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Journal of Microscopy, " On the Power of Movements in Plants." 

 It is there stated that " the sunflower twists its flower-stalk in a 

 circle during the day, bringing its flower continually towards 

 the sun." To test this, Mr. Lett established a series of careful 

 observations, by means of indices fastened to stout stakes driven 

 into the ground close to the sunflowers. These observations 

 were carried out last September, in the garden at Aghaderg 

 Glebe, Loughbrickland. The flower experimented upon grew 

 in an open space, and faced, north, south, east, south-west, 

 north-west, and north-east, and in no instance was there any 

 alteration of position at morning, mid-day, or sunset. 



The concluding Paper of the evening was by Mr. R. LI. 

 Praeger, B.A., entitled, '' Notes on the Sections Recently 

 Exposed at the Alexandra Dock." The author went minutely 

 into a description of the various beds cut through in the work 

 of excavating for this dock, and gave lists of the fossils found 

 during the progress of the work. The communication has been 

 considered of a character more suited for an appendix, and it 

 will therefore be found in full at the end of this Report. 



