.— 1" Shooting Stars." J. A. Ridgway. 

 4 , 22.— {" Electrical Measurements," with Experiments. 



J. T. Riley, D.Sc, A.R.C.Sc.I. 

 The Meetings are held at the " Young People's Institute," 

 Charlotte Street, Hull, at 8 p.m. 



T. Sheppard, Hon. Sec. 



TuNnitiDGE Wells Natural History and Philosophical 

 Society. 



Mar. 8. — {"Wonders and Romance of Insect Life." Lan- 

 tern. F. Enock, F.L.S., F.E.S., F.R.H S. 3 p.m. 

 n 24. — {"The Chaldean Genesis." H. S. Roberton, 

 B.A., B.Sc. 

 April 7.— {" British Vegetable Gall Formations." E. T. 

 Connold. 

 ,, 2i. — {Specimen and Microscopical Meeting. " Insects' 



Metamorphoses," H. de C. Child. 

 Hon. Assist. Sec, R. R. Hutchinson, Belmont, Primes Street. 



Preston Scientific Society. 



Mar. 8.- {"The Solar Corona." Rev. A. L. Cartie, S.J. 

 ,, 22. — I" Moors in Spain." Rev. C. F. Richardson, B. A., 



LL.D. 

 ,, i, 2, 6, 9, 10, 13, 15, 16, 20, 21, 2^, 24, 27, 29.— {Sectional 

 Meetings and Instruction Address in Micro- 

 scopic Mountings. Geology, Botany, Astronomy, 

 Photography and Natural History. 

 Lecture Hall, 119, Fishergate. 



W. H. Heathcote, F.L.S., Sec. 



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